With only 3 horses in the barn, we have been considering an addition or two, but weren’t looking seriously. About a week and a half ago, we found out distance riding friend Diana Murphy was considering selling her Arabian gelding,…
Well, Mojo has been through the ringer this year. He’s struggled with some arthritis, a possible locking stifle, as well as chronic Lyme and now this week was diagnosed with severe ulcers! After the Pine tree endurance ride where he…
This afternoon we were a host herd for linear appraisal (LA). If you aren’t familiar with the LA program from ADGA, you can read about it here. This was our second time to do LA and we had one other herd…
We finally went to New Jersey for a distance riding competition. This is our 11th season doing AERC and ECTRA competitions and we had never competed in New Jersey. So Friday, I (Rob), Alex, and Amanda skipped work and school…
Another exhausting but amazing 4 days at the Big E has come and gone. With Quinn aged-out of 4-H, Amanda is the only youth left showing goats. Adding to the madness, I (Rob) returned from a work trip at 1130…
This post is the story of our week at the Pinetree Endurance ride this year. The post was delayed by life happenings and the lack of photos (we didn’t take that many and the ride photographer was also busy with…
Another weekend, another goat show. Today, (9/1/25) we went to the Blandford, MA Fair. We attended last year for the first time. While this show is a 2 hr drive away, it is sanctioned and it’s nice to see a…
Last Sunday (8/17/25) we headed to the Heath, MA Fair for the first time. They have an ADGA sanctioned show we wanted to check out and we really enjoyed this event. Amanda was headed to camp in VT, so Anna…
On Thursday evening Amanda and Quinn went to set up at the 2025 Windham 4-H Fair. Quinn is now aged out of 4-H but still stays involved and helping out. Friday afternoon Amanda and Quinn drove the goats over to…
This post is in memory of Hedgehog Hollows American Eagle aka Huey 4 In May 2013, we moved into our current house. Amanda turned 3. A good friend told us about a Dartmoor farm in MD that was downsizing and…