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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Tom the Contortionist To look at a draft horse, one would assume that they don’t fit through small spaces very well, certainly not with much finesse. Two thousand pounds of giant horse, bred to work like a semi, shouldn’t be able to move between two wires of
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As the Tail Wags Every farm needs a great farm dog, and over the years, we had a few. They protected the farm, were best, loyal buddies to our children, and helped to familiarize the horses to the fact that the world is full of furry, trotting
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Pat and Tom Owning a Draught or Draft horse, is very different than owning a light horse. They take at least twice the feed, double the dewormer, need taller fences and it costs more to have their hooves done. In short, they’re more horse to care for,
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