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A good idea that is hopeless because people will work harder to avoid a job than they would ever have to doing one.

Thanks Chanda, I do have a 'stoneboat' (I think the name comes from the fact it was used to float rocks - they were loaded onto the bed- when land was being cleared but I am not certain) but I think it would be too much for him alone, maybe in winter on snow he could pull it but I don't think it...

Thank you for the update. Did the vet give you any idea of how far along she is? Oh, and Congratulations, even if it wasn't what you wanted or needed at this point I wish you all the fun a new foal can bring.

Depends on the age of the horse really. First thing would be to check the protein content of the horse's diet. If there is an appropriate level of protein and the horse is wormed, up to date on dental etc. (don't underestimate the results of even one sharp tooth) then for exercise I would trot...

We have worked past his over reaction to the tarp and he is once again pulling the tire. He is tense but when I worked him last (Monday, on Tuesday my day was booked solid with errands and work) he was no longer bolting (or trying to) when pulling the tire at a distance and he was starting to...

Congratualtions, she is lovely. I vote silver black (silver dapple) too. You will have to help yourself live with this addiction, we are more likely to enable you than discourage you and we will never tell you to stop looking, , most of us can't resist the urge to look and even when we keep our...

eeyagh!! Is that a rat? We don't have rats here thank goodness, except the ones people keep as pets (not my kind of pet at all) Its hard to make anything grow with out enough water. I'm lucky that I have a private well and it has lots of water, its deep but must be into ,an underground river or...

I posted on here a while back about Cruiser and how he had picked up right where we left off a couple of years ago when I started driving him again this year. I have been thinking it was all too easy and that made me think I'd better check my memory and see what I have done with him to this...

AngC, what are cippollinis? My garden continues to produce an abundance of broccoli (I've frozen about 14 meals worth and eaten a bunch raw/fresh from 10 plants), cucumbers that I can hardly keep up with(good thing family loves them too) tomatoes, Chocolate seems to be a big hit, very sweet and...

You are both my heros! The Pyr might be 'lost' from a long ways off. We had a female Pyr in our area that roamed an area of probably 10 to 12 square miles. People in the neighbourhood would set food out for her, one even built her a dog house and set it out near the end of their driveway so she...

I don't really have anything to add to this discussion but I really can't judge the situation fairly imo. All I have to go on is what the media feels they want me to know, what makes the 'best' news story. I'm sure there is much more to this story and if we could see into the minds of those...

Thanks Paula, I was thinking something along those lines. Should be easy enough for even me to put together. I've been looking around for something to use on the place. I'm considering knocking down a birch sapling and cutting out a length of its trunk. Should last pretty well I think if I can...

Perhaps you could combine the pvc shafts and dragging the tire for a time? That might come close to replicating the experience of being hitched, but it honestly sounds to me like he needs hours and hours of being ground driven with the cart behind him (in his case, from what I can see in my...

Paula, your posts never fail to inspire me. I have a gelding I've been working that i was told has had a wreck in the past (not sure if this is true as the teller may have been inspired by something other than my well being to 'share' but I must assume the worst for his safety and mine). He has...

A few things come to mind; I start all of my horses in an open bridle, I want them to see as well as hear what is going on. I don't go to a blindered bridle until they are working calmly in the open bridle and have some real time on them. Time, time and more time,... some horses require a lot...

It may be that she was in heat which makes some mares a bit testy but it could just be that after being together for a few weeks she felt he was stepping over the line and felt she needed to remind him she is boss horse. It isn't all that uncommon for horses to bicker over things (the best piece...

Anything that the horse (any size) an physically do can be trained. Each maneuver has to be broken down into its component parts and each step trained individually then once they have the parts you can put it together as a complete move. Good luck

I was finally able to watch the videos. All I can say is WOW! I would be concerned about driving my husband's pair hitched to a 2 wheel cart (yes I know it is done just not by me) never mind a 6 up. Did you train them all as singles, then pairs first? or go straight to working as a group? They...

Your best bet might be to call your city hall (if you plan to perform within a cities boundary ) or your regional district if it is to be outside a city. Ask them the same questions, tell them what you want to do and where, how many people you want to have there and anything else you can think...

If you are planning to charge a fee to see the show you would need a business license and insurance. Other than that I'm not sure.