The Stud that wasn’t For all my big hopes and plans for Paprika, sometimes plans need to be revised or entirely scrapped. When we’d first seen him, we had learned that he had gotten loose and bred a mare. Of course when hubby purchased Paprika for me,
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Snowbound The first winter that I owned my first Morgan, the young stallion, Paprika was also a winter of huge snow. The roads were often impassable. Our yard had huge drifts that we blew paths that looked more like tunnels through, and corral fences disappeared. We were
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Kids and their Horses There is little more important than pairing a precious child, with a perfect horse. I could never understand the logic of some parents who would come to look at horses I had for sale, then dismiss them as too expensive. Why buy one
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It Happens Raising children in the city, has its challenges. Raising them on a farm has its own, unique challenges and dangers. Farm equipment poses a risk, and can certainly be dangerous. Farm animals of all types and sizes can be as well, and sometimes, the very
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Practice makes Perfect Practice truly does make perfect. Whether human or animal, repetitive work will see improvements, though just like humans, too much repetition creates boredom in horses, too. Still, handling a horse every day, or as often as possible, sees improvement, especially if activities are changed
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