Just What the Heck Is Natural Horsmanship?

February 25, 2011Posted inMiscellaneous
NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP For more than 6000 years, man tried to bridge the chasm between his own species, the ultimate predator, and the horse, the ultimate prey animal.  Man needed the horse to be a servant. The horse was programmed to be anything but a servant.  The man adopted his most efficient tool, brute force.  It was the basis of horsemanship practiced by the common man for millennia. We had early natural horsemen: Simon of Athens (400B.C.), Xenophon (430-355) and Alexander the Great are the names most well-known  by natural horsemanship…

Nova is a Blessing

February 12, 2011Posted inNOVA
Snow in Missouri.  Stacks and stacks of it.  My truck and trailer have been buried.  I forgot how to ride a horse in six weeks. This was a big day.  I got the truck and trailer out of the snow drifts.  Now to get the horse out of the barn.  There's still a foot of snow out there and it's hard to walk thru. I tried to open the barn door. Drat, the cord that hangs on the door was buried in 3" of ice.  I hacked and hacked with…

Wanted: Free Temp Southern Home

January 13, 2011Posted inMiscellaneous
I'm advertising for a free place to live for two humans, two dogs, and five horses in Dallas or the Atlanta area.  I should be able to get a hardship winter transfer from work.  This would just be temporary.  All the above predature and prey animals would be there and boom be gone in the Missouri spring!  You would hardly get to know we were there. If you know of such a place, my household can be there in less than a month! This morning the water pump in the barn froze and…

National Missouri Fox Trotter Official Blogger

January 13, 2011Posted inMiscellaneous
Have I mentioned that I got to be one of the official bloggers during the 2010 Missouri Fox Trotter World Celebration show Official Blogger I'm sorry if I did mention it before.  On the other hand, it's winter now and you might have time to read my official blog stories. I represented the versatility events. After you have spent a little more than a week in the high energy World Celebration, you manage to make it home and then you are trashed for at least a week. Not only does this…

WE ALL SHOULD BE THAT EXCITED ABOUT SNOW

January 10, 2011Posted inMiscellaneous
Just Wanna Have FUN! Remember when you were excited about the snow.  It was during the time we called childhood. Remember childhood and snowsuits?  Dogs still have fun in the snow and it is fun to watch them. Maybe grandchildren can make you excited about snow again, but I have my doubts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YalKsQwE_Xc Horses seemed to be doing well with their wet backs and frozen manes and tails. Living on a long dead end gravel road has made me scared of snow.  One year we got a car and two tractors stuck…

REST in Peace, Lena vom Weissen Haus

January 8, 2011Posted inMiscellaneous
She was twelve years old when she left Terry and I.  Lena leaves a lot of sons and daughters to bring joy to their owners. She leaves us grieving for her and abundent with rich memories of her life with us. Terry and I were gifted with Lena when she was seven years old. She was at the end of her life as a breeding dog.  My good friend, Teresa Osborn, gave Lena to us. Lena lived out the rest of  her years as a two dog family with many…