Budget Equestrian
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Sunday, January 21, 2024 Today was a continuation of yesterday as far as the weather is concerned. It was warm and dry. The sun wasn’t out as much, but it was still warm. And I decided today would be more deep grooming with Jesse. I have been neglecting his mane and tail, and his mane …
Saturday, January 13, 2024 Bring on the cold! Well, I’m not thinking that at all. And I should have filled up the water tank last night when I was thinking about it. But no – I didn’t, and today I’m paying for it. So now I have to bring the hose reel into the house, …
Friday, January 12, 2024 Talk about cold. Holy Cow, the cold is here, and even colder weather is coming. So cold! Which means I need to think about the comfort and safety of my horses. That is first and foremost of my priorities for this weekend.
Sunday, January 7, 2024 While I was planning on working with Jesse, I had to attend to all of the boring things like laundry, and taking down the rest of my Christmas decorations that were still above my kitchen cabinets. But I did finally finish painting a tall portion of a wall that needed it, …
Brrrr….It’s getting cold outside. Like really cold where I live. We are still waiting for the snow, but the temperature has definitely dropped. And one thing that I do every feeding for my horses is turn their meals into a mash, or mush as I like to call it. Now this is mainly due to …
Well, it’s happened, winter finally came. I knew it would get here eventually. Why does it seem just before we are all about ready to pull our hair out in anticipation of better weather the below freezing temperatures show up? It’s inevitable I guess. Thankfully we are at the end of winter, and not the …
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 …
