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What a sharp looking pair

Sorry Paula, I don't have any that are postable here but AngC has the right type of thing except that is the one with the thicker stiff nylon/plastic bristles and I prefer the more brush like sweeper brooms. Here we can pick them up for nothing since the parking lot maintenance company just...

If you have any parking lot maintenance companies around they often have round sweeper brooms from their equipment (here they use skid steer tractors) that have worn down and they will just be throwing out. They are round with a coarse bristle, they slide over a fence post and the horses self...

Don't give up. What your experiencing is what every new horseman/woman goes thro. Have you ever heard the saying "there is more than one way to skin a cat" or "all roads lead to Rome" ? Basically there are many ways to accomplish the same thing, your job as a horsewoman is to find the way that...

Here is my opinion , for what its worth, on this situation. First, if your horse is afraid, I agree, pushing him might create more problems than it solves. That is assuming that he isn't just uncertain but actually trying to escape what he feels truly frightened of, and the level of the 'push'...

Oops, just spotted your first post. Lots of interesting details there

Interesting Paula. I'm trying to understand how exactly you attached the lead to the horse, it looks almost like you have a line to either side of the bit? halter? then back to a single line that ties to the wagon? That seems like it would work if you have a horse who wants to rush. My brother...

AngC, I don't imagine we can offer you a good enough deal to make it worth your trouble buying from us but if there is something you can't find we'll be glad to try. Mostly it is the surplus and salvage end that we can sell into the US at a price that has us both smiling. Deborah B, Good to...

I think of her often and I am glad to hear her horses are not at risk. Fire is such a frightening thing. I wish her all the best, hope her losses are all more minor than she expects.

I am far from an expert on pairs but it seems to me you are experiencing something pretty normal for driving more than one at a time. You need to use your whip and your voice to cue the slowpoke to pick it up and then correct the other if he/she starts to hurry without being asked. It is the...

I've been enjoying following everyone's garden successes this summer and thought I should share how mine did. My garden did really well in some things and really poorly in others. Carrots didn't grow very big altho they were plentiful. Yellow beets were big but not abundant and the red beets...

I think, Marsha, that your new horse needs a bit of work on cues before you try to drive. I don't know his background but it sounds like he is new to driving and if so he needs first to understand a 'go forward' cue with you leading him. I do this first while beside the horse and then I ask them...

He's a good looking guy and it appears he has a sound mind too. What a gift to you that is. If I could offer a small piece of advice - don't know how experienced you are so if you aren't knew to all this please excuse me - don't take his apparent easy acceptance as a reason to skip thro the...

I have enjoyed following your adventures with Ranger. I'm sorry to hear you have come to the conclusion that he is not the horse for you. But as Rocklone says it is often the bravest (and most difficult) decision. You have certainly given it a fair try and it is wise to know when you don't have...

Paula, we started a company that buys and sells heavy duty and agricultural parts. We will source hard to find items (or look for better pricing for people to busy to do it themselves), we sometimes buy surplus parts from a variety of sources (most often to date has been sawmills) and resell to...

I agree with FurstPlaceMiniatures, once they start running give them some slack and wait for the initial panic to subside. Then use a one rein stop or direct them to turn into a circle depending on whether there is room for circling or not. Pulling hard on both reins, allows a panicked horse to...

I've been thrown, stepped on and dragged by horses. Had broken a collar bone and shoulder blade,cracked ribs and more rope burns than I care to think about but my worst horse related injury took place when I was not even riding. I was helping a friend lay her Anglo filly down to...

I haven't posted on here in a coons age but today I have some time to myself and decided to pop in and say hello. Life has thrown my husband and me a curve ball (as it so often does), after being let go from his job last October he has not been able to find new work...sucks to get older. So...

I agree with Chanda, your filly is definitely silver black and the sire looks to be a silver bay who's been mislabelled.

I actually cut small logs for my horses to chew on. They are particularly fond of birch because it is sweet. Wild horses often chew on tree bark and that may be because they need minerals (or I have heard it said that they chew willows for pain relief - maybe true, maybe not) but I suspect it is...