Hello,

I’m excited to announce a clinic with the new US Team Coach, Morten Thomsen!

The clinic is October 18-19 at Cedar Meadow Farm (Pumpkin Farms alternate location). I rode with Morten in the USEF Elite Rider Clinic in San Diego in June, and he was great to ride with. Very engaged, positive, and very effective. All of the horses improved greatly in the lessons. This is an amazing opportunity to be one of the few places in the country that gets to host Morten, so I hope that the Northwest takes advantage of this  opportunity! I am accepting riders and auditors at this time. Auditors need to sign up in advance. Absolutely no auditors at the door.

Alyssa Pitts

13113 200th St SE

Snohomish, WA 98296

(360) 453-7196

(650) 906-5561

www.ap-dressage.com

**AP Dressage is on ODS Business Member.

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Dear ODS Member,

Things are in the works for the September Foal Issue! If you have babies to show off and/or a stallion to promote this is a fun way to do it.  For just $12 you can include a foal photo plus an announcement (foals name, breed, sire, dam, sire of dam, owner’s name, town & state).   Foals are listed in alphabetical order, by stallion, so it’s easy to compare the offspring of various stallions – plus it’s lots of fun!  Foal photos and announcements are due by Saturday, August 7th. Please contact us if you have questions.

Saturday, August 7th is also the advertising deadline – please call to reserve space if your ad isn’t ready. We’re happy to give you a few extra days to pull things together, just appreciate knowing what’s coming.

Save money by running your ad 3, 6, or 12 months. Discounted rates are on our website: www.flyingchanges.com or we can email that information to you.

Buy one, get one free photo ads – just $58 to run 2 photo ads in the same issue! Promote your horse, equestrian property, or business easily and affordably.

Up to 40 words free in classified advertising for subscribers! Take advantage of this to promote your equestrian business – classifieds appear in the magazine and online, reaching the Northwest sporthorse market.

As always, wishing you the best for you & your horses!

Lauren

p.s. Take advantage of our free services: Calendar of Events, Show Results, HorseTales, and MarketPlace – lots of ways to promote your self, your horse, your business.

Flying Changes Magazine

2402 SE 2nd Avenue

Battle Ground, WA 98604

(360) 687-0203; fax 687-4898

mail@flyingchanges.com

Also on Facebook!

**Flying Changes Magazine is a current ODS Business Member.  In return for paying higher dues, ODS Business Members are permitted to send 1 broadcast e-mail per quarter.  Please contact the ODS Office for details.

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It’s show time!

With less than two weeks until the Pacific Northwest’s largest dressage show, DevonWood needs your help.

Dressage at DevonWood will take place July 23 – July 25, 2010 in Sherwood, Oregon. The show will run Friday and Saturday from 7:00AM until 8:00PM, and Sunday from 7:00AM until 6:00PM. Volunteers are still needed to help fill every position. Don’t miss out on your chance to work with world-class judges, win great volunteer prizes, and enjoy free Chipotle Chips and Burritos. All while watching the best dressage the Northwest has to offer! No matter what your skill level, we’ll train you!

This year’s show includes over 50 FEI rides daily, 30 musical freestyles, 250 competitors, and nearly 900 rides total. With such a big show, we really need YOUR help.

Go to www.ezvolunteer.com to sign-up now. If you’re already registered with eZvolunteer, simply log-in to your profile and sign-up for the 2010 show. If you have any trouble logging-in, signing-up, or have any questions about volunteering for the show, contact the Volunteer Coordinator at noah.rattner@devonwoodec.com.

Can’t come to the show this year? Don’t miss out on our live scoring at www.devonwoodscores.com.

We hope to see you at the show!

Noah G. Rattner

Assistant Show Secretary/Volunteer Coordinator

Dressage at DevonWood 2010

Director of Marketing & Public Relations

DevonWood Equestrian Centre, LLC

www.devonwoodec.com

(503) 449-1274 mobile

(888) 329-3932 fax

(503) 625-8831 office

**DevonWood Equestrian Centre is a current ODS Business Member.  In return for paying higher dues, ODS Business Members are permitted to send 1 broadcast e-mail per quarter.  Please contact the ODS Office for details.

