There comes a time in most trail riders’ lives when they think about either making the jump to horse ownership or purchasing their next trail partner. This process can be both exciting and nerve racking, especially if you don’t know what you are looking for in a horse. A good trail horse has to be…
Are you confident that you can handle a trail emergency? Do you have the knowledge and supplies you need? To be perfectly honest, for me the answer, sadly, is “no.” Even though I am a professional worrier, for some reason I don’t think much about what could go wrong once I am mounted. Trail riding…
I got to thinking the other day about all of the little hacks we use on a daily basis in the barn and on trail rides. Necessity is the mother of invention, after all. If horse people have a need, they will figure out the how – often in creative ways. I thought it would…
I recently asked my horse’s chiropractor, Heather Beaudry, if I could interview her for a blog post and she readily agreed. The conversation did not go at all as I expected. I figured it would focus on how a chiropractor can help a horse and, though informative, would be pretty dry. Well, it was not…
Like most people, there are things that I don’t like doing and thus avoid. I’m very much on the introvert side of the spectrum, and I’m not the best with social skills or talking to people (see comic). I avoid making phone calls, public speaking, going to the dentist, and a bunch of other things….
When I am mountain biking and come to a big obstacle or steep hill, if I say to myself “I can do it, I can do it” I will almost always make it through. If I allow even a glimmer of doubt to enter my mind, I will invariably fail. Such is the power of…
I don’t know about you guys, but I tend to get a little sad when the snow starts to fly and the trails are too icy to venture out. If you live in one of those nice warm places like North Carolina where you can ride out most of the winter, well.. I’m trying to…
Yes, in fact, I do worry. You could call me a worrywart, stressmonkey, doomsdayer, worst case scenario thinker, and pessimist. I am rather like Aunt Josephine in the movie Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events: Having a horse is probably not a good idea for me, because there are an infinite number of…
My last blog post talked about introducing trail riding to a non-trail riding horse. This week I’m going to talk a little about making your trail horse even better! One thing that is really beneficial for any trail horse is to be exposed to new things in a safe way. To that end, earlier this…
Autumn in New England is perhaps the best time to trail ride. The days are cooler, the foliage is amazing, and our horses are usually in good fitness. It’s also the time of year when hunters take to the woods, and surely they enjoy it as much as we do. We need to share the…
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