I am Shannon.

At my very soul, I am just a girl who loves horses.  As a child I wished on every first star and every birthday candle for a horse of my own.  My parents indulged me with riding lessons at the age of 9 and finally my dream came true and I got my first horse at the age of 12.  Since that time I have always had a horse in my life (or 3 or 4!!).  I have an adventurous spirit and have trained and competed in many different disciplines including eventing, jumping, dressage, western pleasure and carriage driving!  

As a young person I was very confident with horses.  After taking some time away from my horses to have our three children, I acquired a new horse in my early thirties.  Without realizing that he was a very green, very dominant gelding - I suffered a bad fall.  Fear took over and for the next four years I struggled, afraid to put my foot in the stirrup, and was considering giving up on horses forever.   Luckily,  a friend convinced me to take a natural horsemanship clinic which opened the door to a whole new world!  I was overwhelmed with what I didn't know about horses!  9 years after that first clinic, I am a level 5 Parelli student and am truly living my dream with horses! I am passionate about everything horse related but have really fallen in love with the precision and beauty of Western Dressage and the sport of Reined Cow Horse!