We’ve been hearing the word “essential” a lot lately. “Non-essential” businesses have been forced to close. “Non-essential” workers have been laid off. We are instructed to avoid all “non-essential” travel and activities. But how do we define “essential?” And who decides what is essential? Don’t get me wrong – the restrictions that have been put…
The world is a different place than it was a few months ago when I was thinking about traveling, camping trips with the horses, and getting ready for a fun season of trail riding. Like many, my barn has been closed to boarders and I haven’t been able to see him in weeks. I miss…
This week I (virtually) sit down with Jennifer Poulin of Cold Hollow Hoofcare, LLC to talk a little about horsemanship. For the past 15 years Jen has been on a journey of learning about horsemanship – apprenticing, attending clinics, lessons, and watching many wonderful quality horse men and women. She has taken the time to…
We all know that the world is currently a crazy scary place for so many people. As I arrived at the barn tonight after a stressful and worrying day, I couldn’t help but breathe a little easier. I felt some of my stress melt away immediately and the longer I spent with the horses, the…
The other day I was talking to my co-worker Elissa, who has a 4-year old daughter (let’s call her “Luna”). Now, Luna is a very imaginative person and a creative thinker who has lots of adventures in her head. Just the other night Luna was telling her mom that sometimes at night the noise that…
Are you satisfied with how many trails you have access to and the quality of those trails? Have you seen your access to trails – whether it be on your neighbors’ land or public land – decreasing over time? If you live in the western US, you might be pretty happy with your trails. But…
We really enjoy mixing up normal ring riding in the winter with obstacles. These obstacles do a number of things: help us build trust with our equine partners,break up the routine ring work, andhelp desensitize our horses to new and potentially scary objects. Our general go-to obstacles in our ring are fairly limited. We mostly…
If you’ve ever had a light (or all the lights) go out on your trailer, you know that trouble-shooting it can be really intimidating. You’re smart enough to know that the problem could be the truck wiring, a bad trailer wire, or bad light. But how do you figure out which one of these it…
If you are anything like me, when you are not riding your horse or caring for your horse or shopping for your horse, you are thinking about your horse. I have discovered a great way to feed my obsession and fill those wasted hours when I am away from my horse: listening to podcasts about…
What could be more fun than trail riding? Going on a multi-day trail riding trip away from home! The Horse Trail Chicks plus two friends recently spent 4 days riding in the amazing Otter Creek Horse Trail System in upstate New York. We were there in 2017 and were so excited to go back. Our…
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