Northernhorse.com Blog

I thought this was an interesting comment from one of our blog readers on the Free Draw for Mane Event tickets.

The one comment I would have to make after attending all the main events in Red Deer, is that I have become better for horses. The insight that the events provide through their selection of trainers and technicians is taking horsemanship to a new level. The old term of breaking a horse is slowly slipping away and being replaced with training a horse. The event can take pride in knowing that it has made major proggresive steps in the province of Alberta in advancing the knowledge and abilities of horse owners, which in turn has made the life of a horse more enjoyable and safe. I am looking forward to attending again in April of 2010.

We agree The Mane Event is helping make us better for our horses. We are proud to give them our support.

Ready or Not Here I Come

The photo currently at the top of Northernhorse.com (March 1, 2010) was the winner (by quite a bit) of the photo contest. Lots of folks really like it as it won by popular vote. Now we have received 2 comments that it feels disturbing like there is something wrong with the horse as in this comment:

I want to comment on the “winner” of the snow photo contest. (”Ready or not…”) I find the image disturbing. The horse looks unnaturally contorted, which makes me assume it’s either is either digitally enhanced or dead.

Now I don’t really think the photo is digitally enhanced nor dead. I do agree it is a very uncommon position for a horse to be in but I don’t even think it is distressed or particularly uncomfortable. I think it is probably about to lay down and roll.

But I find it really interesting that the same photo can bring out a wide range of emotions in people from funny to disturbing.  Feel free to share your comments.

We realize that lots of horse operations wouldn’t call 2009 a stellar year but we did get this very positive message from one of our clients.

Hi Lynn, Merry Xmas to Northernhorse! Really enjoying this new collaboration. Business has been booming in 2009!! Thankyou, Dale Dodd

We are so pleased that we can be of help especially during these tougher times. The number of people visiting Northernhorse.com has actually increased in the past year so we are getting you seen by even more prospective clients. We have added a Twitter feed and are posting interesting tidbits from or about our Northernhorse.com clients on the Northernhorse.com Facebook page too.We have noticed that this has increased not only our local traffic but also the international traffic. It also helps us get news that is relevant to our clients out to the world.

If you are one of the Ranches or Businesses on Northernhorse.com be sure to send us any interesting news and views and we will get you even more coverage. If you hear some news from the horse world that would be interesting to our readers or if you have some news that you would like to share from your own operation, be sure to let us know. We will give you credit for reporting the news and we will even include a link to your website to give you even better traffic flow from Northernhorse.com.

Merry Christmas to all our clients and visitors. Working with you brings us joy! Even we are amazed at how well this website continues to work to promote Canadian horse people and their horses.

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 to let you know too that we sold two horses this fall off of our website which you host – they’re obviously having no trouble finding it – thanks for the great website!

We are so pleased that Northernhorse.com is working so well for our clients and our visitors. It has truly become the place where horsepeople meet. It says a lot about the quality of the horses and products in our stable of Websites and in our Classifieds that so many people are coming back again and again to check them out. The incredible number of visitors from all over the world make it easy to get your horses and products seen by large numbers of prospective buyers. The wonderful selection of the best horse related businesses make it an interesting place to find resources and to shop. Continue Reading »

Just wanted to share this comment from one of our real estate classified clients.

I get more inquiries from your site than “For Sale By Owner” or “Com Free”. Thanks!

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 picture up on the web-site.  I had tons of inquiries on them, most people wanting to wait for a picture… some people just asked me to describe them… they came and saw… they bought instantly…. wow. I am impressed with the coverage I got from your web-site…. but then I have always got really good feed-back when I have advertised with you…. anyway, needless to say… I am not going to need 7 of those featured ads, because those horses have been sold.

We are receiving a lot of kudos on how well the classifieds are working.

Just wanted to drop you a note that the horse I listed was sold within hours of it coming on the website.  I also had numerous inquires regarding him and could have sold him several times over.  Thanks for providing a great website to market horses.
Tammy Burns

Howdy from South Africa!

I am in the process of immigrating to Canada, and often visit the NorthernHorse website (looking for my potential new horse, LOL) and I really like the new look. I just wanted to say well done!

I like the provincial flags next to the links, that helps a lot! I will be moving to Saskatchewan, hopefully by middle July this year.

Keep up the good work!
Kind Regards
Liezel Hattingh
Pretoria, South Africa.