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Buying Or Selling Horse-Friendly Property?

Doesn’t it make sense to work with someone that knows horses and horse property?

I invite you to visit www.HomesWithHorseSense.com where you can

• Search properties for sale

• Become a fan of Willamette Valley Horse Owners on Facebook to network with other local horse owners

• Request the Acreage Foreclosure List

Catherine Ulrey is a licensed real estate broker since 1997 (and multiple horse owner) with Keller Williams Realty serving the mid-Willamette Valley area including Salem, Keizer, Stayton, Silverton, Aumsville, Turner, Jefferson, Scio, Lebanon, Albany, Monmouth and Dallas and surrounding areas.

**Catherine Ulrey is a current ODS Business Member.  In return for paying higher dues, ODS Business Members are permitted to send 1 broadcast e-mail per quarter.  Please contact the ODS Office for details.

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You’ve heard of acupuncture and acupressure.  Come learn about the “next generation” technique for accelerating healing in this free 2-hour class. Often referred to as “acupuncture without needles,” Energy Healing is an effective tool for treating ailments and preventing illness that is easy to learn and easy to apply.  Learn a new skill that will help you discover your innate ability to accelerate your horse’s health and well being that is portable and can be used anytime, any place.

Liza Burney of Heart to Heart Healing, offers an in-depth Energy Healing for Horses on July 17 from 2-4 pm at the Beaverton Resource Center, 12500 SW Allen Blvd., Beaverton, OR 97005. This introductory class is designed for those who are interested in learning how to develop their own innate skills to assist the healing process for their horse.  This class provides participants with the tools to treat common first aid ailments such as cuts, scrapes and insect bites, help with athletic performance and recovery, and support the overall general well-being of their horse.

Pranic Healing is a no-touch healing technique that offers specific, tested, step-by-step procedures for treating ailments and preventing illness.  It complements Western medicine as well as other healing modalities.  Pranic Healing can help animals heal from physical ailments (both chronic and acute) as well as help in balancing the emotional and psychological aspects of an animal’s well being, which can help reduce stress and phobias.  Pranic Healing (for people) has now been taught and practiced in more than 85 countries, from the cancer hospitals in India to Kaiser Medical Center in Los Angeles and Portland.

“Prana” is a Sanskrit word that means “life-force.” It is the vital energy which keeps the body alive and healthy.  Pranic Healing teaches the basics of energy anatomy – students learn the basics of working with their animal’s energy aura, including learning to “scan,” or feel the energy, to “sweep,” or clean away congested energy, and to “energize,” or supplement areas in their aura that have a pranic deficiency. Students begin by learning to activate the energy centers, or “chakras,” in the center of their hands. This enables them to become sensitive to prana and scan an animal’s energy field to identify blockages and then cleanse, energize and revitalize the area with new prana.
For more information, our website is www.heart-to-heart-healing.com.  Please rsvp to  info@pnwpranichealing.com. Liza Burney, a volunteer with PNWPH, has been studying subtle energy for over ten years and specializes in treating animals.  Pranic Healing is respectful of all religions and philosophies.

**Heart to Heart Healing / Liza Burney is a current ODS Business Member.  In return for paying higher dues, ODS Business Members are permitted to send 1 broadcast e-mail per quarter.  Please contact the ODS Office for details.

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FREE FORAGE AND FEED ANALYSIS

If you run an equine business than you know the importance of optimum nutrition. But have you ever taken the time to analyze the forage? Have you crunched the numbers to see just what nutrients are lacking or are in excess from your hay, grains and supplements? Have you considered feeding options that are more economical or that minimize the time spent feeding? Do you have horses with special needs?

If you feed 20 horses or more at your facility, Triple Crown Feeds is offering free forage and feed analysis of your nutrition program. Let an equine only nutrition specialist find out exactly what the strengths and weaknesses are in your forage and then make suggestions for the most nutritionally sound, yet economical feeding program. Sometimes simple adjustments can save pennies per day per horse which adds up to THOUSANDS of dollars per year in overall feed bills!

