Our oldest daughter got tired of waiting for me to finish the story, so here is her account of the next day, after the horses had enjoyed a couple days’ break from trailering. Her words start here: Aww, Dad, you stopped right before the best part! Anyways, while Dad and Mr. G were hitching up [...]
Posts Tagged ‘trailering’
26 Oct
(Mis) Adventures in Long-distance Horse Trailering, Part 3
The morning after our first day of trailering our two horses cross country, the kids had been exercising the horses before we loaded them up for another day on the road. Our Haflinger cross, Jasper, was recovering from a rough first day and first night. My wife and I had been connecting the trailer when [...]
6 Oct
(Mis) Adventures in Long-Distance Horse Trailering, Part 2
Last time, you may recall, we had just finished the first long day of our cross-country move with our family, goods, and two horses. Texas to Missouri had taken us a bit longer than we’d expected but it had been relatively smooth. Zip (our Quarter Horse) had taken the situation in very good stride, while [...]
29 Sep
Adventures in Long Distance Horse Trailering, Part 1
In the last post on trailering, I explained that though our Quarterhorse (Zip) was very compliant with getting into the trailer, we had some… ahem… “challenges” loading and trailering our Haflinger cross (Jasper). Under the tutelage of our faithful trainer, Rachel, we put together a plan to teach him to load well. It was a very [...]
4 Sep
The Simplicity of Horse Trailering
When you start thinking of horses and horse ownership, lots of images start playing in your mind’s eye. At first, most of them probably are the romantic cuts, drawn mainly from watching The Man from Snowy River and Open Range too many times. As you get closer to making that decision to actually buy a [...]
A Joyful Birth
