Sweet Talk Stables
Get to Know Us
Sweet Talk stables is a family-run facility ran by the Enders family. With 30+ years in the equine business and top riders produced up to the 1.50m level, we offer the knowledge and experience to build quality horses and riders. Sweet Talk Stables is owned by Joyce and Dan Enders with the daughters Shaelynn, Hope, and Serenity Enders assisting program management. Lessons are taught by Joyce, Shaelynn, and Hope Enders. Our goal at Sweet Talk Stables is to help horseback riders achieve their goals at any level whether it is your first time on a horse or you are jumping the 1.40m’s.
Sweet Talk Stables is located just 8 mins east of Calgary, also located close to Strathmore and Langdon meaning clientele can come from all over the area. Sweet Talk Stables specializes in a Complete western and English horseback riding lesson program along with a competition program. We are a full-service equestrian facility offering a riding lesson program, horse boarding, horse training, and horse sales. Sweet Talk Stables breeds, raises, and trains quality Warmbloods, Sport horses, and Sport ponies and specializes in coloring tomorrow's champions. Sweet talk Stables is home to Canadas first pinto warmblood homozygous Stallion.
At Sweet Talk Stables you have access to our 70x230 heated indoor riding arena, watch from the heated viewing room. When the weather is just right you can ride in our large outdoor riding arena, use the round pen or go for a cross country ride. We are so close that Starbucks, Tim’s, and Safeway are only 5 minutes away.
We anticipate continuing growing the love of horses and the sport of showjumping and team cattle penning in our area through Sweet talk Stables. We continue to expand improve and keep the sport growing.
Joyce
Joyce Enders
Sweet Talk Stables is driven by the heart and passion of Joyce Enders. Joyce’s story is truly inspirational as she comes from very humble roots and truly believes people can change their stars. Joyce grew up in the Communities of Dover and Forest Lawn, in Calgary. Her family worked very hard to enjoy one unusal luxury, Joyce’s mom loved to raise and train horses. Living in the city, they always had to board their horses, and from her first memories of horses at the age of 3 there has been no looking back. When Joyce was 12 tragedy struck, her father died suddenly in an accident, leaving her mom to raise her, her bother and her sister alone. Losing almost everthing they could no longer afford the luxury of horses. In a miracle of kindness the owner of the barn they had their horses at let them trade chores in exchange for board. Through the loss of her father and the many other challenges, horses became her sole solace in life.
Flash forward to the year 2000. After many years of boarding, trading chores and renting other peoples riding arenas for teaching lessons and training horses, Joyce and her young family, risked everything to purchase a tiny heritage house on seven acres, build a little outdoor riding arena and in that instant, the dream, “Sweet Talk Stables”, finally had a home. Because of the kindness Joyce was shown when her father passed she built “Sweet Talk Stables” on the foundational belief that everyone should be able to ride and experience the healing power of horses, not just the wealthy or elite. This wasn’t just lip service for Joyce, on a regular basis up to half of Sweet Talk Stables clients were families that would never have been able to experience horses at any level. And everyone was alway treated equally, clients would never know who paid or didn’t pay to be there. Joyce’s mission also included rescuing horses, supplying opportunities for local schools, children’s out reach groups and charities. If that wasn’t enough Joyce always had and continues to have an open door policy, taking in a countless numbers of troubled kids, she always says, “we already have five of our own what difference does a few more make.”
In 2004 an incredible opportunity came along to rent to purchase a complete equestrian facility just down the road. The catch was it was built in the 1980’s and hadn’t been used for years! To most people it looked like a big mess, but to Joyce it was her Cindrella Story. So Joyce risked it all again, and a little bit more, and went for it. Every single thing in it needed to be fixed or repaired but she was finally living the impossible dream. Now she had the ability to help many many more people and horses, all year long, so she did!
On Feb 2nd 2009 tragedy struck again, with the ultrasound for her 5th child, her only boy, Joyce discovered she had cancer. The prognosis was bad, they said she would soon be paralyzed from the waist down and then it would most likely kill her. They said she needed treatment immediately, but when given the choice to try to save herself first over the baby there was no hesitation, “save my baby first”, she said. Even still, at birth the baby’s heart stopped, he ended up on life support, but he made it and now celebrates two birthdays every year. Then shortly after that, Joyce’s cancer surgery went terribly wrong, she also ended up on life support and family said their goodbyes. Like her son, Joyce miraculously pulled through but when she awoke she was told she would be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life and she was bed ridden for the better part of 2 years, requiring full time care. Joyce’s husband, Dan left his career went and went home to take care of her, their five children and the ranch, a family together fighting for survival, during that time they almost lost everything. In the face of it all they managed to keep Sweet Talk Stables barelly alive. Against all odds, Joyce, while permanently disabled and a master at hiding pain, is walking again and has resumed coaching. Joyce is an inspiration for children and adults in every walk of life, especially the ones who have lived through it with her. Losing olympic dreams of riding horses has revived itself into the unconditional giving of herself, her family and Sweet Talk Stables to make history and touch lives on a daily basis.
