When we first arrived here at the farm, there was wiring for an electric fence but it wasn’t hooked up to anything. Eventually we removed the wiring because it simply didn’t look good and we didn’t really need it. Now we think...
Topics: Pasture

This just makes me sick. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering slaughtering thousands of horses because of budget problems. Why should an animal that was designed to live without human interaction be killed because our economy has...
Topics: Horse News

Mikki and I got our first pole bending lessons last night and we even got the Kid back on a horse, briefly. Horse friends invited us over to try pole bending and it’s something Mikki has been wanting to try on Cash anyway. Even though Cash is a...
Topics: Barrels and Poles, Training

A very handsome horse caught our eye the other day (no, not as a prospective addition to our herd - we’ve reached our limit) - a big, muscled, Quarter Horse stallion. He was something else. Bill wondered why he wasn’t gelded, and if he...
Topics: General

Romeo participated in a youth rodeo this past weekend and placed 1st, 2nd and 4th in a few competitions. The competition was pretty good but in the end Romeo and his rider were apparently better in the mud (it rained one day). Of course the ribbons go...
Topics: Horse Lifestyle, Riding