Category Archives: General

If I could do it all over again, here’s what I would change

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Bill

Many of you have followed the Our First Horse blog for the more than four years we’ve been around. You’ve read about us starting with our first horse (Valentine), purchasing our second horse (Moonshine) soon after and later our third … Continue reading →

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OFH (Our First Horse) on Twitter

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Bill

In addition to being on Facebook, Our First Horse is now posting updates on Twitter. Both Twitter and Facebook are great tools for getting quick updates. Detailed posts and pictures and videos about our horses will still be shown first … Continue reading →

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OFH (Our First Horse) on Facebook

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Bill

If you’re a member of Facebook, please check out the Our First Horse Facebook page. While much of the same content will end of there, we’ll mostly be making shorter, quicker updates there. Don’t worry, we’ll still keeping this blog … Continue reading →

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Junkyard Horse?

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Bill

For the past few years we’ve been passing this junkyard on our way up to the big city for provisions. One day we noticed piles of horse poop so we paid a little more attention next time we went by. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “Half-Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel” by Jeannette Walls

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Mikki

First of all – I am SO sorry to have neglected this blog for as long as we have. It’s inexcusable, really, but we have been very, very busy. My father retired at the end of September and I spent … Continue reading →

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URGENT: 186 Horses in Tennessee Need Help

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Mikki

This is an email I received as a member of Back Country Horsemen. I’m posting it as I received it, without doing any research on the situation, because of the very close deadline (Monday, August 3). If you have questions, … Continue reading →

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