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Joyce is a licensed Equestrian Canada Coach and is a level three CHA certified instructor in both English and Western. She is a level 8 EC rider in english. Joyce has experience with driving, western horsemanship, show jumping both hunters and jumpers, and team cattle penning. She has an amazing passion for horses and people. She is well known for her commitment to the sport and helping people achieve their dreams, especially at the times when those dreams don’t seem achievable. Yes you can change your starts. Joyce is the heart of Sweet Talk Stables.
Dan
Dan Enders
For as long as I can remember, my passions have been People, Science & Art, around 30 years ago I began to realize that a combination of these 3 passions could be united to help people & companies across North America. Starting out at a local newspaper designing ads, I worked my way into some of the largest communications agency networks, working with some of most successful brands in the world, including General Motors, TransAlta, Essential Power, Agrium, Lafarge, Syngenta, CIBC, Old Dutch, Mark’s, Moxies Restaurant, Forzani Group and Canada's largest private Indigenous Group of Companies. I now work with companies to help build their teams and brands while connecting them to the origin of the whole concept of branding with horses and cattle. This unique environment takes you out of the office and back to a lifestyle where a brand actually meant something. A time when peoples word was truth and a handshake was the contract. Travel back to the past with me, build your team and your business in an unforgettable cowboy branding workshop, ride with your company on new trail into the future.
I also strongly believe that in order to be my best I must live a “complete life” and never grow up. Keeping me young and active are my 5 children, four girls and a boy, who all pitch in at “Sweet Talk Stables” where we raise, compete and train people and horses every day. Also keeping me active is competitive beach volleyball, mountain biking, hiking, traveling, and working with my hands on the ranch, creating, fixing and playing with all sorts of buildings, cars, trucks, equipment and dreams. Sun up to sun down..... 24/7/365
Shae
Shaelynn Rogers (Enders)
Shaelynn has been riding and loving horses since before she could walk. Shaelynn has trained horses up to 1.50m and has competed as an FEI rider up to the 1.50m level. Along with jumping Shaelynn has multiple breed show titles and over 5 regional and National team cattle penning buckles.
Shaelynn has trained with some top performers Such as Richard Spooner a US Olympian and Yann Candele a Canadian Olympian. She earned her green certificate specializing in equine and recently completed her diploma in Equine Studies and Certificate in Equine Business with distinction. Shaelynn loves learning everything horses whether it riding in clinics, taking courses or reading and she loves bringing this knowledge back to the barn.
Serenity
Serenity Enders
Serenity is the youngest of four girls and with that lead to an early start in her competitive career. At only 6 years old Serenity was already a National Team cattle penning winner in the Junior Youth and had won jumping titles at Spruce Meadows. Following in her older sisters footsteps it was not surprising how quickly Serenity climb the ranks of showjumping being ask to represent team Canadas youth in showjumping 3 times already. Serenity represented Canada twice in guatemala and was asked last summer to represent Canada for the Children's CSIO team at Thunderbird show park. To top it off Serenity has competed in her first 1.50 class at the age of 17!
Dominic
Dominic Enders
Dominic is the youngest of his 5 siblings. Dominic's passion for life, people and animals comes naturally as can be clearly seen by the way they all love him. This cowboy runs our petting zoo, he's a very active athlete, smart, a big blue sky thinker, always eager to help and he is even starting to fly airplanes as he volunteers at the airport across the street. The sky is clearly the no limit for this young cowboy as he finds his place in the world. You may have already met Dominic as he also regularly works at Spruce Meadows helping wherever they need him and running their petting zoo too.
Hope
Hope Enders
From a very young age Hope grew up riding and working with horses. This passion grew into amazing opportunities working with many top professionals in the sport such as Jonathan Asselin, Richard Spooner, Leslie Howard and more including professionally riding for Spruce Meadows for 5 years. Another accomplishment is developing her main horse from a 4 yr old up to the 2* level competing In The International ring at Spruce meadows. Hope also has had the opportunity of working at wilderness stable specializing in cutting for a year and continues to compete in cattle penning most recently winning the regional finals Open team penning buckle and reserve Open high point rider at the year end finals. This has helped her gain a vast amount of knowledge in both disciplines, With the goal to take this training to not only Specializing in difficult and young horses but to also help others gain a new understanding of the horse.
Karissa
Karissa Garrett (Enders)
Karissa Garrett is head trainer and coach of Garrett Equestrian. Karissa is a young professional with extensive experience with horses. Growing up at a Show Jumping facility near Chestermere AB, she was always in the barn helping with lessons and starting young horses. Karissa Garrett has plenty of experience showing at 1.40m with many top placings on horses that she brought along and developed to those heights. She has been granted many remarkable learning opportunities, including working along side Pan American Bronze Medalist, and successful trainer/ breeder and top coach Frank Selinger for five years. Starting all of Franks young horses and developing them from unbroke prospects to consistent, successful show jumpers has given Karissa the skills and professionalism to develop exceptional young horses to their top potential. Other experiences that have expanded her knowledge are riding western, giving her a unique view and understanding of different training techniques.