This 13.2 HH Pony of the Americas dun leopard stallion disappeared from his band of mares on or about the first week of October. The 70 acre pasture is situated on parts of NE 1/4 25-57-09-03 & SE 1/4 36-57-09-03 Big River – Cowan Lake area. REWARD for information and or safe returen of this [...]

A friend sent me this piece of wisdom. People who don’t take care of their own horses will be the first ones to tell you how to care for yours. You should never buy a cheap girth! A handsome horse who’s badly behaved will become a lot less attractive in about 15 minutes. People who [...]

The 4-H Provincial Equine Advisory Committee (PEAC) is set to distribute its four-DVD horsemanship video set to all Alberta 4-H equine leaders. “Two years ago an idea, which would change how members and leaders interacted and experienced the 4-H equine project was discussed, approved and set into motion for production,” says Janet Kerr, 4-H specialist, [...]

The horse who sticks out for me the most was a big quarter horse gelding named Idaho.  He was 16.2 and palamino and he was patient enough to teach me all about horses the summer of my 15th year.  I spent 3 blissful months learning how to ride my patient teacher.. loping circles, barrel racing. [...]

Adrienne Herron, a livestock welfare extension specialist with Alberta Agriculture, recently attended a livestock welfare conference in Belgium, where she learned about some trends and interesting connections between the attitude of care-givers and the welfare of their animals. You can hear what Adrienne had to say here.

Although we have heard quite a bit of negativity form the horse sales this fall (and not all of them as some sales went pretty good actually) we were pleased to hear that our websites are still working for our clients. Tracy Patterson from Caballos del Rio Ranch sent us the following comment. Just wanted [...]

This is a fun and interesting video. I think the camel is so impressive. I really didn’t realize that they could be so well trained. I always thought they had a lot of attitude that limited their trainability.  So much for what I thought.

This is quite a beautiful little video with some humor thrown in. Both give a lovely demonstration.

I see one of my favorite clinicians is going to share some of his knowledge and understanding of people and horses with us at the Horse Breeders & Owners Conference in Red Deer in January. I just put the info on the events section. The dates are January 9 – 11, 2009. Although I have [...]

The young filly needed to be freed from the tree after curiosity got the better of it and it wedged its head between separate sections of the trunk. The horse, called Gracie, was unable to free itself and could have been in danger were it not for a passer-by who was able to come to [...]

A story of an old race horse who went on to teach youngsters to ride. Forty some years ago I was fortunate enough to befriend a old race horse called Mac Scott. I was visiting a friends house. They raised arabian horses but out of the pasture I noticed a 18 year old Standardbred. I [...]