What’s Up With Nilla?
The short answer is: No one really knows. The long answer is… Nilla has a history of hock arthritis. With injections, Previcox, and Osphos on board, I felt like we… Read more »
Long Weekend
As I mentioned, we spent part of Labor Day Weekend making jumps. We were also pretty busy on other horsey fronts. On Saturday we took our old straight-load trailer to… Read more »
DIY: How to Make a Brush Box (out of scrap wood)
My husband and I spent long holiday weekend laboring (ha ha) to make some cross country jumps. We made all but one of the jumps at our barn and if we… Read more »
Videos from Camelot HT
I finally got the videos from Camelot. I actually only ordered the XC video, but they sent me links to the dressage and stadium videos as well. Now, I didn’t… Read more »
All Barn Horse Camping – Part II
The only real downside to camping for me is the early mornings. Thankfully, someone else had volunteered to feed the horses so we didn’t have to get up to early,… Read more »
All Barn Horse Camping – Part I
My husband and I had a plan. It was ambitious. Some might even call it crazy. That plan? To take everyone at our barn horse camping this summer. The planning for… Read more »
Further Adventures in Coon Jumping
For those who don’t know, Coon Jumping is a weird sport in which people jump mules and donkeys from a stand-still. It comes from the days of using mules to… Read more »
Brian Sabo Clinic
On Friday, my husband had a jumping lesson with Brian Sabo. I really enjoyed my cross country clinic with him and was excited to see that he was doing a clinic… Read more »
DIY: How to Make a Reversible Fly Bonnet
When we were organizing our meet up, L Williams asked me if she could pay me to make her a fly bonnet. I replied that I didn’t think my work was professional… Read more »
Do You Keep Your Dressage Tests?
I keep all my old dressage tests. I’m not sure I need to and I don’t really look back at them, but I feel like I might want to one… Read more »