If you’re a small farm owner like me you know that managing work, chores and ride time is often hard and come winter riding at all practically stops. Just like humans horses get chunky and my 3 are all overweight. Ok 2 are overweight and one is REALLY pregnant but probably fat too. To help…
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I’m flabbergasted every time I see a horse owner who doesn’t know how to safely tie their horse. I’ve seen double knots, incorrect square knots, some looped up thing that resembled a slip knot but turned into a mess as the horse pulled. I’m here to show you the emergency slip know I like to…
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We’ve all seen it in the news or even know someone who had their barn burn down. Thankfully many times without loss of life to human or livestock but sometimes with disastrous consequences. So what should you do to help prevent fires and how to prep should one happen to you? Planning: – Fire Department –…
Welcome to Trail Tails Tuesday! Share your horse stories and adventures both high and low. Offer your experiences with horses and along with tips and tricks to help keep chores to a minimum and time in the saddle or in the drivers seat at a maximum.
This week I’d like to share with you my tips of staying warm in the winter. I’ve working on farms and owned horses for close to 20 years now and I have both over heated and froze myself on cold winter days.
Lots of fresh snow should make the Mendon Ponds Winterfest a great place to be this weekend. I will be at the Cobblestone house from 11-4pm doing carding and spinning demostrations. Outside the Cobblestone house will be horse drawn sleighs! Other things to see there are dog sled races, a snowshoe race, skiing, and more!…
As I wondered out to the barn in blowing wind and single digit temperatures to give my mare her 7 month EHV shot it reminded me of all the craziness that got me to this point. To breed or not to breed? When I bought my mare I never initially intended on breeding her. I…
The concept of a Paddock Paradise is the brain child of Jaime Jackson who wrote a wonderful book on it. (buy book here). The general idea of a paddock paradise is to create an environment for your horse that as closely mimics their natural habitat allowing them to travel distance and obstacles throughout the day…
Yippy, there’s finally snow on the ground. There is just something about riding a horse through freshly fallen snow that I just love. Maybe it’s the muffled sound of hooves falling or the snow dust blowing off the tree limbs overhead but I get all excited about new snow. Winter is a hard time of…
