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I quit horse for two years after my husband was diagnosed with cancer. I was relieved, although sad to sell my horse. He went to one of my best friends, my vet's wife, so it was as perfect a new...

Just so sorry for you and for your horse. It's hard to make these kinds of decisions but that's what we sign up for when we have animals.

I power wash my barn, inside and out, twice a year. Stripping the stalls is a pain, to be sure, but it is a VERY satisfying project. Watching that water run down all brown is strangely thrilling to...

I had a buyer from an adjacent state want to buy my horse. They were interested, but couldn't come for two weeks to look at him. I had another potential buyer who came the next day with cash. They...

Loved #31, the little girl on the spotted pony. Too cute.

I call it a barn or stable. I live in the west, and a ranch is a big spread. Don't know how big, but I know it when I see it! As a joke I call my place a "ranchito".

If you grow crops,...

I've weighed in about riding a spur stop trained horse before, but here goes.

I have one. He came that way. I show in all-around events at Paint shows. That means trail, horsemanship, western...

I have dutch doors on my stalls and love them. Most of the time the doors are left open to their runs, but on occasion (think blizzard!) I shut them completely. I do have a 12 foot overhang, as...

I've bought and sold saddles off of Tacktrader. Go to dreamhorse.com and click on their link. Both transactions went off without a hitch. One I used Paypal, and the other I just sent a...

4 times a week when he's home. 3 times when he's at the trainer's barn where she rides him 3 times, too.

I have 40 foot runs off of my stalls, and I love them. I can have my non-horsey neighbor cover for me in a pinch, and without touching the horses she can turn them out or bring them in simply by...

I turned my show horse into a trail horse last fall, and I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly he took to it. Third ride out we came to a downed tree across the trail. We were literally on the...

I had pain issues when I bought horse property, too, but tendonitis in my left arm, not back pain. I have a small Kubota tractor and I never lift a full muck bucket, just dump into the front loader...

I have Paints and I bathe often, especially during show season, after trail rides, and sometimes before rides, too. You can't have that much white and not bathe them. I've heard that you shouldn't...

When I bought my 3/4 ton diesel truck I stopped at the grocery store on the way home. As I climbed out of my shiny new truck this older gentleman was in the parking lot and said "That's a mighty big...

A guy who worked for my dad won the lottery...4.5 million dollars. He was 63 and retired immediately, they moved to Arizona, and he golfed every single day for the next 20 years when he died. His...

My 90 year old dad just died and his last act was to write a letter outlining all of his grudges and grievances, aimed at everyone in the family and also his acquaintences. It left me determined to...

I don't have a smart phone or iPad, but I do have a Kindle...it was a gift...I would have never bought one on my own, but do like the convenience of it. My cell phone is awful, and I'm due for an...

Ditto on missing Ricardo Montalban. He was fantastic as Khan. Agree totally with it being pointless to have Benedict Cumberbatch be Khan. He could have been any villain..don't mess with RM's...

I never had any issues with any foods after my surgery. Still don't...unfortunately! I had my surgery the old fashioned way, but my incision was very small so recovery time was short. I felt so...

I had my first attack when my daughter was two weeks old. I went to the ER and they were about to do some tests when my husband walked in with the baby in her carrier. The dr. looked at me and then...

Eureka (really fun sci-fi series)
The West Wing

I had my floors redone upstairs so was banished to the basement for two weeks, and The West Wing saw me through all the banging and dust during the...

Oh no! Too funny.

Seems to me that you can put this off indefinitely if you word it right. You need to give your horse time to settle in. You need time to learn the way things operate in your new barn. Only you can...

We found my daughter's first horse by asking my trainer if she knew of anything suitable. She thought of what horses she hadn't seen at the shows in the past year, and called a former client to ask...