Oct 03
Today Drover and I left out at 6:00AM to deliver a pony in Liberty and a horse in Reidsville. Then our plan was to go on to Burlington to pick up sheep for next weekend… We started at 6:00AM and the black horse loaded fine..except when I went to tie him in the horse trailer …
Oct 02
I took some horses for a friend to the horse sale this evening… Two guys came by and started talking about their horses. (I do not know their names) . The one guy said he had a horse for 19 years and how hard it is to find one to replace it. Not that he …
Sep 30
No I do not wish I had not started this arena redo…but man is it hard work!!! We have the round pen complete, the duck arena needs final touches and one side of the big arena is all but complete…. I just hope there is enough get up left in me to make my scare …
Sep 28
You all know how most women folk like to rearrange the living room…Well I have totally rearranged the Herding Arenas! Today I had help…Larry and Don two of our long time friends . We set up the Duck arena and are ready to set the HCT 50 foot round pen tomorrow. Plus start the 100 …
Sep 28
I decided to redo the arenas for our herding….It has took weeks for me to figure out exactly what I wanted to do.But now I have a plan! Yesterday I started taking everything down and moving it. Today I took down the arenas. Oh Yes! It is a Major Undertaking! BUT Tomorrow all will be …
Sep 27
Thank The Lord! The horses are doing much better!!! They seem to be just fine! They never stopped eating or drinking water. Goodnight was the worst. He was like a very drunk and scared horse. Thus the old time name of the “Staggers”. Tuff was a bit that way but not so bad. Sunday night …
Sep 26
Well my Farming 101 is a disaster! That nice tall lush grass is Dallis Grass and it is poison to Horses and Cattle… There is a fungus in the seed head this time of year and it causes the problem.It gives the animals the staggers! Oh Yes ! Both horses are affected! Tuff not as …
Sep 25
I have a patch of about a half acre of extremely tall grass down next to the arena that is just to big to mow with the lawn mower. I so hate to waste grass or anything for that matter… So this evening,we fenced it with one strand of electric wire, and brought in Tuff …
Sep 24
For the past 5 years Les and I have been Camp Ground Hosts for four summers at Fox Creek Horse Camp . We have met so many nice people… For the last three summers a Grandmother and her Granddaughter have stayed for two months or so at the camp ground with their horses. The first …
Sep 22
I just came in from feeding all the stock and the dogs…yes it is kinda late… It has been warm and rained most of the day. You know the kind of day that if the sun had come out at all it would have been steamy. As I started down on the Gator… BOO and …
