Chuck and Jet happy hollidays

Chuck and Jet happy hollidays

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Another Lesson

 Tara came, and we had a lesson, I rode english, and Tara even rode Chuck english! She hasn't ridden english in almost 16 years. She said its one of the best ways to start learning to ride because you have to work harder on your balance, I will agree it is harder to balance in an english saddle. I jammed my ankle in the stirrup during our lesson, and didn't even notice. Anyways, next time Tara comes out she will be working with Pearl and Jack to figure out what one we want to keep, or if we should get rid of both of them. Navajo will be leaving soon too, his owners are building a bigger pasture for him, so he can go live with Copper, who is a cute little Bay yearling, I got to go play with him when we were hunting. He loves to cuddle, and is really curious. Young horses are cute and all but you have to remember they are still horses and to be watchful.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Today!

Hey everybody! Well today went REALLY good with Chuck, he did amazing and Roni even rode him around too! We warmed up with a little lunging, and then hopped on and did lots of walk trot work, no cantering today, it was really hot out, so we didn't want to work him too hard. Anyways my riser pad came in, so after riding western for the first half of my lesson, we changed saddles and I rode him english for a while. He did really good, I don't know when Tara will be over next or when our computer will be fixed, but when the computer is fixed I have TONS of pictures to upload, rodeo pictures and pictures of me riding Chuck. Tara is looking for shows for both of us to go to, that way Chuck can get experience. Chuck has never been shown, so I don't know how things would go, but there is only one way to find out! Anyways Tara might bring one of her horses to our lessons from time to time too so me and Roni can ride together. Cant wait! Anyways here is the last few minutes of our lesson, It lasted about an hour, so both me and Chuck were tired and sweaty, but we had fun!

Friday, July 12, 2013

Working Chuck with Tara!

           Hey guys so today we worked with Chuck in a snaffle!!!!!! Last time he was ridden in one he threw Nick! Turns out he works WAY better in a snaffle he is so responsive other than stopping and backing. He still did amazing today! All you have to do is wiggle the rein and he will respond he is like that at the walk and trot, but when you lope he gets excited. I know this all looks like a mess, but this is the first time he has loped in over a year, today was one of the best rides I have ever had on any horse and what makes it all the more fun is that he is MINE! I love him so much, and thanks soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much Miss Tara Knight for helping me get him back on track! We think he may have been a western pleasure and gaming horse because he wants a job, but he likes to have his head like a WP horse. Anyways these are videos of today. Feel free to suggest anything I can fix!

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Trimming a Horses Hooves

                                                   This video is Chuck getting his hooves trimmed

                                        Getting your horses hooves trimmed is an important aspect of equine ownership. Horses need their feet trimmed by a farrier. This is our farrier trimming my gelding Chuck's hooves.

Monday, July 8, 2013

Today!


Today Tara (got Duch and Wildfire) is comming to work with Chuck, she is bringing tons of tack over too, so maybe we will have some more by the end of the day. She runs a rescue program in the local area, her website is Here!. It hasn't been updated in a while, but this is what she does, she already had someone lined up for Wildfire as a broodmare, wildfire was a broodmare in her younger days then a trail horse and is now a broodmare again. Duch was sopose to be Taras new barrel prospect but with the cancer I don't know how it will work out. I will ask how Duch and Wildfire are doing today and hopefully give you an update tonight. Well thats it for now so ill talk to ya later!!!

Monday, July 1, 2013

Horse Treat Recipes!

This is TONS of horse treats, have fun and there is a very good website about horses in general. It is, http://www.thinklikeahorse.org/index.html


Carrot and Apple Cookies

1 cup sweet feed
2 cup bran
1 cup flax seed
4 large carrots, shredded
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup applesauce

Mix molasses, brown sugar, carrots and applesauce in one bowl.
In another bowl mix the dry ingredients. Slowly combine the molasses
mixture with the dry ingredients. Add only enough molasses mixture to
form a thick dough, add more bran if necessary.

Line cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Using a tablespoon, drop batter
onto cookie sheet and flatten slightly to form portions about the size of a
silver dollar. Bake at 300 degrees F for about 1 hour. Flip and bake for
an additional 45 minutes until they are dried out. Keep checking to make
sure they don't burn.



