I’m reaching out to you well educated, knowledgeable horse folks today to get help with an issue for dear Simon. Home boy hates flies. Now look, I know that all horses hate flies. This is not unique, but he is taking it to extreme measures. If you’ve been reading for a long time, you may remember that Simon started living year-round in a fly sheet around January 2016. Without his binky fly sheet, he runs around in the pasture to…
Simon had his teefs done yesterday. I was told he had a lovely mouth, and typically only needs routine stuff done. This is great, because there are many other parts of his body that aren’t quite so lovely. The dentist said that some of the head flipping I’ve seen during my recent rides could be attributed to his teeth. It had been 13 months, so they weren’t terrible by any means but he had some irritating rubbing on his tongue on…
I love buying my horse stuff. He has a collection of bonnets and a respectable stack of saddle pads. It’s not just Simon either, like many of us equestrians I just love buying things for “my baby.” I don’t anticipate that ever changing. However, I don’t necessarily have the budget for unlimited shopping sprees and the latest and greatest of everything. In fact if I were to be honest, big purchases are either put on my credit card if they’re absolutely necessary…
On the dog and horse front, I may be starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe. This morning I’m feeling the most optimistic I have in weeks, so we’ll take that happy momentum and roll with it regardless of what ends up happening. Today, let’s talk about Simon. I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read my post on his NQR’ness and offering their insight. We left it with seeing how booting…
My horse has put me on the equine sex offenders list, and I’m not very sure I can argue with him. Here’s my confession… in 18 years of riding horses I have never cleaned a sheath. I know, I know… you may cast your stones at me. You may call me an awful horse owner…. but it’s true. See, the place I learned to ride taught me excellent horse care. I could muck a stall and cold hose a leg before…
It’s hard not to want to “supplement all the things” when you go to a supplement manufacturer’s website and they have all these amazing claims about different ways to fix your horse. I recently cancelled my SmartPak and decided to switch strategies a bit, only to find myself back again to SmartPak… but let me back up and go to the beginning. When Simon came up lame in January 2013, I decided a joint supplement was in order. I knew…
Today I have a guest post discussing the benefits of supplementing. This is something I struggle with, because my tendency is to want to SUPPLEMENT ALL THE THINGS but I am both a) poor b) not very knowledgeable when it comes to supplements. The Benefits of Supplements for the Health of your Horse In an ideal world your horse would probably spend most of his time grazing and wandering, with a few short breaks for sleeping. He would travel great…