“There’s just a feel thing, and it’s hard to describe. It’s how you relate to the world and the things in it. Some people are remarkably gifted at learning languages. Some people are polymaths and teach themselves calculus. Some people are remarkably good with horses on the ground/on their back. Read more…
“My “velcro” horse abandoned me in the woods and I need to vent. After it rained for almost a month straight, it finally was sunny enough to go for a ride. All went pretty well, but he was pretty unruly since he stayed bored in his field for a month Read more…
“My mom says a lot of weird things that I don’t really understand but I nod my head like I do. Just today she said, “Pony is a four-letter word” and all the other grown ups and older girls around laughed and laughed like it was a joke but it Read more…
At some point I realized that the best gift I could give myself and my horse was the gift of “F*** it”. When we x-rayed her hocks this fall and found there was no cartilage to save, I was finally able to drop a big load of “shoulds” that I’d Read more…
I got out of horses for many years. My family still had horses so I was around them but no riding. And my last horse was just not an enjoyable ride. He was a sweetie but he was not trained right when he was young so when I got him Read more…
“I already own one horse. A chestnut thoroughbred mare. She’s 4 but mentally only 2 or 3. Super right-brained. She freaks out when she doesn’t understand. She’s afraid of her own shadow. I’ve poured a ton of money into her to see if her behavior is pain related. It’s getting Read more…
Happy New Year! Here is a collection of New Year’s Resolutions submitted by your fellow Barnrats. “I’m giving my 5 year old the Winter off to grow (he is massive and awkward). We’re doing in-hand work and he’ll be brought back into work in the Spring. My resolution is to Read more…
“I’m thankful that this year I have had such a large gathering of people who have been so willing to help me out as I learn independence in my horsemanship. I have made mistakes, but fixable ones, and had support the whole time. I have had people to turn to Read more…
“We struggled. For a very long time. People said she was dangerous, a lost cause.That was four years ago. Yesterday it hit me again how far we have come. I was trotting her long and low in the arena. I was riding figures with only my seat and realized how Read more…
“I breed horses. I also raise, train and sell them. Someone might come and love my horse. Technically they might be first in line. They may have the money and sometimes even be a really good hom. But I’ve put years worth of hopes and dreams, money, time, care, love, Read more…
