Today, I took the afternoon off work and headed to the barn. Once there, I climbed into a truck with our barn manager, and we drove north for a while. We pulled up at a farmhouse, and chatted with the man who came out to meet us. Soon thereafter, we loaded these two guys into… Read more »
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Our First Haul
Today we were invited to trailer with Cathi and her daughters and some other friends over to some local trails. This is the sort of thing we daydream about doing all the time but never have, lacking our own truck and trailer and also not knowing where to go around here. When I lived in… Read more »
New Trails
On Friday we got an invitation to go ride at some nice trails just north of us. We had never trailered our horses anywhere, so we were quite excited to see how they would do. We arrived at the barn early to make sure everything was ready. We ended up being so early that we… Read more »
Steen the Stoic
Today the vet came out for spring vaccinations and teeth. Bear and Steen both had their teeth done in the fall, so only needed the shots. However, our barn is also switching the way we handle worming and now our horses are going to have their manure tested twice a year so they can be… Read more »
Horses are Dangerous
They are big and strong, and the spooky, flighty characteristics that have kept them alive on the plains for centuries can make them unpredictable. And Sham has a little too much unpredictableness. Last week he kicked at a barn worker who was taking food into the pasture. She tried to quietly shoo him away from… Read more »
I Have a Horse
For weeks I have been shopping for a horse. I met Sham on Sunday and decided he was the one for me. He was up at the Meyer Horse Co. He is a 15.3 hand bay Quarter Horse. He’ll turn 9 this March. Most of his life was spent as a working ranch horse in… Read more »
A Trunk Full of Tack
Yesterday I left my house at 8:00 AM and didn’t return until 5:30 PM. In between it was quite the day. I arrived at the barn shortly after the crew had rolled off with the first load of horses, as I knew Steen was going in the second load. I pulled up, parked and first… Read more »