The Rock'n Star Ranch

Last weekend was one of those experiences that punched a marker in my timeline… You know, those experiences where everything in your life either happened before or after that moment? It was a weekend that had a lot of preparation leading up to it, a lot of anticipation and excitement and a weekend that both Pinto and I were excited to finally be living. Almost a year ago, a good friend passed away and left me the two most important things to her in this world: her two Arabi

Horsemanship thoughts for the day... One of the most valuable lessons a horse can learn... To wait. To be patient. To feel comfortable and secure while tied. This skill (and it is a skill that must be learned/taught) will do more for your horse than you might think. You never know when your horse will need to be tied somewhere, be it just over lunch at a clinic or show or for an extended period of time in an emergency or during a natural disaster. Unpracticed, this experience

Training season might be winding down but for this little girl, things are just beginning to get interesting! Ginger arrived in Aug (a...

Some might think that a 13 year old horse is a mature horse. Some may even go as far as to say that 13 is approaching seniority. I guess...

Watching my herd moving around their “territory”, an area that in winter is as small as 50 acres and in summer can be as large as 300...

Sometimes when we teach our horses something, it’s something that we wanted them to learn and on purpose. That usually happens when we’re...

Perhaps the earliest lesson I can really remember learning was a lesson I received from a little grey pony at the lesson barn that I...

Horses are fascinating to me, but one thing that has really captivated my attention over the years, has been watching how their lifestyle...

They say “good judgment comes from experience and a lot of that comes from bad judgement”. I’d have to say I agree. In my lifetime with...