To take advantage of this ODS member opportunity, call or email Natalie at 406-599-7694 or Natalie.mcgowan@chsinc.com.

*Free service includes free travel to the facility and time spent analyzing forage and feed. Does not include cost of actual forage testing.

**Natalie McGowan/Triple Crown Feeds is a current ODS Business Member.  In return for paying higher dues, ODS Business Members are permitted to send 1 broadcast e-mail per quarter.  Please contact the ODS Office for details.

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***Dressage at DevonWood 2010 Entries Open TODAY***

Visit www.devonwoodec.com for more information.

Join us this July 23-25, 2010 for the 11^th Annual Dressage at DevonWood competition.

Download the Official Prize List: http://bit.ly/dad2010pl

Download the Official Entry Form: http://bit.ly/dad2010en

Feeling lucky? Enter our USDF & FEI Musical Freestyle Classes for your chance at $1,000 CASH! Both classes have a $1,000 CASH prize – YOURS for the taking!

Don’t miss out on the VIP Tent this year…we’ll be partying all weekend long in our Kentucky-themed VIP Tent in celebration of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games taking place in Lexington this summer! For table or seat reservations, e-mail VIP@devonwoodec.com.

We always need volunteers for the show! To sign-up, visit www.eZvolunteer.com. As we get closer to the show, we’ll get in touch to work out the details!

As always, we’re looking forward to seeing you at the show.

Noah G. Rattner

Director of Marketing & Public Relations

DevonWood Equestrian Centre, LLC

www.devonwoodec.com

(503) 449-1274 mobile

(888) 329-3932 fax

(503) 625-8831 office

**DevonWood Equestrian Centre is a current ODS Business Member.  In return for paying higher dues, ODS Business Members are permitted to send 1 broadcast e-mail per quarter.  Please contact the ODS Office for details.

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Hello ODS,

I’m hosting a clinic at my barn with piaffe/passage specialist Alfredo Hernandez and wanted to invite you to attend!

Alfredo Hernandez is a piaffe/passage specialist. He works with many of California’s top trainers, and he has been asked to clinic across the west, so we’re lucky to have him up here. He’s not taking any new clinics or students, so I’m really glad that he’s still willing to work with me up here. Here is a video link to him working with someone in a recent clinic in California: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGgScGFQ7jw

The clinic is May 18-19 at Cedar Meadow Farm in Snohomish, WA. The cost is $100 per ride, and the fee for auditing is $20 for both days.  Contact me for more information.

Thanks!
Alyssa Pitts
13113 200th St SE
Snohomish, WA 98296
(360) 453-7196
(650) 906-5561
www.ap-dressage.com

**Alyssa Pitts is a current ODS Business Member.  In return for paying higher dues, ODS Business Members are permitted to send 1 broadcast e-mail per quarter.  Please contact the ODS Office for details.

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Join Purina and Coastal for their upcoming HOW workshops – in Cornelius at 6 PM on 5/4, in Eugene at 6 PM on 5/5 or Gresham at 6 PM on 5/6.  Contact the Coastal Store for more details.

HOW Workshop Poster

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DK SADDLERY AND KENDIS SADDLERY, LLC

ON SITE SADDLE FITTING CLINICS

WITH DANNY KROETCH

MAY  6-10 2010

PORTLAND/VANCOUVER, EUGENE, ROSEBURG AND SOUTHERN OREGON (locations to be determined upon demand)

On site consultations include: evaluation of saddle fit to horse and rider, saddle fitting adjustments, reflocking, re-fit of Flair Air Panels.  Ride in your saddle after it is fixed to ensure proper fit.

Come try the FREEDOM SADDLE  and,

Danny’s New adjustable WESTERN SADDLE with Flair Air Panels

To reserve an appointment or for more information, please call or e-mail Amy Kendis at (360)835-5070  or amyk@pacifier.com

(YOUR EARLY RESPONSE WILL BE MOST HELPFUL)

**Amy Kendis is a current ODS Business Member.  In return for paying higher dues, ODS Business Members are permitted to send 1 broadcast e-mail per quarter.  Please contact the ODS Office for details.

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