Monthly Archives: January 2009

Snow! – Part 2 – Horse Play

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Bill

The video I posted yesterday was just a little display of the snow with some scenes from our barn and pasture. Yesterday, Mikki and I brought cameras with us up to the barn to see how our horses reacted to … Continue reading →

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Snow! – Part 1

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Bill

We don’t get a whole lot of snow in east Tennessee. Maybe once or twice a year we’ll get a dusting. Well starting yesterday it actually did snow – pretty much all day. And today the snow continued, albeit light … Continue reading →

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Romeo gets a barn stall

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Bill

Last week as very cold weather approached, Mikki and I got a hankering to knock off one of our outstanding barn projects. Although our barn is designed with room for five stalls, two of them were being used for storage. … Continue reading →

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Food aggression update

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Bill

Thanks for all the suggestions in the comments on my last post about surprise food aggression. Separate hay stacks are the plan and I’m glad to see most of you seem to do that as well. One question though. Do … Continue reading →

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Surprise Food Aggression

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Bill

Yesterday I noticed some disturbing behavior as I let the horses out of the barn. We have a method of doing it that works pretty well for us, which has us releasing each horse mostly in the opposite order of … Continue reading →

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Walking the walking horse

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Bill

I thought Valentine was limping a little when I let him out of the barn this morning. As I watched him throughout the morning, it seemed to me something was wrong. Although he is more of a loner, this morning … Continue reading →

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