Horse Barns – STALL AND STABLE

This episode is brought to you by: Lucas Equine Equipment and Tangent Materials.

If you’re one of the lucky horse people who finally get to bring their horses home or start that boarding business you’ve always dreamed about, you’ll appreciate this episode. Tips and advice about horsekeeping are plentiful on the internet, but many of them are either unreliable, sketchy, or based on a situation that’s very different than yours. Today’s tips are generic enough to be used just about anywhere, they don’t cost you a fortune to implement, and each one is backed up by credible research. Plus, get the scoop on Helena’s new sand ring in the works. Listen in!

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Mesh euro stall fronts with a chestnut horse in one stall

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EP 73: Selecting Stall Components with Lucas Equine

July 15, 2021August 23, 2021

Whether you are thinking about building a small barn or a large one, there are thousands of decisions to make along the way. When it comes to the actual components of your stalls, this is where you need to really focus on making decisions that are safe and comfortable for your horses. This doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice beauty. In this episode, we revisit a conversation with Nick Thornton from Lucas Equine Equipment. Nick helps us understand what our choices are when choosing stall components so we end up with a barn that works as good as it looks. Listen in!

This episode is sponsored by Lucas Equine Equipment and Tangent Materials.

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EP 67: 10 Tips for Better Barn Management

May 19, 2021January 3, 2023

This episode is brought to you by Load Trail Trailers and Purina Omega Match.

Barns are the perfect proving grounds for efficient management and thoughtful design.

There are many different ways we can improve upon our daily chores – from setting up feed and turning horses out, to sweeping up after all of those picked hooves. This week, I’m sharing a few observations and tips that can keep your barn chores flowing and efficient. Plus, one more update on Siouxsie and the Solitary Witch. Listen in to find out how we fared on the return trip to Hoo Hollow!

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EP 40: What’s Up at Hoo Hollow

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020

There’s been a lot of activity at our place these last few months. The quarantine has us sheltering in place here in Rhode Island, but that doesn’t mean there’s been a lack of things to do. On the contrary! From finishing our new hay shed, to major driveway construction, Buck and I have been busy little bees. Stick around to find out what inspired Buck to get back in the saddle, how our backyard barn has been serving Brody and Siouxsie, and how this time of isolation has also brought an opportunity for self-reflection and a new respect for horsemanship. Listen in!

Learn more:

Calming Signals, Anna Blake

Horsemanship with Tik Maynard

Horsemanship Through Life, Mark Rashid

What is Join Up®?

Outbuildings — *Looking east from our deck.*

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EP 39: Conversations in Quarantine

May 5, 2020May 6, 2020

We had an entirely different episode planned for today. Dr. Karyn Malinowski was kind enough to agree to a 2-part series on horse keeping at Rutgers University Equine Science Center. Well, we got Part One down okay, but as we connected last week to begin recording Part Two, Dr. Malinowski and Helena found that their casual conversation about their horses was just the antidote to the ho hum glum of isolation. And so that’s what you get today – an interesting conversation about Standardbreds, a mid-life crisis, crashes, lessons learned, laughable moments, and horses loved. This is the kind of thing horse people do… when we’re not riding, of course. So listen in!

Dr. Malinowski staff photo — *Dr. Karyn Malinowski, Ph. D.*

Learn more:

Rutgers University Equine Science Center

The Famous Niatross

United States Trotting Association

Standardbred Retirement Foundation