Posts Tagged ‘travel’
A Cowboy in China? And he blogs!
What happens when a cowboy heads to China? A great blog! Do you remember the embroidered bronc halter that Jac wears? The same one Weaver featured in a product contest? Jeremiah Watt designed the beautiful hardware used in it. He also makes custom saddles that have a waiting list among other things, he is quite the artisan.…
Read MoreStops with Stacy: traveling with horses; horse motels brought to you by Tekonsha
We frequently travel with our horses to far off places. We have trailered horses from Maine to California, Florida, Texas, Nebraska, several times into Canada to name a few. To keep both horses and humans safe, on long trips we stop for the night. Recently, I have made several trips between Texas and Ohio. The…
Read MoreStops with Stacy: Getting Health Paper brought to you by Tekonsha
Getting ready to travel across state lines with horses involves more than just packing. Preparing means a trip to the vet to get health papers. The vet checks to see that each horse has a negative coggins paper that is valid for the time period for the state we are traveling to. The vet also…
Read MoreStacy’s Video Diary Jac-Episode 33- Behind the scenes look at horse training at an expo
Stacy’s Video Diary Jac-Episode 33- Behind the scenes look at horse training at an expo Total training time-139 hours 30 minutes When traveling with horses to shows, trail rides, clinics or expos it is often the ‘behind the scenes’ stuff that seasons them more that the event itself. Before the event even began I was…
Read More‘Regular people’ vs ‘Horse people’ video….which part can you relate to the most?
I have officially been in the truck too long! I found this video on Youtube where they are comparing ‘regular people’ and ‘horse people’ and the clip at 5:55 had me laughing with tears in my eyes! This could be caused by the fact that yesterday we spent ten hours in the truck pulling the…
Read MoreStacy’s Video Diary Jac-Episode 32-Using horse shows and trail rides as training.
The goal for Jac’s first horse show wasn’t to win a prize, the goal was to use the whole experience as a learning and training session. The atmosphere is a lot of the training; many horses around, warm up pen, bathing, riding, preparing, walking into the pen alone, odd hours, etc. Gathering information is key…
Read MoreWhat does it mean when a horse ‘drops’ his shoulder?
I remember the confusion I felt when I first heard someone say that a horse was ‘dropping his shoulder.’ An example of a horse ‘dropping his shoulder’ would be a horse traveling to the left (counter clockwise) in a circle or around an arena. As the horse travels this path the rider feels them ‘dropping…
Read MoreHow do you handle traveling with stallions? Do you haul mares with them?
“Stacy-I am thoroughly enjoying your Facebook page and your blog. Since you do travel so much, how do you handle stallions? Any proper precautions/suggestions you have? Do you haul mares with them? Thank you kindly!-Sharli” Sharli- We are currently on the road hauling a stallion, Jac, a gelding, Newt, and a mare, Lucy. When…
Read MoreHave you seen this trailer?
One of my sponsors Tekonsha, the leader in electronic trailer brake controllers, put a wrap on our horse trailer. There are times that it is fun to have a wrap on the trailer and there are times it is a bit awkward. The only time it really isn’t fun is when I’m doing something silly…like…
Read MoreJust a bit further down the road….blankets, horses and traveling
With the crazy-late night we had before we left Ohio we haven’t been making the best time as we travel. On the flip side we have met some great people and are managing to catch up on our sleep (in the hotels…not while we drive). Most of our horses were blanketed this winter in Ohio…
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