It’s been an interesting week in horse ownership for me, with two pretty large revelations about Ace: my saddle doesn’t fit any more he’s allergic to … well … something I swear, with everything our horses put us through, it’s gotta be like raising kids sometimes. Saddle Selling and Buying Ace is a tough on [...]

We’re barely into May, and with the weather in Ohio alternating between rain and 80 plus degrees and sunny, the bugs are coming out in force already. Last week on a short trail ride, Ace was utterly convinced those three bugs were eating his face off, as evidenced by his spastic nose flipping and prancing. [...]

Good ole Punxsatawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, predicting another six weeks of winter and thus more cold weather, snow, and frozen ground to deal with in our horse keeping. One of the biggest questions we tend to deal with this time of year as horse owners is whether or not our horses need [...]

Two plus years ago when I started this blog, there was really only a small handful of active equestrian bloggers. Quite a few others started around the same time I did – and like Mrs Mom from OhHorseFeathers and OnTheBit – have become great friends. And our little corner of the world has since exploded [...]

Learn to recognize, treat, and prevent colic in your horse before it’s too late In a lifetime of riding, and a little over a year of horse-owning, I finally had to deal with my first bout of colic. Fortunately Ace just had a very minor case of gas colic from which he recovered in a [...]

One thing I learned yesterday is to never ever take for granted having a healthy, sound horse. And it wasn’t because Ace presented with yet another problem. It was because for the first time in nearly three months he was completely sound! I lunged him walk/trot to watch how he was going, and as hard [...]

It’s been an interesting few weeks for Ace and I. He’s been displaying signs of lameness since mid-June. Initially I thought it was a stifle issue, so we did lots of conditioning work and he got marginally better. A few weeks ago I had the vet out to do a Coggins, float Ace’s teeth, and [...]