Showing posts with label personal stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label personal stories. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Tom's Barefoot Horse Account, Part Two

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Part Two of Going Barefoot by Tom Muller The horses’ hooves were trimmed regularly, usually every three to four weeks, depending on foot co...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Barefoot horses, a fascinating first hand account

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Hello friends and readers. I’m not “back.” In fact, I never left. But that’s another story I have no intention of boring you with at this po...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Moving onward and upward...

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First foal of the season – born in lower ground. Moving onward and upward… Life is nothing if not an adventure, I once read. I, for one, am...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

Mid winter thoughts on horsemanship

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We find ourselves now in the deepest hour of winter, the farthest point from riding seasons, the one passed, the one anticipated. Though tho...
Sunday, January 3, 2010

New Years Resolutions

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The start of a new year allows us time and encouragement (read: an excuse) to reflect upon the accomplishments, both large and small, of the...
Saturday, December 26, 2009

"Identification, please..."

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Who are you, as a horse person? A question I had not considered before, now weighs heavy upon me. Showing a horse for sale a few weeks ago, ...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Baby, it's cold outside

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Come inside, little horse. If I ask him, he will go. He will follow. My little stallion, Flying Crow. What I wanted to do here was lead him ...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

One good horse

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We all have heard such stories… stories of the one good horse , stories of that partner unlike any other. This was the horse that stuck by y...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

A personal story

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I was not a horse kid. In fact, I barely knew what a horse was as a child. I couldn’t even convince my folks to get me a cat. Though I did c...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Running like the wind... unintentionally.

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After a summer of regular use, trail riding, simply walking on the trails, even for hundreds of miles over the summer season, even in this h...
Saturday, October 17, 2009

Not quite fox hunting, but the closest I've come.

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So we’re out there riding, my husband and I, no guests, no packs, nothing to slow us down, and so we run. It’s the end of the season; we let...
Friday, October 9, 2009

Why we love horses

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Why do we love horses? There is something wild and free. They stir us like the wind. We let down our hair Untamed Stripped of prim and fussy...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Trying to be brave

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Truth is, I was scared. But I had a job to do. So in the middle of the snowstorm, I saddled up my little stud horse and headed up the mounta...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Obstacles along the trail

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I learned the hard way about solo horse packing. However, the best thing I learned was that it’s really not so hard. The biggest obstacle is...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Going alone

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I don’t know why I did it, except for some ceaseless, burning voice inside me, whispering, almost nagging like the wind that I had to go. In...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Horse Power!

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This one is long… but if you have time and any interest in digging, dragging, pulling and plowing with the power of the horse, please take a...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Natural Hoof Care and the Barefoot Horse

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I’ve never been one for medicines and doctor visits, for myself, my son, or my horses. I have this underlying trust in beings that for the m...
Monday, June 22, 2009

The first of summer

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So much I wish I had time to share. Yet like with so many of you, suddenly we find ourselves so busy this time of year. Where did this rush ...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

Saddle in the rain

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Ah! Rain sweet rain! Greening up our pasture and filling the creeks with the sweet flow of spring from which the horses drink. I suppose the...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Fooling myself

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All the affirmations in the world won’t save you from feeling like a fool sometimes. I’m there more often than not. First, I’m convinced tha...