Whinny Bars

2 Cups Dry Oatmeal
3/4 Cup Grain
3 Cups Bran
1 Cup Molasses

Mix Oats, Grain and Bran together in a bucket. Drizzle in Molasses while
mixing with you hands (you're looking for a consistency a little thinner
than Play-Doh). Place dollups (about half a handful) on a cookie sheet
and bake at 350 for ten minutes. These have a tendency to burn. They never get completely hard, but they store nicely.

Sunday Cookies

1 Cup Dry Oatmeal
1 Cup Flour
1 Cup Shredded Carrots
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Sugar
2 Tablespoons corn oil
1/4 Cup Water
1/4 Cup Molasses

Mix ingredients in a bowl in the order listed. Make small balls and
place on a cookie sheet, spray them with Pam. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Yummy Oat Cookies

1 Cup Oatmeal
1 Cup Bran
1 Cup Water
1 Tablespoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup Molasses

Mix ingredients together, grease a cookie sheet. Drop spoon size balls
onto sheet. Bake 350 for 8 minutes or until hard on the outside.
Refrigerate any uneaten cookies.

Oat Molasses Cookies

2 Cups Dry Oatmeal
1/2 Cup grated Carrots
3 Tablespoons Molasses
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
Combine all ingredients. Add enough water to make a soft dough. Stir
well. Form cookies. Bake 350 for 8 minutes or until golden brown.

Carrot Cookies

1 Cup Dry Oatmeal
1 Cup Flour
1 Cup shredded Carrots
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Sugar
2 Teaspoon Vegetable Oil
1/4 Cup Molasses
Mix ingredients in bowl as listed. Make little balls and place on
greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Carrot and Apple Cookies

1 Cup Sweet Feed
2 Cups Bran
1 Cup Flax Seed
4 Large Carrots, shredded
1 Cup Molasses
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Apple sauce
Mix Molasses, Brown Sugar, Carrots and Apple sauce in one bowl. In
another mix the dry ingredients. Slowly combine the Molasses mixture with the
dry ingredients. Add only enough Molasses mixture to form a thick dough,
add more Bran if necessary. Line cookie sheet with foil. Drop batter onto
foil with a tablespoon and flatten slightly to form portions about the size
of a silver dollar. Bake at 300 for 1 hour. Flip and bake an additional 45
Minutes until they are dried out. Keep checking to make sure they do not
burn.

Apple Cookies

1 Cup Margarine
1 Cup Flour
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Bran
1 Cup diced Carrots
1 Cup diced Apples
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
2 Cups Quick Cooking Dry Oatmeal
2 Eggs
Cream Margarine and Sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. combine
Flour, Bran and Baking soda. Blend into a creamed mixture. Stir in Oats,
Carrots, and Apples. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 350 for 10-12 minutes or until lightly brown.

Horse Cookies

2 cups dry oatmeal
3/4 cup grain
3 cups bran
1 cup molasses
Mix oats, grain and bran together in a bucket. Drizzle in molasses while
mixing with your hands. Place handfulls on a cookie sheet and bake at
375� for 8 minutes.

Electrolyte Cookies

2 cups oats (I use crimped oats or barley/mix)
3/4 cup grain (I use either LMF or barley)
3 cups bran
1 cup molasses
1 cup water (may vary depending upon altitude)
12-24 1-oz. scoops of powdered electrolytes (depends how strong you want them) Mix all the ingredients together. You should have a consistency a little thinner than play-doh. If it isn`t wet or sticky enough, add a little more water or molasses. Place large spoonfuls on a (greased) cookie sheet. Bake at 325 for 30-40 minutes. These have a tendancy to burn so keep an eye on them.

Cob Cookies

8 cups dry cob feed (corn,oats,barley mix)
3 cups ground carrots
1/2 cup corn oil
2 cups flour
2 cups molasses (use livestock grade from feed store - it's cheaper!)

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl until well mixed. Let stand
for at least an hour (so the grain can absorb some of the moisture).
Stir the mixture well. Drop by rounded teaspoonful on to a well oiled cookie sheet. Using your fingers and the teaspoon 'smoosh' the cookie into a round slightly flattened shape. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 18 minutes, depending on your oven. These will burn easily so be sure not to leave them in too long. Put the cookies on racks to cool then store them in a tight container. Makes between 6-9 dozen.

