Cooler Weather?
After extolling the virtues of a good Japanese bred 4wheeler I was determined to exercise my horses. It was early still, the weather not dreadfully hot. The ride wasn’t long,…
Read moreHorse Time
It’s been weeks since I got to do anything with my horses. That final push to get calves worked and fences up so they could go to pasture combined with…
Read moreRidin’ Fence
Rusty got put to a different type of work today. He’s been complaining about baby calves. They move too slow. He really could get there faster if we just left…
Read moreWorking Horses
Straddling the line between positive reinforcement and ranching, I have an interesting view of ranch or working horses. They have a job that is often very hard and not particularly…
Read moreCows, And A Few Horses
It’s been busy with cows lately. Getting them moved and sorted and general stuff done getting ready to ship calves and start calving. Unfortunately the work has been mostly done…
Read moreI was walking home after feeding the other day when I looked across the pen and saw Rusty hanging out with a flock of birds. Can you see them? I…
Read moreTraining Interrupted
Sometimes I turn Rusty out to graze in the yard, but when I come to put him away he’s already back in with the other horses! It was fun to…
Read moreRiding Lesson
We got to enjoy a wonderful riding lesson yesterday. We are lucky to have a very good instructor who specializes in working with children who is close enough to be…
Read moreNothing New
We are never teaching a horse to do anything they don’t already know how to do. We may be teaching them to do it when asked. Or showing them how…
Read moreChecking Fence
The cows have been locked in the corral for a few weeks now. It isn’t so much that we want them in as that we can’t get them out. The…
Read more