My First Horse Ride

I can remember when I was a little kid my father had a horse and we would go out to where he kept him to feed him and check on him, he kept him about ten minutes from our house so we couldn’t just go outside to see him that made it a lot harder for me to have the confidence to be around such a big animal. Read the rest of the article here.

Saddle Fitting

There are so many different types of Saddles on the market today it can be really frustrating to find the right one to fit your horse. The first thing you must decide is what type of saddle you want to buy. Read the rest of the Article here.

The Key to the right Saddle

The key to buying the right saddle is to buy one that first fits your horse and then one that fits the rider. A saddle that is either too small or too large is like a marathon runner wearing shoes that are too small or large, it impairs proper performance. It is also important to know that, like shoes, size can vary from manufacturers. This is true of inexpensive to the more pricey versions, so with every saddle purchase you should make sure that the saddle fits the horse properly, besides their fit may change from season to season or as they age. Read the rest of the Article here.

A Letter from Mavis's Mom

During my years of owning horses I have always had dogs, well around 1993 my wife and I decided to get a Great Dane puppy, we found a breeder and picked out a female her name would be Bandy. We bought her when she was six weeks old and raised her till the great age of thirteen which is a very old age for a Great Dane. Read the rest of the Article here.

Boarding Stables

The first thing to consider with Horse Boarding would be, when choosing a Boarding Stable is this one the best for my horse first then I second. Does your horse need special attention, is he ok with other horses, or does he need to be kept by himself? He may be the king of the hill now but when he gets moved to another stable he may become the bottom of the totem pole. Read the rest of the Article here.

Rose Court Farms

What we consider the one of the best places in the lowcountry to keep a horse would be Rose Court Farms, our friend Rob Browning does a great job managing and keeping up with all the horses he keeps.

Please visit Rob at Rose Court Farms and when you do tell him that Wayland told you to give him a call.

Wild Horses in Nevada and the BLM

  Wild Horses are being removed in Nevada off public lands by the BLM in record numbers, they are rounded up by helicopter and herded to pins to be transported to holding pins, here they will either be moved to a private ranches or remain at  state facilities  for the rest of their lives. The Wild Horse known as wild Mustangs have lived off this land back as far as anyone knows, horses helped our settlers in every fashion of live from transportation to farming well before the automobile was ever invented. Now in Nevada they are seen more as a nuisance to most farmers since cows are now being placed on BLM land. Read the rest of the Article here.