What’s good for the environment is also good for you, your horses, your farm or ranch, and your neighborhood. Use the techniques in these resources to learn horse keeping practices that benefit everyone.
One of the several hats that I wear in my world is that of barn manager at Sweet Pepper Ranch. I probably don’t need to tell you that it’s a lot of work: 6 to 8 hours a day of hard, physical labor for both Matt and I, which, over the last few months, has also been in the bitter cold. But today, I was amazed to realize that the role I had once aspired to was one that I am now living out.
Someone recently asked me how I define true horsemanship, and I had to pause. As I thought about it, I concluded that true horsemanship is like a chair: it requires four legs to be well-balanced and stable. To me, those legs are groundwork, riding, health care, and horse land management. Take one away and you have an unbalanced situation that’s likely to lead to collapse.
