Posts under ‘Enjoying Horses’

Valentine’s Day is this Sunday.  We are making special heart-shaped cookies at home.  We are thinking of ways to show people that we love them.
I like Valentine’s Day.  I like getting sweet little notes.  I love eating chocolates and candy.  I like surprising my mom and dad with a homemade card, but I also like [...]

In the spirit of the Pony Express, which brought news and mail to the pioneer families out west, the Grimes County Sheriff Junior Deputy Mounted Posse will be re-creating a pony express run throughout the entire county on Saturday.  This event coincides with Go-Texan events at the Grimes County Fairgrounds.  They will have their barbeque [...]

Today I walked with my brothers and MawMaw to see the horses on the ranch.  I went into a big pen where one of our geldings, Spur, was eating hay. While he ate, I petted him on his belly and neck.  When I turned to leave Spur bit me on my lower back. I was [...]

Oh, how I wish I had a few thousand dollars!! I know exactly what I would buy.  Can you guess what it is?  That’s right, a horse.
His name is Bojangles.  He is a bay gelding.  Bojangles will do anything that ask him to do.
Last Saturday, I rode him all over the ranch.  We traveled with [...]

The first three Saturdays of December is parade season around here.  On the first Saturday, Navasota hosted its annual Christmas Parade.  It is different than the other parades because it occurs at night.  A parade in the dark is pretty with Christmas lights on floats, but on horseback it is not the most fun.  Horses [...]

My mom just published her first book, Texas Homesteader Wheat-Free Cookbook.  I am so proud of her.  I want to be published one day too.  She has inspired me!  I can write a book about the things that I love: horses.
My mom is always telling me to write about things that I know.  I have [...]

I enjoy riding my horse on the trail.  Ladd and I love to get out of the round pen and/or arena and get out in the pasture and woods.  I like to have my own private trail rodeo.
You have probably never ever heard of a trail rodeo, but I love them.  It is when the [...]

Have you ever visited a chiropractor?  My mom and dad have.  If so, why did you go?  My guess is that your back hurt or some other part of your body gave you pain.  The chiropractor adjusts your body to help your body feel better.
Well, horses can get hurt, too.  Sometimes their backs, especially around [...]

Just like people, horses have different personalities.  Some are laid back and some are crazy.  Some are your good friends and some you just don’t get along with.  No horse is exactly the same.  We have eight horses on the ranch with eight different personalities.
Jessie was abused before we bought her.  She does not trust [...]

Last Friday morning Steve Prewitt came to our ranch to work with our horses. Steve is a horse trainer in the Tomball area. We have bought horses from him and like the way he trains.
That morning we rode around our ranch trying to get the horses to respect us, used to going through creeks and [...]