FRIENDS & FAMILY

Lee Neuen's smile is so great!  He even smiles while doing farm chores!	Parker Neuen and Bay B Bonanza after a long day of farm work!	Tina Patillo and her beautiful Oldenburg "Blackie" working together in New Jersey.  Blackie, a 23 year old gelding, just won the 4th Level Dressage Championship for New Jersey...  Such a special horse!
We couldn't ask for better neighbors...  David, Charlotte and Andrew Huddleston...  Here are David and his son Andrew with some of their Black Angus cattle...  where's the bull?	Donna does a little ground work with Trendsetter...  Little man is growing up!  He is taller than Donna now!	Click this photo to watch a great video...  Washington International Horse Show 2005...  Exhibition:  World Class Jumpers "trying" to Barrel Race!  Too funny!
Our great friend, and authentic "horse whisperer", Ashley Duncan has been working with our babies.  Here is is with Trendsetter...  Babies that tie?  We got'em thanks to Ashley!	Our friend, Devin Ryan, warms up Princess (Jersey Girl) prior to a jumper show on a very cold day in New Jersey.	Dr. Phillip Wilson, our veterinarian, works on Lucy's leg...  seems just like Don, her joints are not what they used to be...  For those of you looking for a fantastic vet, Call Dr. Wilson at Southland Veterinary Services in Bowdon, GA  -  770-258-1900
Our neighbors and friends, Charolette Huddleston (L) and Kayla Reagan (R) are working with Buck and Tuffy in our upper riding ring...	Parker Neuen is ready to GO!  Complete with Wranglers, cowboys boots, and a helmet...  He is ready!  "Punkies" are sooooo cute!	"Women and Their Horses"...  we should write a book!  Here is our friend Kayla making sure that Buck knows he is appreciated...

Donna met Chris Cox at The Road to Horse 2008.  Many of the training principles that we use at Double D Ranch come from Chris Cox.	Donna runs the poles with Buck at a recent rodeo.	Parker Neuen competed on "Buck", and won, in a west Georgia rodeo! Way to go Parker!
Donna Fiducia competes in a  trail class at a west Georgia rodeo with Bay B Bonanza, one of our star mares.	Donna presented "Cara Bella K" by Popeye K, out of Bella Seta, at The Atlanta Classic Horse Show in Conyers, GA...  Did we mention that she took "Best Young Horse"?  Whoohooo!	Donna Fiducia and Tommy Garland hooked up at the 2008 Road to the Horse in Tennessee to discuss their upcoming TV show on RFD-TV.

Horse Trainer Ashley Duncan works with our little man Johnny B. Goode, as a 5 month old, on loading on a trailer...  oh, and he was weaned this very same week...  Not bad little man!	Ashley patiently waits for Johnny B. Goode to step up into the "big scary trailer"...  Good job little man!	Aw...  that was nuttin'... Ashley and Johnny B. Goode take a breather after the first loading onto the trailer...  What Johnny doesn't know is that he has about 50 more times to load before he can go back to his stall...  Haha!!!  Jokes on the little man!!!
Here Ashley is working with EisCapade, our new filly out of Jersey Girl...  at 5 months, she too was weaned and the trailer training started...	Good Girl EisCapade...  Good Girl!	Johnny B. Goode takes his first steps onto a training "bridge"...  Ashley Duncan...  what a gift he has been to us!

Johni Navarotte's help with both the farm and the horses is invaluable.	Our colts are all "hand fed"...  only the best for the nags at Double D Ranch!	Wonder what Parker is thinking right now?  Maybe...  "Why do I have to do this when I could be playing?????"
Andrew Huddleston, our neighbor, helps out with our horses when he is not in school, playing football, playing baseball, competing in Jr. Rodeo bull riding, and flirting with girls...	Ewwwwwwwwwwww......  Doooo  Dooo!	Lee Neuen...  Don's oldest son, showing us again his "million dollar" smile!
The "elderly" love little kids...  especially when the little kid brings them grain and apple treats!  One of our brood mares, Bella Seta waits patiently for Parker to dump her feed.	Calee Belle, daughter of Ashley and Dotti Duncan of Providence Quarter Horses lets this goat know who is boss!  For those who don't know, Dotti sold us the farm!	Our wonderful veterinarian, Dr. Phillip Wilson, spends time discussing one of our "moms", Bella Seta, with Donna on a cool morning in February...  Bella Seta doesn't seem very interested in their conversation, does she?
Parker Neuen...  Don's younger son...  Relaxing in a tree...  what a cute punkie!	No free weekends...  EVER!	Such a good mother!  Bay B Bonanza checks up on Parker as he rests in the stone dust ring.

Johni has the colts eating out of his hands...  and his face...  and his chest...  and his shoulders...  It looks like Ringo wants the red hat!	Parker grabs a big hug from our pretty mare, Bay B Bonanza...  or is it "B" that is grabbing the hug from Parker?	Lee is a "vehicle fiend!"  He drives anything that will move...  lawn mowers...  tractors...  trucks...  cars...  bikes...  horses...  even buses!
Redha Gharsa, Lead Rider for The World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions works with one of the stallions at the White Stallions Productions ranch in Oviedo, Florida.	Both are showing us their better side!	Feedin' time for Gleam (Hidden Potential)  and Ringo (Invest Iz Best)...  Yum, Yum, Yum...
Blah, Blah, Blah!	Is "Bear" pointin' or peein'???  You guessed it...  Bear is peein'!	Nothin' beats a good trail ride...  Here Donna, our dear friends, Dotti and Ashley Duncan enjoy a ride on their property.
Taylor McKee, a neighbor and one of Donna's students, works with Lucy in the upper riding ring.	Parker Neuen works on his barrel racing with one of our mares "Lucy"...	Donna works with Taylor McKee, who is learning both Western and English riding styles...  and yes, that is Lucy, one of our beautiful (and patient) mares!
What do you get when you put a 3 1/2 foot little man on top of a 16.1hh horse?  You get a big smile on Daddy's face!!  Here is Parker Neuen turning a barrel for the very first time with "Lucy"... How cool is that!	Kasie, one of Donna's students gets her first lesson in an English saddle...  Here Donna shows her the proper leg position.  As our "bomb proof" mare Lucy thinks about...  hummm?  Dinner maybe?	Donna's beautiful hunter mare, Princess, gets a little pampering.  Tiffany helps Donna cool Princess off during a very hot and humid summer day.