Our first family hunter pace
Today Alex, Vicki, Anna, and I (Rob) rode in our first family hunter pace. It was put on by the West Greenwich Horseman’s Association (WGHA) at Arcadia in RI. For those not familiar with hunter pacing, it is a long…
When overdue becomes neglect
As a trimmer, I see a lot of hooves. Sometimes, new clients have horses with hooves in great shape being transferred from another farrier or trimmer for whatever reason. Sometimes, hooves are overdue because money has been tight, previous farrier…
A Mother’s Day at the Games rally
Sunday May 11 2014 was Mother’s Day. I spent the day at the Pony Club games rally with my kids. Well, sort of, because parents aren’t allowed in the horse management area. We arrived at 7.30 ish. That meant we…
Rob the farrier – now shoeing horses?
When someone sees the sign on the side of my car advertising “Natural Hoof Care” they ask me what that means. For the average person, I explain “You know how a farrier puts shoes on a horse? I am a…
The love of reading.
As a child I loved to read. I would go to the library and come home with lots of books on the newest topic of interest, or some novels to read. I spent many nights up late reading. Then I…
Kidding season ends with a bottle baby
This afternoon as I was working outside, I heard screaming coming from the barn. It was Anna yelling “Rob! Rob! Rob!” I assumed she found a snake sunning in the spring sunshine, but since she had just finished riding King…
Making the Main Thing, THE Main Thing
Every family struggles with juggling all the kid activities, parent hobbies, jobs, volunteering, and so on. Our family is no different. It is easy to add on one more thing here, and there, after all, that activity is only 1…
Happy Birthday to Anna
Today was Anna’s birthday – she turned 28… For her birthday, Vicki showed up at our bed side with a cup of coffee to help her wake up. During the day, Vicki (our resident 8 year old baker) made the…
4h textile arts show
This morning we headed out to the 4H textile arts show in Gales Ferry at the St David’s church. Vicki brought a toy horse blanket she made from potholder squares. The kids made concrete tile stepping stones, paper flower balls…
If your horse is fretful…
This afternoon Alex and I went trail riding. I rode King, and Alex rode Dakota. Alex grumbled a little for making him leave his game on the computer but then went to tack up his pony. After we crossed the…