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The Kill Pen Issue

Recently, the farm I board at rescued a yearling foal and its mother from a kill pen down south. The day before shipping, the mare passed...

The biggest issue that we have to the sheep farm is that the rams become too friendly. It starts when they are young and are played with...

Working horses can be extremely hard on the rider's body. Not only are you working with a very large animal that could kill you, but you...

Last Friday the sheep got shorn for the first time this spring. They will get shorn again before the county fair and as summer goes on....

Another vlog? Oh yeah! This time I am going to show you all the cute little lambs that live at the sheep farm. These farmers are a good...

Since October of 2017, I have been working and riding with my good friend Hannah Neumann. She is an assistant trainer at a successful...

The last lamb of the season hit the ground Easter afternoon. It was a big Southdown/Lincoln “oops” ram lamb out of a first time mom who...

My mare can be downright mean to other horses: she kicks, bites, and even screams at horses on the other side of the fence. She will also...

This Sunday I am showing a very nice looking mare who is a Topsail Whiz and Hollywood Dun It cross and has been highly trained in western...

So your horse has trouble with its transitions between different gates. Maybe it trots into a canter or even pops a buck.... What now?...