Pond-A-Luce-A Stables

What a whirl wind of a week!

Tuesday we had our last outing to Cle Elum Before the show at the end of the month. Xc schooling. 3 riders and 5 horses.

Wednesday was a full 18 student day of teaching.

Thursday-Friday we had an awesome intermediate rider camp training the eye, learning to teach, and growing into more knowledgeable equestrians. 14 students stayed the night 🫣

Then today, Saturday! It was a perfect show with all three of us new riders/new setting and the show went fabulously!

ISO: Stall cleaner/groom/barn help/beginner instructor.

Auburn Wa

A positive attitude is a must! There is a level of fitness and health a person must have to do this job! It is labor intensive.
I am willing to train someone new to horses.
LOOKING FOR LONG TERM EMPLOYMENT ONLY!

Looking to hire a new teammate to the stampede!
We’re looking for someone capable of cleaning up after the horses on a daily basis or every other day and helping with several barn/horse related tasks.
In the most perfect world, someone who wants to help care for and clean up after the horses and has the gift of teaching would be ideal!

This job is labor intensive and you are out in the elements year round!

We are a large working barn with 30+ horses on the property. Excellent amenities and top notch care. We have AMAZING boarders, super community to be apart of. There is room for growth long term at this job, as well as riding opportunities. You could move into a working groom, rider, teacher, trainer, and we offer the path way to do so.

3 days a week minimum
Starting time is between 6am-7am (can flex) end time is around noon which can also be flexed based on skills, tasks desired, and want for employment.
W-2 or 1099 for pay. Pay is based on experience. We have a sliding pay scale bonus system for our beginner instructors that starts at $18/hr-$67hr if desired.
Stall cleaner barn hand is anywhere from $17-$25. You can earn more $$ if stall cleaning is your thing and you are thorough and quick.

Pay is determined by duration of employment, self starter, experience, attention to detail, and tasks you want to accomplish.

Living onsite is an option. No dogs or cats.

Must have transportation if living off site and be able to pick up 20-40lbs and climb a small ladder.

BROKEN LEGS~Shattered barn~BUT IT DIDNT BREAK MY SPIRIT

Today marks 5 years since I broke both of my legs and shattered the bones in my feet. Feb 11, 2019
14 hour surgery 2 days after the incident just to get the bones in my feet to stop folding in on each other. My right foot was so bad they almostst amputated it. My chances of ever walking again were low.

7 days in harbor view and another 4 days following a MCL and tibial plateau surgery at UW hospital. After all of this I returned to my barn.

In just weeks all of my employees quit expect 1, and half my barn walked out.

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As I was going through my journal tonight I came across this.

Written by me in April 2019
And wow this is more true than ever.

The journal of a horse trainer

This week is the second week starting our jump camp. The camp I organized prior to breaking both my legs. A camp which many of our students plan to attend and I’m at suppose to lead.
Upon start of the week to this three day camp I went through our barn “equipment” trying to accumulate tack to pay our debts for the last few months I’ve been out of work. It’s been a journey.
We give our hearts as trainers to the people in our horsey world the most. And on my journey, breaking my legs showed me just how much those people chose to give back.
In all of the clients I have lost and gained, the ones that hurt the most, are the ones I get the closest with and have left in the weakest of times. A majority in the last two months have stayed waiting patiently for my recovery, but a few have fallen aside.
Broken legs, broken relationships. I give my whole backbone everyday to help all of those in my circle and when I broke my legs it’s almost as if my circle had no wholeness. I was what kept the circle in tact. And when I broke, it broke.
So now, I’m gathering the pieces of those who fell, and those who are looking for support, and I will press onward. Broken legs and all, to show those who held strong, waiting for me to recover, and help them in the best I am able. And those who fell and those who left, it’s okay because I was weak and you needed strength. I didn’t have it, and you needed to find it.
No I’m not mad, I’m thankful, because those of you who left were the weakest links in the circle and as much as I care to hold tight to the weak links, truly this circle becomes stronger with the stronger links that didn’t bend or bust as the circle reformed.
My circle will be stronger, the links tighter, the care more from the heart. And when I walk again and my legs are healed I will come back whole. More whole than the circle could have ever felt or imagined before. I’m here to give to those around me. I am a trainer and although I can’t show with my actions now, trust my words, and my actions have shown before, they will again even more.
Camp is tomorrow and I have many students signed up, knowing these feet can’t help but this knowledge will. Camp will go on, as will I, heart intact and integrity to give all I can.

This job has been filled!

Clean and maintain the horses living areas as well as feed, turnout, turnout, and tidy the barn areas.

Always trying to do better 💚

New paddocks with better drainage.

Say hi to our resident geese

Here are some xc jumps that we have sold and/or added to our small xc course here at the stables.

We’re building and selling jumps to offset the loss our business is enduring during this quarantine.

Here’s a look at an entire jump set we made for a happy customer :)

New jumps!!!

Always adding something even better for the horses and humans around the facility!
Larger turnout fields!!!!