Mountain Spring Farm

06/04/2026

So proud of my Arabella line of ponies..she passed on so much good to Araban..who sends it along to his progeny. I'm gonna love seeing Aspen in cart! Eric has her going so nicely! These babies are so darn smart!

06/03/2026

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06/03/2026

Fun days with Lynn and her minis and Uli and her Fjords!

05/20/2026

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04/21/2026

I gained 12 followers, created 48 posts and received 1,040 reactions in the past 90 days! Thank you all for your continued support. I could not have done it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

04/18/2026

OMG! Hope that is AI!! Who in their right mind!!

04/18/2026

Happy Birthday (24th) to my Freya girl..we have done a lot, and been through a lot..but my life has sure been better because of you! ❤️ 💖

04/16/2026

Good demonstration..

Balance and compensation — for beginners

This image says it all.

On the left, the blocks are stacked in a straight line

They’re balanced.

The weight travels straight down through each block into the ground.

Nothing is struggling. Nothing is compensating.

On the right, the stack is no longer straight.

One block at the bottom is out of alignment — and everything above it has to adjust to stay upright.

That’s compensation.

Each block is now working a little harder to stop the whole structure from collapsing

Wow moment for me when I finally “got it”

This is exactly how I see balance in the equine foot.

The bones, joints, and soft tissues are like that stack of blocks — all working together to support the limb.

When alignment is good, everything shares the load.

When it’s not, the structures above have to compensate.

And over time, that compensation adds up.

This is why farriers focus so much on balance.

Because it doesn’t take much — just a small change at the base — to affect everything above it.

Balance isn’t about perfection — it’s about reducing the need to compensate.