At first glance, the horse that now lives only in my memory wasn’t all that remarkable. While many dream of big, black Friesians or graceful, dancing Warmbloods, I dream of a squat little white horse – an Arabian with a straight, almost Roman nose and a propensity for bucking and taking off.
Dakota Schiestel, 11, of Bentley polishes her uncle Steve Schiestel’s saddle trim on his quarter horse Mister Dimension at Westerner Park on Thursday. The Westerner Spring Quarter Horse Show, which ran May 21 to 25, featured about 120 horses and owners competing in about 160 classes. New for 2008 are three NSBA ALL BREED futurities: [...]
Just wanted to say “thank you” for posting our “nurse mare” situation. We did find a replacement foal from Biggar, Saskatchewan. Thank You Erin for bringing us “Diago”! It appears after their first day together to 2 have learned how much they need each other and the mare is allowing him to nurse independantly without [...]
Anybody out there thinking about building a barn? Becky Taylor of Affordable Barns has offered to do a series of guest blogs for Northernhorse.com on this very subject. So if you have any questions about building a barn now is the time to ask. Becky is making her years of experience in this industry available [...]
Funny how things go. I started a blog about horses we all loved and now I have inherited my mom’s favorite old mare. Old Brandy has been running on Mom’s farm for many years. Some of you probably knew my mom, Betty McKenzie. Now her herd has been sold off and moved away and I [...]
Grains and roughages have varying “shelf lives” depending on how they were harvested, processed and stored. Becoming familiar with how certain processes affect livestock feeds will enable you to retain quality and palatability from these feeds. Being aware of proper storage conditions and recommended shelf life will also help you to reduce waste and maintain [...]
Debbie Bailey, one of our regular classified users, tells us she is as happy as the grass is after this nice rain about how well the Northernhorse.com Classifieds have been working for her. She says: Dear Dave…. as you probably noticed…. 7 out of the 10 horses have sold before I could even get a [...]
Are ground squirrels, commonly called gophers, turning your pasture or cropland into a moonscape? A recently revised fact sheet from Alberta Agriculture describes the biology and control of pocket gophers and ground squirrels. There is lots of information about Pocket Gophers, we call them moles and also on Richardson’s Ground Squirrels – we call them [...]
A funny little article sent by a friend. I like the descriptions of the different models. SAVE GAS – RIDE A HORSE! HONESTJOHN’S NEW & USED HORSES I can save you money on gas! Alright folks, step right up! You don’t want to pay $4.69 for gas,no problem, I have the perfect vehicle for you. [...]
The Purina Mills website has information about the feed recall. We are hearing of some concern from people here but according to the website it is only involving feed that was distributed in the Eastern U.S. Purina Mills posted the following: In mid-February our own incoming ingredient testing and routine state regulatory testing simultaneously indicated [...]
This program is designed to support Alberta’s athletes by providing funding that will allow them to: •continue their pursuit of athletic excellence at the highest levels of national and international competition; •stay in Alberta to live and train; •successfully pursue excellence in sport while fulfilling their educational goals; •increase access to high performance coaching and [...]
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