When horses get sick
Our blog has been rather quiet lately because I have been trying to figure out what, it anything, to write about things that have been going on. I finally think I know how I want to say, what I want…
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Ayer Mt Hunter Pace 2015
Although it was a little drizzly this morning, we made it out to our last hunter pace of the year. It was at Ayer Mountain Farm and was also our shortest at only 6.5 miles. The kids had a good…
GMHA 30 Endurance Ride
Yesterday Anna and I officially entered the endurance world with the completion of our first Limited Distance (LD) 30 mile ride at the Green Mountain Horse Association (GMHA) in South Woodstock, VT. Back in June, I first posted about our…
Training my farrier apprentice
This evening, I needed to trim some of our horses. Vicki has been asking for me to teach her to trim Devil, so I let her work on him. She attempted his right front hoof. I helped. She decided it…
Murphy visits the farm
Our first endurance ride is in 2 weeks. Tomorrow was planned for a good 15ish miles as our last prep ride. Was. This evening when the horses came in, it was discovered that Misti had a little cut on her…
Harvest time
As summer has been coming to an end, we have been working on harvesting around the farm. We have processed all the meat rabbits and dropped down to just our breeding rabbits for the winter. Today, we butchered all the roosters…
20 training miles
As the endurance training continues, the rides get longer. Today, Anna (on Dakota) and I (on Mistique) knocked out 20 miles in Pachaug. There were no amazing discoveries or insights. No real challenges (other than a couple of new trails…
Endurance Training and pony pictures
If you aren’t interested in the endurance training discussion, go ahead and jump to the end for the pony pictures. First, through the support from her original breeder and others, we now have a registered Part-Shagya Arabian (and a slight…
A good day for training
This morning the weather was wonderful: mid 70s with a light breeze through the forest. Anna and I took Dakota and Mystique out for some training miles. One of the absolute best things about our farm is the direct access…
Easy Shoes or Not-so-Easy Shoes?
Back in early July, I posted about my excursion into the world of glue-on shoes. Here is the original post in case you missed it: So, it’s time for a followup. Most of the blog posts I have seen…