Recent content by Foxhaven

Moved to Westcliffe, CO, and built the barn of our dreams. Two minis, a guardian donkey, and two saddle horses (gaited). Life is generous! And driving a mini led to larger things... Hmmm. Embedding URLs of images does not appear to work. :(

If you are stopped for a long time in the parade, you can practice pivots.

If I free fed our minis, the younger one would be a piglet for sure. Even the stallion would be heavy. Luke the 2 year old gets fat on air. Just sayin'. Different story with our TWH. My farrier is very good at assessment of the entire horse, and I put a lot of 'weight' on her opinion. My...

Mine have trained me to have apple treats intermittently - and unpredictably. It's the most addictive behavior pattern... intermittent reward. Two million Las Vegas visitors can't be wrong... ;-) So you might say they are addicted to letting me catch them...

Sorry, been quite busy and missed your question. We are essentially co-owners of the dogs for life. Which means, we take responsibility for them and they cannot be resold nor rehomed nor taken to a shelter without permission (which of course is not granted - we will rehome them or care for...

Well, the quality is about what you would expect for the price. Definitely needs some 'enhancing'. I must say they are better than I feared, but a zipper came apart on one when I first zipped it up... the zipper head kept going and popped the metal ends right off, leaving me holding the zipper...

15 minutes with the guy who sold me the cart did more good than a few hours of videos. The videos *did* soften the cranial ground a bit for the plow of experience. See if you cannot find a local trainer or driver to show you the beginning ropes.

We are trying garlic this year (in moderation). We will see. You might try moving to 8,000 ft. elevation. Fewer flies. Not nonexistent but definitely fewer. I know, I know, funny guy. Grateful one too.

Interesting thread... Coming from the purebred show dog world, and growing up on a TB breeding operation in KY, it all sounds very familiar. I know in the dog world we do sell every puppy we bring into the world, from CHAMPIONS / GRAND CHAMPIONS who are conformationally correct. We do...

Oh, and I should hasten to add, I put molasses on the bit. Most of the "Wow, what the heck is THIS?!" was followed immediately by mmmmmmmmm yum mmmmm lick lick lick. He was quite happy to see me next time. I just led him around a bit and let him get used to things. Gently and slowly. One of...

I actually started with the bridle and short reigns. After some initial "Wow, what the heck is THIS?!" reaction, he settled right into it. I did ground driving work for about 7 months, adding harness components, until I even had a cart. I ground drove him in public situations, around the lake...

I've not... I might have to use the donkey versions since my guy measures 2.5" wide by 3" long. However... I did order these strictly for inside use to enhance traction. I wouldn't use them for driving...

From what I've read at least - Actually it's kinda loose from a regulatory perspective. That has its good points and bad points. The vest isn't even required. They have started to clamp down on service animals (tighter definition than therapy animals) to limit it to dogs and (thankfully) mini...

I would have thought these would be a Google search away... but no! Anyone have a source for a therapy horse vest (especially therapy horse in training)? Or is this something I will have to have made special?

Pix? I'll wade in where angels fear... especially since I am green... I understand the breeching should have two fingers of slack at his rump, hills or no. How much are you running?