One Chill Horse

Yeah, horses are icky! Horses are full of, or, covered in: slobber, poop, gas, fungus, skin weirdness, hives, bumps, bites, dandruff, bugs, hair, ticks, flies, dirt, did I mention slobber and fungus?? Yes, your dreams have come true, you have your very own horse and you are forking out all the money for the tack and pretty things, then POOF you discover how utterly gross horses are. This should send you running for the hills, but you're a horse person, now and there is no turning back. So you just shrug, remind yourself that you'll shower it off later and just keep moving on. The only way to keep sane and trudge through all the muckity muck of horse care, is with the right stuff to help you, you need an arsenal of random products that you've never heard of before. So to help a little, here are some of my chosen remedies, sprays, pastes, feed and what not. Fly Spray : Farnam Endure  Hard Keeper Horse Feed (someone just can't keep his fat on!!!) : Nutre...

I spend a lot of time thinking of things to write that you as my readers might want to read. I find this does one thing really well - it keeps me from writing anything! Writing is such an easy format for others to judge us, when we read we are always in our own head space and we can think or criticize however we choose. This knowledge makes it difficult for writers to put things out there, it's easy to get wrapped up in the - 'well, what if it sounds stupid' mentality.  I have decided today, that I don't care anymore if it sounds stupid. I hope what I post is useful in some way and not a waste, if it's not then, ooops - my bad. So with all that in mind I wanted to share my story of my recent visit to the 'barn'.  The barn where I keep my horse is 110% my happy place, this is not to belittle in any way how much I love being home or at my day job - those are also happy places for me. The barn is just different. I never have to wonder about what I should d...