Budget Equestrian
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The last 6 weeks have been pretty much a whirlwind for me. I have been riding Plezant more, which take a lot of time. Frisby was recently diagnosed with PPID (Fancy name for Cushings) which means changing everything I am feeding him, and September at work is extremely busy. Probably the busiest month of the …
Well, yesterday was the only the third day of May and I ran into a glitch in my challenge. Already, in the first few days! But if I have learned one thing about having horses over the years, it is to expect the unexpected, and be prepared when it happens.
Get Ready Fly Season Is Coming Depending on where you live in the world fly season may still be a while away. But for others, it may already be in full swing. And I don’t know about you, but I HATE flies. So I am doing what I can now to cut down on flies …
Just like so many horse stories I read as a pre-teen, I couldn’t sleep last night. I was just too excited to sleep. And I had too many things racing through my mind. So at 5:02 AM, I was wide awake and ready for the day to begin. You see, today, in about 7 hours, …
I know, I know, this is a very heated debate. There are those that are passionate about having their horses wear a blanket in the winter, just as there are those who are passionate about letting horses be horses, and never have their horses wear a blanket. Then there are those, like me that run …
Winter is Coming! We had our first official snow this past week. And that got me thinking about helping others get prepared, preparing for winter time horse care in advance for what ever storms are headed our way this winter. We were lucky with this storm. It did get really cold, about a 65 degree …
I have to start off by saying, I didn’t go anywhere! Yes, I have still been doing my real riding challenge, but I stopped posting about it daily because, well, it was hard. Hard to work with my horses every day, and then come in and write about it. So instead of writing about it …
First, I apologize for the lateness of this post. But yesterday was a scheduled farrier appointment for my horses. And I have been worrying about this day for the last 2 months. You see the last time the farrier was here, Ethan got upset because he couldn’t see Frisby and decided to put his back …
While I was in my garage painting my fancy new horse jump rails, I was listening to one of my favorite equestrian podcasts, Heels Down Happy Hour. Have you heard of it? If you have never listened, or never knew their were equestrian minded podcasts, this is one of my favorites to listen too. And …
A shiny coat is one way to know that you have a healthy horse. And there are a lot of different supplements that claim to improve your horses coat. But I think I have truly found the best coat and hoof supplement for your horse. At one time I was going to write this post, …
It’s the time of year where we get excited to get to the barn and spend every day with our horses. Which also means it’s fly season, or its getting close. And I have a few things that I do for my horses to help keep the fly population lower, and making it easier on …
Every once in a while it is nice to take a vacation. But when you have animals, including large animals at home, there is an extra step you have to consider in your vacation planning. That is when you leave home, who is going to take care of the horses? This is one of the …
