The cattle truck came today. We run cattle on our place every year for some people that have a really nice group of registered hereford cows.  They are beautiful cows! In the summer the mountain grazing here is amazing and the cattle do really well on it.

I took some new pictures of the foal today.  The new filly is filling out and looking beautiful! We wanted to do a post on how you imprint a new foal. We don’t have any photos of imprinting on day 1 because it takes more than one person to imprint a foal.  Thus, there were no hands to photograph! There is much to say about imprinting so what I say in this post is only…

Big sisters are so handy sometimes.   They help you catch your horse and tie it up for you so you can brush it.   “Don’t worry, my sister will come and help me saddle you up.”   They help you put the saddle on. “Yep, she’s doing it right.”   And sisters will even help you get up on the horse since it’s so high up off the ground.   “Now it’s time to…

Lake Hazel Suezee Que just had her baby this morning!! The funny thing is that we had checked on her before we had taken the kids to school.  Then, while we were taking the kids to school, she foaled.   We were so sad to miss the birthing process.  Luckily, we came back to see the foal on the ground, before she (yes, it’s a filly) had taken her first steps. Here are a bunch of pictures…

If you are someone who is starting to work and ride your horse after a long winter, there are some important things you need to remember as you get your horse back into shape for the summer riding season. Remember to establish yourself again as the one in charge and regain your horses respect.  Horses especially need to be reminded this if it has been awhile since you worked with your horse.  Horses are constantly…