I was looking through pictures the other day and had to stop and smile when I saw these:
I was a proud member and officer of the Seton Hill University Equestrian Team during my years there (1999-2002)! Yikes, did I just date myself? … Continue Reading
There’s a (fairly) new and exciting product on the market for horse owners – ration balancers.
A ration balancer is pretty much what it sounds like, a balancer to a horse’s ration (diet). In an earlier blog about nutrition, I outlined that horses’ bodies are made to live on grass/hay and water alone – not the commercial grains that we all know they LOVE (just listen to all the squealing and nickering during feeding time!) … Continue Reading
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I’m so excited to show off some of the cutest pics ever :)
Haley and her sweet lady Crimson and Clover boarded here at the Green Barn several years ago while Haley was attending school at Vanderbilt, and they BOTH quickly became friends of mine. … Continue Reading
This week, we welcomed another new face to the Green Barn!
Awww, hi “Willie!”
Willie is a 13 y.o. sorrel Appendix (1/2 TB + 1/2 AQHA) gelding with a very excited and proud new owner named Grace, and from what I have seen they looooove to trail ride! … Continue Reading
More new faces!!! Yay!
We are soooo excited to welcome “Sly” and owner, Cindy, to the Green Barn!!! Sly is a GORGEOUS and equally as SWEET 8 y.o. dark bay mustang gelding with quite an amazing background. Cindy adopted him as a young, completely green, unbroken horse from the actual mustang round-up out in Colorado, and has spent the past few years riding and training in the eventing discipline.… Continue Reading
Don’t be proud of proud flesh! It’s not a good thing!
Proud flesh is an excess growth of granulated tissue that can grow over a very deep, open wound. Since the tissue is necrotic, the horse doesn’t feel pain even though the growth is pretty nasty looking… but it must be addressed as it will keep growing and growing and attacking the healthy tissue around it. … Continue Reading
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What would you think if your horse goes from completely fine to completely 3-legged overnight? Would you panic? Read on…
A hoof abscess occurs when a point of entry (like a stone bruise, etc) gets infected and fills with puss. The pressure builds inside the hoof and the horse ultimately goes lame. … Continue Reading
This made my year!!
Several months ago, a super sweet gal named Angela and her mom, Anita came by the Green Barn to introduce themselves! Having just moved here from Vegas, Angela was eager to get plugged in to a barn… she said would work her tail-feather off, clean stalls, haul water buckets – you name it – just to get some time in around her beloved fave animal – horses. … Continue Reading
Although both “Ben” and Amy have been at the Green Barn for some time, this is their FORMAL welcome :)
WELCOMEEEE!!!!!
Amy came to the Green Barn several months ago as a staff member, and I have been thrilled to have her. … Continue Reading
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