A Quiet and Peaceful Friday

A beautiful morning with clear and cool skies, the desert winds kicked up later in the day.

All quiet with the horses, thankfully, no emergencies.


Felipe shored up the pig houses with extra straw for insulation during our colder nights...


Aztec shared some morning hay with Mojo and Levi who are quickly becoming BFFS in the Barn...


Honey Boo Boo looking for trouble in Assisted Living...


Donna and her adopted horse, Pippi in their riding lesson...


Sage and Graffiti worked in a Basic Horsemanship Class under CityCenter...


Arturo, looking pretty dapper!

- Posted by Jill Curtis from the Ranch

Shiloh's Upcoming Rummage/Yard Sale

Save the date for Shiloh's yard/rummage sale on Saturday, November 11th. It is going to be held at our neighbors, Sandy Valley Ranch.

If you have something you would like to donate to be sold for the Shiloh Horses please feel free to bring it out to Shiloh.

More info to come!


- Posted by Jill Curtis from the Ranch

Location:E Harmon Ave,Paradise,United States

My Back Surgery Update

I have had a few people ask me for an update on my back.

It has been ten months since I had the surgery and my back has healed unbelievably well. I just went to see my surgeon today and he said it has totally fused around the screws and plates and is now stable. He told me that basically my back had been broken into two pieces (from 30+ years of riding), its amazing that I was able to function as well as I did for all those years and then get back into competitive riding after 16 years.

Anyway, he cleared me for riding and I will be back in the saddle as soon as Jedermann returns from CA in a few weeks! I am really excited!


My x-ray from today.


Front view.

I know that many people's back surgery do not turn out very well, but I was lucky and am extremely happy that I went through with it!

- Posted by Jill Curtis from the Ranch

Sunday and Monday at Shiloh

Sunday and Monday were both quiet days at the ranch...


Aztec, looking cute...


Juniper and Waco enjoy some attention from volunteers in Little Vacation Village...


Sage shows some spirit...


Our new pig, Honey Boo Boo. She was found wandering in Sandy Valley...


Dave and Tortilla on CityCenter...


Ed built our new cross for our Memorial Garden. This is really going to be cool- people can nail something to the cross in memory of an animal or person who has passed...


There it goes!


Trucker...


Kaylee and Storm Cloud in their lesson...


Sage and Moses participated in a Basic Horsemanship Class...


Sweet old Melvyn...

- Posted by Jill Curtis from the Ranch

Starsky is up for Adoption

Starsky recently returned to Shiloh due to changes in his adoptive home. He is a sound and healthy 12 year TB gelding who is sound and sane. A nice big handsome gelding.

Weds Morning at Shiloh

A beautiful clear blue sky over the ranch this morning. Still lots of mud from the recent rains but the rain washed the dust off of everything so we aren't complaining!


Big Pasture during breakfast...


Godspeed and Tommy with an Eye; Okay Corral...


Okay Corral...


Okay Corral...


Yeo, trotting across her pasture. She is moving so much better since her arrival and her spirit is beginning to emerge...


Lark; Okay Corral...


Big Pasture...


Big Pasture...


BLT...


Trigger, on the left, finally decided to leave Okay Corral yesterday morning at feeding time. He wandered into the pasture a few weeks ago and didn't want to leave. So we left him in and figured he would decide when he was ready to go back to wandering- looks like yesterday was the day!

- Posted by Jill Curtis from Shiloh Ranch

Location:County 20918 Rd,,United States

A Muddy Shiloh

It is still very muddy out here after this past weekend's rains. All the horses are getting fuzzy and the nights are really cooling off...


Big Pasture around 5pm...


Wandering pony herd- Pokie Dot, Flora and Mamacita enjoy their evening hay...


Massy shared her hay with some of the goats...


Ranch dog, Curry, found a dry spot to stretch out...


Lake Shiloh by the bungalows.,.


I like this reflective shot of Piñata the Burro...


Old BFFs Melvyn and Graffiti eating their evening grain. Melvyn is now totally blind and deaf- but still has that old Melvyn spirit!

- Posted by Jill Curtis from Shiloh Ranch

Fixing up the Pig Palace and other photos

This morning was the first day that I actually put a long sleeve shirt on- it is getting chilly out here at night.

So, today we shored up the Pig area and the pig houses to give them more protection and insulation.


We used some of the straw bales that were donated to us a few months ago...


Jimmy Dean's box in the Barn stall. Looks really cozy!


But Jimmy was a bit wary...


The Pig Palace. The pigs love to burrow under the piles of straw...


Shiloh Wanderers!


A view of the beautiful Nevada mountains behind Shiloh...


Wandering ponies stealing breakfast hay from the Mare Motel horses...


A view of part of Little Vacation Village...


More of Little Vacation Village.

- Posted by Jill Curtis from Shiloh Ranch

Mirage finds her way to Shiloh

Yesterday afternoon we had a call from a neighboring ranch that there was a horse wandering on the empty gravel road.

We all hopped in the truck and headed over.


There she was, just standing and waiting for someone to help her. Looks like another horse dumped out in the desert....


She is very well mannered 2-3 year old QH, shod all the way around (with front pads which leads me to suspect a lameness) and she walked very calmly into the trailer.


We searched with binoculars to see if there was another horse with her anywhere as sometimes multiple horses have been in this same area.


But, we couldn't find another one.


We have have named her Mirage and we will do all we can for her.

- Posted by Jill Curtis from Shiloh Ranch