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I definitely agree about knowing who is going to be riding your horse - and know everything! We lucked out. One of the best horses we ever owned (sadly, he died a few years back) was a Saddlebred gelding. He was the best team penning horse we've ever owned. That may sound funny, and folks...

And, if that doesn't work, consider doing the same in Montana. The horse may have come from any surrounding state.

You might check with your library and see if you can interlibrary loan a brand book from that state. Or purchase one from their extension office.

It took some patience and looking, but I found a great used leather child's saddle on ebay a couple of years ago for just under $100. I hadn't thought of looking on ebay until a rancher friend suggested it.

Our regular farrier charges $20 to trim & $65 to shoe & we take the horses to him. We had a new farrier come to the house today as my husband has to have knee surgery and we aren't up to hauling the horses right now. He charged $30 to trim and charges $65 to shoe. Our regular farrier taught...

And, remember, a horse lowers its head to the ground in order to graze, so keep working with your horse until he lowers his head as far down as you would like. Stand by your horse's shoulder and encourage your horse to both lower his head and flex his nose in toward his chest. If he is...

I've got a beautiful buckskin mare out of a Peppy San Badger descendent, Holy San Prom. She is absolutely calm, but more cowy than any horse I've met, except for her sire. She was a dream to train. She is also a very affectionate, people oriented horse. My husband picked her out as a baby...

Good description, Alan. Something we did instead of saddling the horse, is to use a cinch over the top of the horse's back, just behind the withers, and a latigo just snugged under the belly. Tie your elastic or leather straps from the halter to the cinch rings. This prevents the chance of a...

I've had great luck with Nutrena Equine Senior feed pellets for young horses as well as my senior guy. He just passed on at the age of 28 from a broken leg, but the senior feed kept his weight on all winter. Friends who had an Arab well over the age of 30. This horse had raised all five of...

I had this discussion with my farrier just last week. He used to teach equine anatomy at a vet school. He said the general opinion is that a horse with both dark and white feet will probably have harder dark feet and softer white feet. Then he pointed to my Saddlebred mare that he had been...

Ah, you just reminded me of the German young women I met who came to work summers for our friends here in Utah. I think they had a total of 3 or 4 come to stay. A German couple bought some land near here and spend part of the year here. They recommended several girls to our friends. The...

Hmmm, we've got 6 horses on the place. My husband's about 260# and all of our horses carry him well, despite their varying sizes. We have purebreds as well as crossbreds and all are good working horses. I think that's the key - good working horses with good conformation and in good health...

I've had several attempt to run off. Pulling their head around and spurring the heck out of the off side - I mean lift your leg and hit with the spur, then do it again for as long as it takes to get their attention. Funny, that spur seems to get their attention when nothing else will. We have...

Lounging isn't about running the horse until it's exhausted, which you already know. So, lounging a healthy horse, pregnant or not, is not going to hurt that horse or the foal. Since lounging is all about teaching manners and respect. don't worry about the pregnancy. When I'm training a...

Circling is the cure I was taught by our trainer. And, it works. The circles we make are very small ones. "No roundabouts!" our trainer friend called to me one day. I asked what he meant, and he explained that larger circles where the horse can just walk around aren't as much work for the...

Sorry to hear about the filly. At her age she should heal well and rapidly. As for bute causing colic, I hadn't heard that one before. I know it can cause ulcers under some circumstances and doses. I don't know what a safe dose is for a 6 month old. For an adult horse with chronic pain, 3...

Make certain of your position in relation to the horse. Do not get even with or in front of the horse's shoulder or the horse will naturally stop. I stay even with or at a slight angle to the horse's hip, but I work in a round pen as opposed to working with a lounge line.. This position...

This horse needs to go back to square one in her training. That means groundwork with a good trainer. I know that means $$ invested but it's what needs to be done. You can't start in the middle of the problem and try to fix it. You have to start with the very basics in training (meaning...

Something we think may work well (but haven't tried ourselves yet) is the Aussie Tie Ring. I've seen a couple of horse trainers use this. They generally recommend a 15 foot lead rope. There are various ways of fastening the lead rope to the tie ring to allow more, or less, tension when the...