Shauna started taking hunter lessons when she was just the tender age of four at Brookwood Equestrian Center. She also attended a Christian riding camp every summer where she rode western, gaming, some hunter and a lot of trail riding.
She joined 4-H at the age of ten when she was given a completely wild half-Arabian for her birthday. At the time she joined 4-H, the green horse program had become extinct, so her mother Lesley took up the responsibility of heading a new program so Shauna could get all the help and experience possible. Lesley reintroduced green horse classes and arranged clinics with trainers such as Darick Anderson and Richard Shrake. But her biggest influence came from the man Lesley bought the horse from; Ron Downing. Shauna attributes Ron to the very basis and foundation of her horsemanship. Ron is a respected Horseman and member of the Back Country Horsemen who made a living with his horses; training, breeding, respected Farrier, teaches packing classes to the community and schools, and much more. He has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from Backcountry Horsemen, and is known in his community as a "Horseman's Horseman".
In 4-H, Shauna rode hunt seat, western, trail, performed fitting and showing, groom squad, and gave public presentations. She started showing in open shows with her half-Arabian Orben in halter and started riding saddle seat which led to Zone and Washington State Horsemen (WSH).
Shauna then became a member of WSH and a lifetime member of the Pinto Horse Association of America (PtHA) and showed on the pinto circuit for Wren Ranch Arabian Pintos and in Zone for Sunset View Stables (Saddlebreds.) Shauna then went on to work as a show groom for National barns across the country from Florida to Washington such as Meadow Wood Farms before returning to her hometown of Rochester Washington and becoming a riding instructor with her own clientele. Some of her best accomplishments include Canadian National Champion Halter Gelding and several top-fives in both halter and under saddle with Pinto Champion CHR Diamond Jim, and training students to be top contenders in their field within only one year of lessons.
Shauna still continues to learn and grow by occasionally taking lessons at the top stables in their respective fields and different riding styles in which she had less exposure to, when the opportunity arises. Such as taking lessons at Legacy Hunter-Jumpers during her stay in Redmond for a massage class. She has an open mind, and a wealth of information that will habitually continue to grow.
Shauna is a graduate of the Bodymechanics School of Myotherapy and Massage. She passed the National exam with all high scores, making her both Nationally Certified and Licensed with the state of Washington. She also graduated from the North West School of Animal Massage. Shauna then went to work for Bodymechanics School as the Animal Massage Executive Director and wrote the curriculum for the Washington State required large animal massage class for Large Animal endorsement, and was the sole instructor. She also toured with the school founder and taught as an instructor in his nationally renowned class "Secretes of Deep Tissue" all over the countrly including New Yark, Florida, and even Hawaii.
Shauna also attended Lynn Benton Community College for Farrier Science and is a certified farrier. She studied under the Brotherhood Working Farriers Accosiation"s Master Farrier Larry Beuly.
Shauna is also the owner of Absolute Arabian Wear and uses her artistic talents to create Arabian Native Costumes.
After a three year marriage that forbade her from the show cuircut Shauna tried jumping back into the show world by working as a groom once again for a National Arabian training facility in Yelm at Ron Copple Trailing, after seven months of grooming she now resides only in Belfair and gives free miniature horsemanship lessons and is starting up a new miniature horse 4-H club. She is also available in Belfair for Riding lessons, and is currently taking new clients for equine massage.