Horses can easily get dehydrated on the trail if they aren't accustomed to drinking from the same bucket from home.
Whatever drinking bucket your horse is accustomed to at home, he’ll use willingly on the trail.
Teach him to drink from the same water bucket whether he’s at home,... | read
Slabtown Trail Rides in Licking, Missouri
My husband, Richard, and I live in Denison, Texas, which is about
an hour north of Dallas. Last fall, we decided to be adventurous, and go afield
to the Ozarks of Missouri. We decided on a place called Slabtown Trail Rides,
about 20 minutes west of Licking, in south-central Missouri. The... | read
Mountain Horses — Rocky Mountain Horses and Kentucky Mountain Horses — are
people horses perfect for trail riding. If you doubt this, just ask Mike and Kathy Hartong of Cedar Grove
Farm in rural Peacham, Vermont.
"On summer evenings, we sit out on our stone patio, and... | read
Cowboys are known for many things; practicality and common sense
are at the top of the list.
Thanks to a lifetime of ranching and rodeoing and conducting
clinics for more than two decades, Craig Cameron is known by many as the
"cowboy’s clinician." He’s also spent... | read
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels, doorbells and sleigh
bells and schnitzel with noodles..." So goes the memorable song from
The Sound of Music.
Those of us with a passion for a good trail ride on a good horse
have our favorites, too. We like things that work for us, things... | read
Go to any gathering of horsepeople — backcountry horse group, a
poker ride, or just a plain old trail ride. Who has the most stamina,
the
heartiest laugh, and the best of times? Chances are, they’re the
senior
citizens. A determined man rides from Mexico to Canada to raise... | read
Trail riding is a time to enjoy
your horse, nature and the company of friends. Of course, along with the fun,
trail rides present a variety of challenges — from the lightning-quick
appearance of bounding deer or a washed-out bridge, to a sudden ugly... | read
