J-Bar Ranch Center for Experiential Learning

06/11/2025

6/10/25 Because of a family change of plans affecting a couple of participants, we have 2 openings in next week's Horse & Reader Summer Camp. (June 16-20) To enroll, contact Buzz by phone or text at 559-308-2128, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Please share if you know someone who might be interested.

05/21/2025

5/21/25 Recently, we've heard from several families looking for summer riding lessons. We offer week-long Horse & Reader summer camps, 8:30 to 11:30, M-F during June and July, but no separate riding lessons during the summer. Kids work with horses/ride every day during summer camp. They also participate in reading and multi-subject centers. We have several openings left in our camps. Contact Buzz at (559) 308-2128 or [email protected] for more info and to enroll.

If you're interested in riding only, we recommend contacting Marily Reese at Sequoia Hills Stables, 559- 747-8773. Marily offers a summer camp with horse-handling and riding.

05/18/2025

5/18/25 And now this kid is graduating HS! We wish him all the best!!!

07/03/2024

Reading counts! 📚

05/05/2024

Yesterday (5/3), just as our morning class ended, I noticed a message from a grandmom looking for therapeutic riding for her granddaughter. I’ve searched and searched and can no longer find that message. I’m going to attempt to respond anyhow, hoping that the sender sees this message.

While we consider all interaction with horses therapeutic, and we so appreciate recommendation of our programs, another local provider of programs, Happy Trails, might be the better choice. They offer both physical and psychological therapy with horses.

We will be launching Horse & Reader summer camps on June 10th. These are week-long, every weekday morning, 8:30-11:30 experiences that include riding, reading, and multisubject centers, as well as journal writing. I respond to students’ journals daily.

We don’t offer private riding lessons during the summer, since our instructors and horses need breaks on the weekends.

Our regular, once-per-week, school-year Horse & Reader classes will resume in September.

I hope this message helps! If not, please contact [email protected].

Thank you—and my apologies for this rather slow and general response.

05/03/2024

Our Neuter Event will be here soon, reserve your spots now!

Please read the “rules” below and then utilize the link to sign up.
- NO FEMALES. They will be turned away. (If your
cat is tri colored with orange, it is a female.)

- No more than 5 spots per person unless given
permission by admin to bring more.

- This event is non-refundable and no credits. If
you are trying to get ferals, trap train and plan
to trap and hold so you don’t miss out.

- Cats must be 2 lbs and healthy. It is HIGHLY
recommended any friendly cats have started
vaccinations PRIOR to bringing to the event so
vaccinate now!

Drop off and pick up will be at an admins house, NOT SPCA! An email will be sent out with further drop off/pick up instructions once all the spots have been filled.

https://FRESNOTNR.as.me/

05/19/2023

The cutest photo you’ll see today! Emmy Bradley meeting new baby bro Barrett—and thanking her parents!

05/19/2023

Mom’s Day bouquet refreshed with a few yard roses. Still lookin’ pretty good!

01/24/2023

Son Clay and Kendra were married in Half Moon Bay, standing on Texas soil that Jason Loveless had imported. I was so sad to read of this mass shooting in that quiet and lovely place.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — (AP) — Seven people were killed in two related shootings Monday at agricultural facilities in a California coastal community south of San Francisco, marking the state's third mass killing in eight days, including Saturday's attack at a dance hall that killed 11 during Lun...