You know to be wary when you drop your farm truck off for an oil change, and the mechanic comes out and says, “do you have a minute to come on back here?” Turns out our trusty F350 needs a front end alignment. More urgently, the imbalance caused perilous wear on the far [...]

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Contrary to the old adage, it pays to look a gift horse in the mouth. When we first looked at Mikey, I slid my thumb between his molars and his cheeks to get a sense of his teeth. YOUCH! Those painfully sharp points could well explain the bucking the only time his [...]

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The decision to buy a horse should never be taken lightly. Concerns must be weighed against potential benefits– for both the horse and human. “Is this the horse for me?” is no simple question.
The whirlwind that brought Mikey to our farm happened in the blink of an eye, but our decision was [...]

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Sometimes horses have a way of finding you. I did not wake up this morning and write “buy a new horse” on the to-do list, but when I checked my messages on my way to church there was a description of Mikey and his down-on-her-luck owner. The rain held off long enough for [...]

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