Naming ponies is always fun. We have had many over the years. I thought I’d start out with the names we’ve used, Continue reading
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B-B accepts the girls
The girls came out again. After seeing the colt, “Hopper”, they once again helped handle Bee-Bay…
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Posted in New Foals, News, Ponies, Training
Tagged Bee-Bay, foal handling, imprint training
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Bunny’s surprise
I did know that Bunny was in foal. She appeared to be. Had no idea when exactly she was due. I wasn’t watching close enough.
Posted in New Foals, News
Tagged Bunny, colt, hopper, lp painted silver bunny, lp painted toro, New foal, silver tobiano, Toro
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Granddaughters meet B-B
We do a modified version of imprint training that works for us. With that, the girls’ joined me outside with GG and Bee-Bay.
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Tagged Bee-Bay, foal handling, GG, grace, gwen, imprint training, lp painted toro, Toro
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GG foaled
GG is so good, but she did escape her pasture through a gate that wasn’t very well secured. We have a little bay filly. We haven’t actually chosen a name yet, but that will come as we get to know this little girl…
Driving Vehicle links
I have been meaning to do a links page for a long time. Here it is. Will be updated as I find more information. Continue reading
Our Driving Vehicles
Another person asked what we have in our barns for driving. Here is my response with our past and current vehicles – Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Driving, Horse Equipment, Ponies, Working Ponies
Tagged carts, disk, driving pairs, driving single, ez entry, farm equipment, forecart, pony driving, sulky, wagons
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Driving Pics – Way Back News – Dec 2011
A statement in Driving Mini Horses posted by Target’s Mom on 14 December 2011 –
“It seems that a lot of people are “lurking” here so I thought it might be helpful to post some driving photos with a bit of an explanation. For example, age/training of mini, activity represented, type of cart, anything else you can think of.”
To which I posted:
Posted in Driving, History, News, Ponies, Training, Working Ponies
Tagged 1st hitch, Bell, Bit, braided haystring, drag, ground driving, home made harness, recycled haystring, trail driving
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DIY Recipes
These are natural recipe’s that have been collected by Natural Chicken Keeping and myself. Names are credited to the recipes that I copied. I will be adding other recipes as I find and utilize them myself. Continue reading
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Tagged acv, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, apple cider vinegar, borax, castor oil, dakins solution, diy, ear mite solution, laundry soap, making ointment, nu-stock, olive oil, pine tar, recipes, salve, wheatgerm oil, white-wash
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