Horse Care – Page 15 – Virtual Brush Box

Horse Years

Mathilda will turn 30 this year. Since we don’t know her exact birth date, we have given her the Thoroughbred birthday of January 1 and declared her to have achieved that age. I mentioned this to my Mom (waves hi). She asked how old that was in people years. This site says 85, which seemsContinue reading “Horse Years”

On the Fourth Day Of Christmas: 4 Custom Shoes

A while back I asked my blacksmith what constituted a good client: Someone with many horses and therefore much business? Someone whose horses have difficult but expensive shoes? Easy but low-paying shoes? Someone whose horses behave? All my horses learn to stand for the blacksmith, load on trailers, ground-tie for grooming, etc. I was hopingContinue reading “On the Fourth Day Of Christmas: 4 Custom Shoes”

On the Third Day of Christmas: 3 Feed Sacks

This is what we feed our 17h, 1300lb horse. A minuscule amount. For comparison, Mathilda is six inches shorter, 300 pounds lighter, and gets twelve times the amount of food (1 cup vs 3 quarts). They both eat three times a day. Rodney is fat. Not just ‘in good flesh’. He sports pokeable pads ofContinue reading “On the Third Day of Christmas: 3 Feed Sacks”

Zeno’s Horse Training

This is to update Our Story So Far, which leaves off last summer. Rodney continues to make huge improvements, and yet get no closer to our original goal of the AEC victory circle [How]. Hence today’s title. On the up side, it has been ages since he suddenly acted as if he was afraid ofContinue reading “Zeno’s Horse Training”

Blanket Demise

This is why a certain Saddlebred, who shall remain nameless, doesn’t get nice clothes. Or any clothes.

Grocery List

This post was scheduled to a show report. However, we had a sick horse. Instead of frolicking about, I spent the day writing updates on Saturday’s post [Show Ring] and messaging folks at the show to find out what was going on. By Saturday morning, Mathilda hadn’t had eaten a meal for three days. AtContinue reading “Grocery List”

Barn Rules

After last horsekeeping adventure [Windbreak], we instituted a new barn rule. We will always have one full bale of hay for use as a horse prop. Voila: Instead of remembering not to open the last bale whenever we got low, I decided to dedicate one to the purpose. On the next hay run, I askedContinue reading “Barn Rules”