Posted in Behavior & Training

I've written about my pet Rooster Roo Roo before. He was going next door to visit his 'chicks'. There are eight of them and when I go over to check on him he struts around as if to say, look at my harem. Every night around dusk he comes back, after the hens have gone to bed, and eats some of the food we leave out for him, then flies up into his … read more

Posted in Entertainment

Since our show is nearing it's time to start working on the desensitizing of the horses ears. Rose, my 11 year old mare, will finally let me trim both of her ears with her standing with lead rope drop. Star on the other hand is good with one ear but the other one is almost impossible to trim. As much time as I've spent with him he still doesn't … read more

Posted in Entertainment

Our horse show is less than a month away so it's time to get the ones we take in condition and in the right mind set. Even though it's been cold here off and on in Florida, we have enough nice weather that we can work the horses in our round pen almost every day. Since we're having the only Arabian Community Show held in Florida I want to take al… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

I guess I do have nine lives like my cats. I can't count how many times I've been knocked to the ground and walked over by horses. Tossed by a run-a-way. Gone thru branches in the woods. My motto is, you can never totally relaxe around any horse. Today proved my point. My hubby and I were visiting with the neighbor next door who recently acqu… read more

Posted in Current Events

While I dearly love living in Florida versus Kansas where there's snow and ice, I sometimes question our Florida weather. Our poor horses are cold one day and sweating from the heat the next day. It's nice that we've not had that much cold weather here this year as our pipes only froze twice. Soon the trees will start budding out and I'll be com… read more