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Greetings from Halvorson Farms and all the pretty horses. Having curly hair myself, it is only fitting that Curly horses should live at Halvorson Farms. Love yourself=Love Curlies
Halvorson Farms is located in the plunging Trimbelle Valley of Western Wisconson, 45 minutes from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Jerry's first memory in life is pulling on a horse's tail and he's been hangin' on ever since. Someone asked, "Do you love horses?"
When I first discovered Curly horses, I could imagine what the Dameles felt when they first stared at those unique animals. Where they a genetic fluke? Perhaps Noah only loaded one horse aboard his ark and it mated with a curly "something." Strange! Captured by curls? Look deeper and become fascinated. "Do I love horses?...It's beyond love." Maybe you also feel that way about horses, but are allergic? Maybe these Curly-haired equines are the answer. Check with your allergist re Curly horses. Test yourself, under medical supervision, to determine your reaction.
Come on inside the ranch house. See all the cowboy collecibles, visit a while and read books written by the semi-retired professor of Speech Pathology. Then, help feed the herd and enjoy the wild horse stampede.
As a college professor at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, I specialized in helping those who stutter and/or fear speaking. Horses were my counterblance, helped keep me sane. Since retiring, raising and training horses, became my obsession--of course along with writing--but the body (knee) was weak and need fixing. With artificial parts, the horse training continues, mostly teaching horses tricks, which was my boyhood dream, ever since I saw a Roy Rogers look-alike at the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds. I was 10.
In 1998, I acquired my first set of Curlies, a couple of straight-haired rejects. Having trained horses, including race track thoroughbreds, I was absolutely taken by what a great trainer I turned into when working with those Curlies. Of course, it was them, not me. I took note and laid plans to plant Curlies at Halvorson Farms.
Time leaks into eternity and so it was that Curlies and my chosen profession, Speech Pathology, crossed paths. Elmer Johnson, a severe stutterer, would become my Curly supplier. Another population of handicapped people, those with allergies, would be served by my new set of horses. |
