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We have a very nice pony that our older grand daughters have ridden, but now outgrown. Sugar Bear is 20 and a been there done that pony. One of our Grands will be in town the weekend of a local schooling show. The 6 year old wants to try. She has ridden a few times and wants to try in lead line...

I know this is way off topic But we have such a widely experienced group I'm hoping someone knows the answer to this. We have had Ravens nesting in the trees in front of our house for most of the last 20 years. They have never caused us any problems till this year. Starting this spring the...

We have a small pony[ Sugar Bear] that we got for our granddaughters [4 and 9]. the 9 year old lives several hundred miles away so she is only here in the summer and on holidays. The pony came to us with classic pony problems, because of her size she had not been handled much by an adult, and...

Our youngest granddaughter wants to show this year so we got her a small pony saddle. The saddle fits the pony's back well but is still a little big for the grand. She is 4 and still under 35 lbs. Her legs are too short for the stirrup's. What I'm thinking of doing is making a set of stirrup...

We have a mini whos time is getting short, and Im weighing having her buried at our home or having her rendered. When our big horses have passed there was not much of a choice, I just could not dig a hole that big or manuver a body that size. But with the little one I can. For those that have...

We had an all pony weekend! Saturday our grand daughter got to ride in her first parade. She was sponcered by our local Gymkhana club. And then Sunday she turned 3! Heres some pics. DR Old fat guy is Yours Truly, Jirzee, our grand daughter is on Suger Bear, and the hansome guy on the left is...

Our neibors gave us a small pony for our grand daughters to ride. But she has some pony issues. Shes too small for an adult to ride, but is not respectful of the little kids that would be propper size to ride her. She does not buck, bite, or rear, She just doesn't mind kids well. when she is on...

For those that rember, my wife and I were hit by a drunk in may of 07. since that time we havent been able to finish alot of projects. this is one that has sat unfinished all this time. its had a tarp roof since then. but now after repairing my neck , shoulder, and wrists Im finaly able to...

Our horse has gotten to the point where Im thinking about going out on to the road. shes traffic safe in that shes not afraid of cars , bikes, kids or dogs. shes been ground driven over these same roads. I have an orange triangle, and am thinking of adding a flag on a pole. what else should I be...

Im looking for a couple of training level dressage tests . Im starting to train for this seasons ADT or posibly a CDE. when I didnt need them I rember them being all over the net but now that I want one I cant find one. could someone please point me in the right direction. Thanks DR.

last year one of our horses shead out almost all her hair in what seemed like two to three weeks and the other was still sheading a month and a half later. I think the last patch of hair finally came off in late june. this year is there anything I can do to help her shead all at once? I know its...

I need to change the color of some reins from brown to black. the neibor kids have asked me to help them repair their harness. the harness came with their pony. I had to punch a few new holes, it needed a new bridle and was missing its reins. they bought a new briddle [ propper size ], but...

I went out today and was going to hitch up Phebe for the first time to the new cart. We did our ground driving and everything was going so well that I decided to put her to the cart. down the street from us is a public arena thats perfect size for driving. so I loaded up the cart and horses an...

I went out with Phebe ground driving today, and things were going so well that I decided to go out onto the road. we went about a half mile or so and cars didnt seem to bother her at all so I decided to go a little farther to a local park. on sunday mornings its usaly empty. well as we came...

several people have asked for pics of our spares box so here they are. Wife's cat decided she wanted to be in the picture. I decided on a plastic tool box, because it wouldn't rattle as much. I mounted the tool box on these scrap pieces of wood. I cut the indents on so that the tool box...

I finally finished my new cart! and as it sits with me siting up properly it has about 5lbs of down presure at the shaft ends. I have plenty of adjustment room to lighten the shafts if thats apropriate. If I lean back it lightens the shafts but wont tip back. Im very excited to finaly get to...

My wife has a new puppy! its a ten week old chiwawa [ if thats how you spell it? ] that when I hold it I can feel its ribs pop. it doesnt seem to bother the pup or anyone else but me . Im not squeasing it , it just lays on my forearm. does anyone know if this is normal? something to be alarmed...

tonight when I got home [ at around midnight] I found our girls out grasing on our front lawn. so I went and got the grain bucket and a carrot. its amaising how fast they come in for grain.the one who I thought would be a pill was the easiest to catch. so all are again safely in there drylot...

Is there an exact spot that they need to be placed or is it a guess? I think I read that they should be placed 2/5 of the way back from the shaft tips, but Im not totaly shure if thats right. Ive gone back and cant seem to find where I read this. short of putting a harnessed horse between the...

After seven long months I have been cleared to return to work!!!!!Ive been poked and proded by Drs, been to rehab,and gained alot of weight.[ as witnessed by anyone who saw me and Sparkys picture.] I cant wait to get back to work. DR.