Pleasant Valley Horse Farm

New Arrivals

Elizabeth Aderhold — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:35:15 +0000

Pleasant Valley Horse Farm welcomes the newest arrivals to our farm, two young Holstein calves.

Lady Longchamp, Wiona Champ and DonaChamp move to their new home

Elizabeth Aderhold — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:47:32 +0000

Congratulations to teamwork dressage at JILBA in Catharpin, VA for their recent purchase of Lady Longchamp and her two babies, Wiona and Dona. All three horses are certain to thrive under the care and training of Jules and Libby Anderson. We all look forward to seeing these horses in competition.

My farrier’s new website

Elizabeth Aderhold — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:13:27 +0000

Trey Swiger of Swiger Hoof Care was out last night to do trims on the horses. He’s got a new website up and will be making more additions to the site as time goes on. I’ve been using him for over five years and he’s the best blacksmith I’ve ever had. I would recommend him to anyone. He’s incredibly reliable, affordable, knowledgeable and very patient with the young horses. He’s also done a fabulous job keeping our pony, who suffers with bouts of laminitis, comfortable and in good health.

http://www.swigerhoofcare.com/

The goats go for a hike

Elizabeth Aderhold — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:03:28 +0000

Well, the weather is finally warming up and spring is right around the corner. We took the goat family for a hike over the weekend. They really seemed to enjoy their time on the trail.

Robin Goes to a New Home

Elizabeth Aderhold — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:44:46 +0000

Congratulations to Dana from Colorado for the being the proud new owner of Peking Robin. She will finally have a chance to become the show horse I know she can be.

Short Video of DonaChamp

Elizabeth Aderhold — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:03:30 +0000

I had some film to use up after shooting the video on WionaChamp, so I got a few shots of DonaChamp in her field with Peking Robin.

New Video of WionaChamp

Elizabeth Aderhold — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:51:38 +0000

A short video has been added to WionaChamp’s page showing her walk and canter. Video was taken in September, 2008.

New Head Shots of WionaChamp

Elizabeth Aderhold — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:34:31 +0000

I had a request for head shots of WionaChamp. So, here are a bunch of pictures that I took last night in the pasture. New video will be coming soon.

Freak Wind Storm Hits Area Sunday

Elizabeth Aderhold — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:12:31 +0000

Our whole region was hit with a wind storm on Sunday afternoon. Broken tree branches and sometimes even whole trees were laying in yards, on the roads and on houses. We had a good deal of damage on the farm. The roofing on both the horse barn and hay barn required repair, we lost gutters from the house and had a broken window in the barn. There were also two trees blocking the driveway. But there were no injuries, human or animal, so all in all we made it through allright.

We’re currently on our fifth day without power or water. We’ve been hauling close to 100 gallons of water each day from a hand pump down the road for the horses and goats. We’ve also been filling old milk jugs and coolers with city water for our own use. We’re coming up with all sorts of creative solutions to deal with the situation. A bucket punched with holes is serving as a shower. An old piece of TV antennae has been hooked up to our portable radio so we can get a better signal inside. And the burner of our propane grill is our main cooking apparatus.

According to rumors going around the neighborhood, we won’t be getting power until Sunday or Monday. Since there are still power lines laying in the roads, trees laying on top of other lines and no sign of a single DP&L employee, I’m starting to believe the rumors.

Goats working in Los Angeles

Elizabeth Aderhold — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:52:20 +0000

Goats are being rented by Los Angeles to clean up a weedy lot downtown.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-goats9-2008sep09,0,2407806.story