Horse Training | Western Slope, CO | Telluride k9 Adventures

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COMPASSIONATE EQUINE CONDITIONING

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With a lifetime of experience owning horses on my own property, showing in a variety of disciplines, managing show and pleasure stables, competing in 4H veterinary medicine competitions, and horse-sitting dozens and dozens of clients across the west... You can rest assured that your horses are in the best of hands.

Extreme Mustang Makeover CO & Gentling Mustangs

Sierra and wild BLM mustang Yarrow competing in hand in Extreme Mustang Makeover

Sierra riding bay BLM mustang Yarrow bareback up a bank outdoors

A girl kneels with a baby bird in her hand with a wild BLM mustang looking at the bird over her shoulder

Above: Yarrow, my 2015 EMM Mustang mare from Muskrat Basin. We had 90 days to go from first touch to showing and riding in a variety of classes. We rode bitless or bridleless and bareback in competition.

Sierra kneels on the ground next to wild BLM Mustang named Steele at wild horse sanctuary

Cindy! A rescue Kiger Mustang who is ter

First touch/haltering of BLM mustang Steele at Great Escape Mustang Sanctuary, '15

Building trust with Kyger mustang Cindy after cougar attack, '08

First ride on BLM mustang Mijo, '15

Eventing ~ Jumping ~ Dressage

Sierra jumping on a dark bay warmblood named Milo over a stadium jump in an outdoor arena

Sierra jumping appaloosa warmblood horse named Smudge over a jump outdoors during an eventing competition

Schooling BLM mustang Copper on

his first outdoor jumps, '15

Schooling warmblood Milo, '11

Aspen Farms Derby on appy warmblood Smudge, '09

Sierra rides bareback and bridleless over an indoor stadium jump on black Friesian horse

Checking out the new cross country jumps

Awesome run at Arapahoe Pair Pace this w

Bareback & Bridleless jumping on Yancy the Friesian, '16

Cross Country with pony King, '14

Arapahoe Pace Derby on Pockets the warmblood, '14

Sierra on Appaloosa warmblood horse named Smudge during WAHSET State dressage competition

Sierra on paint horse named Idie in dressage gear during WAHSET state competition

WAHSET State Championship Dressage Level I Test on warmblood Smudge, '09

Dressage on Yancy the friesian, '14

Warming up for WAHSET State Championship Dressage on my paint mare Idie, '09

Gentle Approach to Training In a Wide Variety of Disciplines

Sierra riding large black friesian horse named Yancy bareback outdoors with snow in background

Sierra riding bareback on Solo Vino a grey Andalusian stallion outside in the snow

Sierra rides bareback on a large black friesian horse named Yancy in a dusty indoor arena

Yancy the friesian's first bitless trail ride, '16

One of Andalusian stallion Solo Vino's first rides, '15

Helping Yancy transform from terrified and runaway to full of expression brideless, '15

Sierra rides bareback on a brown horse named Sentauro, a 5 yr old reining stallion in an outdoor arena

Sierra on paint horse named Idie in western tack jumping off a bank during Extreme Trail Trials competition

First bareback ride for champion QH reining stallion, '15

Driving Halflinger team Thor & Loki at 12,000' ft in the Rockies, '18

Competing in Extreme Trail Trials with Idie, '10

Two appaloosa horses trot in stride together side by side with dressage rides in an indoor arena during WAHSET competition

Two horses with riders carrying flags pass each other closely in the opposite direction during Drill Team competition

Patty Goodwin your Elliot is such a swee

WA State Championship Pax de Deux Competition on Smudge, '09

WAHSET State Drill Team Competition, '09

Schooling QH Elliot, '17

I arrived in my hometown today for a vis

Sierra standing next to a young golden halflinger horse named Charlie Brown in English riding gear at the Clark County Fair

Schooling OTTB Dezmond who I raised up from a 3yo, '14

Trail riding in the Rockies on young horse Bailey,'18

Competing in Green Horse huntseat & trail with Halflinger Charlie, '08

Sierra riding palomino horse bareback outdoors

Sierra riding a grey thoroughbred named Cosmo in an outdoor arena

Sierra ground driving a team of two large black percheron horses in a field at Dunton Hot Springs CO

QH Bailey's first bareback and

bitless ride, '18

Schooling young OTTB Kosmo, '13

Ground driving green Percherons

Pat & Paul at Dunton, '18

My Special Mare Idie

Sierra rodeo queen on Clark County Fair Court on paint horse Idie during the Rose Parade walking down the street in Portland

Sierra rodeo queen on paint horse Idie running with an American flag in an outdoor arena in front of a castle stage

Above: Idie is a mare I got when I was 9 yo (and she was 9 yo!) and together we went from her being terrified of human touch and severe anxiety to competing successfully across the west in disciplines including trail, dressage, showmanship, western games, drill team, huntseat, and much more. She was also my Rodeo Queen mount for the Clark County Fair Assoc and we rode in the Portland Rose Parade in addition to dozens of other parades and grand entries for rodeos all across the west. She's now living out the dream retirement with me in her 30's!

Always Learning; Always Seeking New Challenges

That's me!

Driving Halflinger team Loki & Thor with replica Chuckwagon, '18

Side by side comparison of a friesian in a trot from the side a month apart to compare muscle tone

Yancy the friesian before & after photos of conditioning after 30 days of training with me, '16

Teaching the Spanish Walk to Halflinger Niko, '15

Sierra stands on the back of a brown quarter horse named Boomer in an outdoor arena

Sierra standing next to a tall grey horse named RL at Olympic Minderhout Stables in Belgium

Sierra on dark bay thoroughbred horse named Maverick riding English in outdoor arena

Showing Boomer's trust in his first week under saddle at 5 yo, '11

I was a working student at Eventing Olympic Stables of Karin Donckers

in Belgium, '10

Schooling formerly abused OTTB Maverick, '12

Sierra on a bay thoroughbred horse named Doc in an outdoor arena facing the camera

Schooling OTTB Doc in his first

week off the track, 12

Sierra on a grey thoroughbred horse in the woods facing the camera

Showing Trakhener Farleigh how to relax on the trails,'15

Client Testimonial

-Heidi G. of Battle Ground, WA

"Sierra is a dependable and conscientious worker and person. She has a strong understanding of how to communicate with and care for horses. She is kind and intuitive when handling horses which makes her particularly adept. Sierra also will go the extra mile when someone (horse or human alike) needs extra assistance, even when unanticipated beforehand. I trust her implicitly, and it was difficult to choose only three attributes as she has them all."