Luna and her soon-to-be-born Gypsy Sport Horse foal joined our family on winter solstice this year. Luna had been through four owners since April, through no fault of her own. Luna is a 4 year-old Spotted Draft mare, small despite her Shire blood. She’s sweet, sound and healthy, like so many equine victims of today’s [...]

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We tackled Luna’s hooves today, beginning what we hope will be an uneventful recovery process.  When we first looked at her, her owner told her reluctance to move forward was due to the added weight of pregnancy.  Forget the foal, her feet were a mess!  Every step must feel like walking on glass shards! Flares [...]

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Indian summer weaves its way between cold snaps here in wild, wonderful West Virginia. I welcome the warm sunshine which glows through the foliage. I can take off my winter coat, but the horses can’t. As I wait for the wash bucket to fill to sponge off a very sweaty Bogey, I think about the [...]

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I had the horse trailer hooked up and loaded by the time Mark got home from work. We grabbed the horses and a chilled bottle of Monavie and headed down the road to meet Scott and Noel at the Antietam battlefield for an afternoon trail ride. I brought Lucy. We believe so firmly in building [...]

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I just found this great site that rents horse videos. They have a ton of stuff I would love to see, but buying them all would break the bank. A perfect solution? I think we’ve found it! Great selection of natural horsemanship videos, too. You name the clinician, they got ‘em: Clinton Anderson, Buck Brannaman, [...]

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When natural horsemen bring up vaccinations, controversy flares up. Some owners argue in favor of bucking the modern convention of vaccinating

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Today’s question is from Jeannie and Chris of Hedgesville, WV.  “If a horse isn’t a natural leader (on the trail), can you train him to be one?”

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Water. All horse trainers know water is not only natural, but necessary. Water is a source of life to all organisms–except when it carries death.

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Maggie the once-feral rescue mare arrived loose in the horse trailer. No one could get near her, much less get a halter on her. They managed to bribe her into the trailer with grain to get her here to the farm. That was just over a month ago.

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Maggie the rescue filly got her first worming today. It was amazing to remember when she first came about a month ago, you couldn’t even get close to her. What a transformation! Today she

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