Minutes of February Meeting

OZARKS DRAFT ANIMAL ASSOCIATION
MEETING MINUTES
FEBRUARY 12, 2011
@ IRA KING


Attendance: Ira King, Keith Temple, Jenny Underwood, Kirsten Kosinski, Diana Wallace, Steve Driscoll, Jim and Lora McCabe.

Meeting called to order by: Ira King. An oral review of previous meeting was presented by Lora.

Old business:

1. By-laws draft not sent out since there is no updated list of members. Need to address this.

2. As accepted before, next meeting scheduled for second Saturday of March, 12. It will be at Keith’s house.

3. Insurance deemed to be a necessity, Steve Driscoll will summarize a meeting with an insurance agent at the next meeting.

New business:

1. Go Green Festival was presented by Jenny Underwood. The event will take place on April 2nd and 3rd in Thayer. Rain date will be the following weekend. Our association will try to organize rides, possibly using Jay’s carriage and horses. We will take part in it. This will be in lieu of the April meeting.

2. New business cards need to be ordered. A committee was proposed to select these. We will take a look at that next meeting.

Presentation:

D-ring harness presentation was shown on tape followed by Ira’s further explanation of its benefits.

Treasurer's report - current balance $592.52

Meeting was adjourned. Thanks to Ira for hosting and Diana for fabulous Shepherd’s Pie.

February 2011 Draft Animal Association Meeting

Saturday, February 12, 2011

D-Ring Harness Demo and Potluck Lunch

Please bring folding chairs and your favorite Potluck lunch.

D-Ring Harness is used in the New England states and is quite different. It offers more benefits for the horse than regular harness. Come and find out why.

Ira King's farm.

Call Kirsten Kosinski for directions. 417 778 6009

Halter Training An Unbroken Filly

Note: you can click on each picture to see it in a bigger format


This is an untrained filly, not broke to lead. We will be using her in this demonstration.

Keith Temple haltered the filly in the barn, then brought her to the pen for training.














Makin' a loop. Uh, oh. That's calf roper lingo, not draft horse!














Moving slowly to allow the filly to adjust to the feel of the rope.


















Filly with the rope in position on the hindquarters.














Gently pull the rope and halter together.














Starting to pull on the hindquarters to get the horse moving forward.

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Halter training at next meeting

Ozark Draft Animal Association Meeting, Lunch and Demonstration

When:Saturday Jan. the 8th 2011

Time: Noon

Location: Keith Temple's house

This is a Pot Luck. Keith will make a Chili with Corn bread

After lunch we will look at his stock and he will give a little Demonstration on:

Working with a grown horse which is not Halter broke

We hope to see you there.

After lunch we can go to the barn and look at my stock and I can give a little demonstration on working with a grown horse that is not halter broke.

If you need directions, call Kirsten at 417 778 6009

Meeting this Saturday, December 11, 2010

From Lora McCabe....

Hello everybody!

I am late, as usual. This month's meeting will take place at my house (instead
of Jann's) at 390 Hidden Hill Rd, Mammoth Spring, AR. We will read the minutes
at that time so that everybody remembers what a great time we had last time.
There will be plenty of good food and good company. Please feel free to bring
desserts or drinks. Also, please forward this to anybody that might be
interested in our draft animals/horses/donkeys, etc.

(note: directions omitted)

Hope to see you this Saturday at 12 noon.

Lora

Beth and Benita

Shelby Lager, age 13, and her dad Ted drive a pair of registered mares.