Apple Horse Cookies

1 c. sweet feed
2 - 3 c. wheat bran
1 c. flax seed
1 T. salt
4 large apples, shredded
1 c. molasses
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 c. applesauce

Mix molasses, brown sugar, apples and applesauce in bowl. Mix dry
ingredients in a separate bowl. Gradually combine wet and dry
ingredients together, only using enough of the wet ingredients to make a
thick dough. Add more bran if necessary.

Line cookie sheet with foil and spray with oil. Drop batter onto cookie
sheet in tablespoon amounts. Flatten with a fork. Bake slowly at 300� F.
for 1 hour, turn cookies over and continue to bake for another 45
minutes until thoroughly dried. Reduce heat if cookies begin to brown
excessively or to burn.

Store in covered container or zip-locked plastic bag and dole out as
special treats to your equine buddies.

Horse Cookies

1 cup uncooked oats
1 cup flour
1 cup shredded carrots
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup molasses
Mix ingredients in bowl as listed. Make little balls and place on cookie
sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or light brown.

More Horse Cookies

15 cups sweet feed
4 - 12 oz Jars of dark molasses
1 cup water
5 cups flour

Mix the first 3 ingredients, then add flour to hold the dough together.
Coat mini muffin tins with vegetable spray, then use a spoon to press
dough into each compartment. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, or
until dark brown. Let cool, then store in an airtight container.

"I Didn't Buck Today" Treats

2 sticks butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup raisins
2 cups dry oatmeal
1 cup alfalfa pellets

Mix butter with sugar and eggs until smooth. Add dry ingredients slowly.
Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet. Bake for about 8 minutes at 350�.

Microwave Horse Cookies

2 cups of flour
5cups of oatmeal
1/2 cup corn oil
1 clove of garlic
1 cup of diced carrots
Directions: Combine ingredients in bowl. Make small balls, place on
microwaveable plate, flatten balls. Bake at high for 6 minutes per batch.

Easy no cook snaps

4 Cups of bran
4 Cups of applesauce
Directions: Mix ingredients together. Batter should be doughy. Roll out
with rolling pin, cut shapes with cookie cutter. Let dough dry and serve.

Horse Cookies

1 cup of uncooked oatmeal
1 cup of flour
1 cup of shredded carrots
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1/4 cup of water
1/4 cup of molasses
Directions: Mix ingredients in bowl in order listed. Make small balls
and flatten on greased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes till golden brown. ** Compliments of Bay Area Equestrian Network

Peppermint Bran Mash
Ingredients: 1 cup crushed candy canes or hard peppermint candies; 3 to 5 cups bran; 1 tablespoon salt; 1 carrot, diced; 1 carrot, diced; 1/2 cup molasses; 2 cups sweet feed. Dissolve crushed candy in 2 to 3 cups of boiling water and let water cool to warm. Then, mix all ingredients together except sweet feed in a feed bucket. Add more warm water to make it soupy, rather than crumbly. Cover with towel and let stand until cool. Right before serving, spread a thin layer of sweet feed over the top and sprinkle on some crushed candy to garnish

Fun day! Refurbished stall and other horses!

Well today was the last day of working swim lessons, and I got paid! I am excited, I am thinking about buying 2 lunge lines so I can long line work our horses, because I can't ride when my parents are not home, but I can do ground work, so it would be way better! Anyways so today was pretty productive, and fun. After work I went with Nick to pick up tiles in Dayton. I got to meet a little bucking stock baby! (bucking stock are animals used in rodeo for saddle bronc and bareback riding) He was so cute, I think he was a maybe a yearling, his owner (Mike Dorman) stopped by, and him and Nick talked for a bit. Then we came home, and spent a long, long, long, time fixing up the barn, we cleaned it out really good. We even fixed up the other stall and its useable now. I will be posting the pictures, there's the baby, the stall, and some from a few months ago when  I got to go up to my aunts and uncles and play with their draft horses. They pull carts for fairs, and different events. Last fall I even got to drive them during a family reunion!