Backyard Horses – STALL and STABLE

Living with a horse person is a unique experience, especially when you’re not the kind of person who is completely obsessed with horses. Living with horses in your backyard is an equally unique experience, because horses aren’t just in your life, they ARE your life, whether you like it or not.

In this episode, Buck joins Helena once again, but this time to discuss what it’s like to have every corner of your home, and most of your life, influenced by horses and horsey things. How does this couple make it work? Listen in!

This episode is brought to you by: Lucas Equine Equipment, makers of premium quality stall components; and by Tangent Materials – the smart choice for horse fencing.

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EP 42: A New Friend in Florida

June 16, 2020June 17, 2020

One of great things about podcasting is the opportunity to connect with other horse owners and sharing their stories and ideas for happy horsekeeping. We welcome one such listener today, Lori Rodriguez, from Tallahasse, Florida. Lori shares with us a bit about her life as a new backyard horse owner in the sunshine state, including how she handles the heat, the bugs, manure, maintenance, and more. Listen in!

Lori's Barn in Tallahassee — *Lori’s Tallahassee Backyard Barn!*

For more information:

Ear Protection for Mowing

The Newer Manure Spreader

Zero Turn Mowers

Flax Bedding for Horses

Whinny Soxs

Simplifly Feed Through Fly Control

Spalding Fly Predators

Newer Manure Spreader — *Saint, checking out Lori’s super cute Newer Spreader.*

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EP 41: The Pros and Cons of Backyard Horsekeeping

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020

Today’s episode was going to be about bailing twine. In light of the recent events in America, Helena instead talks about how having horses at home can teach us about silver linings. For every frustration, every complaint, every step backwards, there’s a blessing hidden just beyond it.

“I will always maintain that horses are real mirrors for us as human beings. They reflect back to us the very energy we show to them; every time we greet them. Sometimes that reflection is joyous, sometimes it is painful. But with all things painful, there is a lesson to be learned. One of the lessons I have learned through the humility of horse ownership, is that for every mistake, failure, or frustration, there is an equally beautiful lesson to be learned — a silver lining that, if cherished, can become the full fabric of our horse experience.”

Listen in!

For more information

Metabolic Issues and Laminitis in Horses and Ponies

Nutritional Management of Metabolic Disorders in Horses

Building an Outdoor Riding Arena

Working with Separation Anxiety in Horses