Horses that have not been halter broken are virtually impossible to handle or do anything with. The halter is a basic piece of equipment which is placed on the horse’s head and used to tie the horse, lead the horse and convey basic commands to the horse. Halter breaking is the first step in training a horse. In an ideal situation, a foal should be handled by humans almost immediately after his birth. It is

We have some exciting news!   If you have heard that our local MD Barnmaster builder had recently retired, you were right.  But there is no need to worry about the ability to purchase or build the MD Barnmaster barn of your dreams.  Seeing a need for providing Nevada with turn-key services in designing and building MD Barnmaster barns, Erv Johnson of ERJ Construction has teamed up Dan Robinson of Dan’s Backhoe Service and the two

With Foaling time approaching we thought that an informative article about potential foaling problems may come in handy and be helpful. One of the keys to identifying a problem in a newborn foal is to understand what a normal foal looks like. New foal sits sternal (on his chest/belly) with-held up within moments of birth. The foal will shake its head, lick its lips and will often start to vocalize when it sees and hears

Along with every thing else I teach, I teach the work ethic. Someone asked me the other day, “How do you do that – meaning how do you teach the work ethic? Do you think it’s too late to teach someone in their 30’s the work ethic?” I had to ponder this a bit as I was sure she was referring to her spouse. But to answer her question more accurately, I think it is

By Mary Cioffi Where do the wild horses go during these bitter cold, windy, wet winter storms? After years of watching wild horses during all kinds of weather I find their ability to survive incredible!   Sometimes people tell me that horses don’t need shelters because they don’t have them in the wild.  In the wild the horses have miles and miles of terrain to wander over.  The lead mares hold the memories for the