Saturday, June 27, 2009

Care for the horses in camp: theory in practice

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After previous posts discussing the “how to” of caring for horses while at camp, I thought it might be of help to see and read about some sp...
Friday, June 26, 2009

A job to do

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It helps to have a job to do. A job gives us focus, direction, motivation, clear goals. It’s the same for our horses, isn’t it? Likewise, wi...
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, June 20, 2009

Floyd's Horse Stories: Taking the sheep to the summer range

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Soon after the ewes lambed out on the Ranch, and the lambs grew to be about 3 weeks old, we docked and branded and then took small bands of ...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Always something...

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As those of you who have horses may have come to believe, if it can go wrong, it will. Careful as we may be, we can prevent most problems, b...
Monday, June 8, 2009

Floyd's Horse Stories: The Cattle Drive

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Today I’m going to tell you about the Cattle Drives; about driving cattle from our Ranch in the valley to the mountain range where the cattl...

Introduction

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In my last post, I introduced to you Beka, who we're lucky enough to have here at our ranch for the summer. As I mentioned, I am learnin...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

Horsemanship 101

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A wonderful opportunity presents itself to us each time we are given the opportunity to introduce the horse, perhaps for the first time or i...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Part V in the series on Horse Packing How-To: The Pack Saddle

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The next stage in the game of horse packing is finding and fitting the pack saddle. There are two main types of pack saddles: the Sawbuck an...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Floyd's Horse Stories: Our 2nd Pack Trip

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The next story I want to share with you is about the second pack trip, with me and Melvin and Robert, the following year. We’re now a year o...