7 Entries So Far in the Contest For The Free Tickets…

I have been a boarder at High Country Stables since Nov of 2006 and I can tell you now that I wouldn’t want to go anywhere else to board my horse Scout.
The Phillips takes such good care of the horses and is the most loving family that you ever wanted to meet.
Take Shelly Phillips for instance, she loves all the kids that ride at the barn and they love her back. She takes time to teach them how to take care of the horses and the responsibility that goes along with it. She is an excellent trainer and teaches you how to get the best out of you and your horse.
When I first started taking lessons with Shelly, I had no confidence in myself or my horse. I was just plain scared to even get on Scout much less ride him. With Shelly patience and perseverance, both Scout and I grew both in confidence and trust and at our first horse show in May 2007, placed first in Equitation. Now how is that for someone who hadn’t shown in 14 years and was scared to death to ride her own horse.
Scout and I have learned so much from Shelly and really look forward to taking our weekly Tuesday morning riding lesson with her. I learned that it is alright to make a mistake when riding as long as you keep trying and don’t give up on yourself or your horse.
In fact, all the kids eagerly look forward to their lessons with Shelly and sometimes even come out to the barn just to spend time with the horses and her.
Shelly & her family has worked with all sorts of kids in summer riding camps and all the kids keep wanting to come back and some don’t want to leave at the end of the day. That’s how much fun they have at the summer riding camps.
Shelly is involved with the Paulding County saddle club and during the spring and summer; you can find her and her family at the Wildhorse Park in Power Springs, GA, with all of her students showing in any of the classes, from Beginning Jumping to Running Barrels. She has had students that have gone to the State Show in Perry, Ga.
I could go on and on, why I love High Country Stables but all I know is, Shelly and her family are the most loving family and Scout has never had better care or treatment then what Shelly and her family has shown him.
So if you looking to board your horse , or someone to train your horse, look no further than High Country Stables, where it is a fun place to horse around and your horse will get the best treatment ever.
Kathy Canniff

I have four kids that came to one of Shelly’s Day Camps this summer. Once I pulled into High Country Stables, it felt as though I was already in the country, with the sun coming thru the trees and animals abound. My kids had only gone on a pony ride at birthday parties, so I was not too sure what to expect. Neither were they….
They had the BEST time! Riding horses, crafts, swimming in the lake. My kids could not get enough of the animals. I think my daughter wanted to take that poor chicken home!! She held it as though it was a baby doll. I will definitely sign up again next year and have already talked to so many people about what an amazing time my kids had at High Country Stables. Thanks for a great memory!!
Donna Pellegrino

I’ve never had the pleasure of actually owning a horse of my own, but for years I took group lessons, and then private lessons. I cleaned stalls, painted fences and worked off the fees to pay for my lessons. Later I was hired as a groom and exercise girl, a job I would have done for free just for the experience of working with some great horses. The one lesson I have taken with my experience is patience and persistence. . My work now with small children requires much patience and persistence.
Recently I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer, as was my mother. Although you may not consider patience and persistence a virtue to dealing with this disease, I can tell you first hand that it. Sitting through Chemotherapy for 3 hours, waiting for the side effects to wear off, going to therapy daily, waiting for the hair to come back in, ect. requires lots and lots of patience and persistence. Something I’ve learned as a teenager at a the farm on Hunt Club Road in Illinois, years ago.

Mere Words Cannot Desribe….

I’ve fallen in love…with a place where dreams blossom. A place and a people where your disablity, affliction, or addiction can be freed. The smell of the barn, the sound the water, and the breeze on your face wrap every inch of your soul and body. To walk with horses by your side, to watch them run and roll in the pastures now covered with sand fills you with an uncommon found energy in your spirit. I love this place…

Mere words cannot describe…how a dream came to life.

As a small girl growing up in Wisconsin, I dreamed of a life with horses. But as most parents do…a childhood dream that was expenisve wasn’t one that was going to happen. With occasional trail rides and a year of lessons when I was 13 would have to do. Dream done….

After having two children I witnessed with my own eyes, the dreams and imagination of a child. I never knew what it meant to “live thru your child’s dream,” until my daughter blessed me with hers. There was a sense of completeness…fullfillment….calmness and love when she was able to ride her first horse. How sweet and innocent the love a child when they begin to breathe the dream.

Mere words cannot describe…how God led us to this place. In search for a dream we hap hazardly stubled upon a place like no other. My daughter constantly talked about riding an Appaloosa. She had a picture of one in a book and pointed to it, “Mommy, what is this horse?” “That’s what I want.” The dream had a name.

As we drove down the long drive to the barn, not knowing what we would find, and without an appointment, the dream began to live. Her name was Tessa, an Appaloosa Pony. How sweet the dream.

Mere words cannot describe….how the blood rushes thru my veins and my soul breathes at this place. As I brush Callie, her eyes wide, watching me…I feel her warmth. The flick of her tail, the stomp of her hoof as she shoes away flies….I feel her speak. She is powerfull and beautiful, yet gentle and loving. I have fallen in love…with this place and it’s people. The dream lives here…at High Country Stables.