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In or Out? On or Off? Questions of Horse Management

When the recent cold snap was looming on the horizon, many of my neighbors chose to blanket &/or put up their horses. We chose to do neither. Human behavior toward horses often reflects our values as a species rather than the way the horses see the world [How I Learned to Think Like a Horse].Continue reading “In or Out? On or Off? Questions of Horse Management”

Foto Friday: Snow Day Photo Essay

Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

Milton Doesn’t Do It All At Once

Driving Thursday Horses can ride and drive on the same day. Saddlebreds do so all the time. We are not currently asking Milton to multi-task. We tried it over the holidays. It did not go well. It was the day Milton walked about with me leaning on one stirrup [I Ride]. He was aContinue reading “Milton Doesn’t Do It All At Once”

I Do It All, But Not as Well As Milton Does

Saddle Seat Wednesday I did not show last weekend. I did not feel ready. Between rain, the holidays, the cold snap, and riding (yay!) and driving Milton, I’ve only had two saddle seat lessons since the last show [Show Report]. This was not enough to give me confidence that Whiskey and I were ready toContinue reading “I Do It All, But Not as Well As Milton Does”

Milton Does It All

I am reversing my position [I know I wrote a post about this. Can’t find it. My search-fu is failing me]. I think sharing Milton will be a good thing rather than a thing that needs to be dealt with. First, fitness. If Milton is to get in shape for a CDE, someone willContinue reading “Milton Does It All”

The Adventure of the Missing Hay Pile

Milton does not look for his hay. He waits for Rodney to find a pile and then pushes him off. This becomes a problem when Rodney can’t find the hay. After breakfast, the horses eat their morning hay in the pasture. Lately, I have been putting the two piles high up on the hill toContinue reading “The Adventure of the Missing Hay Pile”

Letter Art, AlphaBooks: Z is for Zigby

Zigby Camps Out Brian Patterson 2003 Harper Collins 2002 Zigby and Friends (Not loading on my system) IMDB: Zigby BBC: Zigby Process Notes, for my future reference: 75% Inkscape, 25% GIMP. Created majority of image in Inkscape. Opened in GIMP for cropping, border, watermark (GIMP didn’t like the Inkscape text) & conversion to JPEG. AlsoContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: Z is for Zigby”