Tag: horses

  • I tend to be either the type of person who is totally prepared, with checklists and training and thoughtfulness galore, or caught totally flat footed.…

  • As I sat in my truck, waiting for the big diesel engine to warm up enough to haul to the barn, I hmmed and haaad…

  • Each time I head out to the pasture with my halter, I keep two ideas in mind; either we do whatever it is I’m planning,…

  • Quite a few things went just right today, though I still made two big mistakes. I had a limited amount of time today before my…

  • I started to write this while sitting at a truckstop waiting for my best friend caravan down to the Oregon Horse Center with me. For…

  • Benny is now six months old, halfway to a year, and it’s been a year since the Very Best Dog slipped away from us. Benny…

  • On some days Tarma is sweet and smart and relatively chill, riding out on the buckle and easy. Today she had a different feeling, so…

  • Yesterday I joined several other OET (Oregon Equestrian Trails) members in some vigerous leaf raking, followed by an excellent but too quick solo trail ride.…

  • I told myself I wasn’t going to do a post about it until it was actually in my driveway, but I’m so stupidly excited I…

  • At one point during today’s mostly successful trail ride, I had to take off my jacket as I was so hot. In November! I say…