1. What's New?

We have been busy! We have been working horses, teaching lessons and showing, even with all the rain. There has been some big things happening around the barn. There is a new bench ...

2. An Appropriate Day

... in their stalls, but not this day.  It was a mild 40 degrees, overcast and drizzly. There was a peace that took over the barn on this day, January 18th, 2011, the day I fulfilled a promise to an old ...

3. Things you need around a horse farm - a hammer

... The more experienced folks I will point out that it's quite a bit of work, with not as much riding as they would probably prefer.  There can be a great deal of value if you find a good barn to board ...

4. Jack is Back!

The big news around the barn is that Jack is back in lessons!!    After a tragic injury last July, Jack has made a tremendous recovery. One morning we discovered that he had severed ...

5. Boarding Beware! Avoiding Horse Scams

... language. Relay services are a favorite of scammers because it puts an extra layer of separation between them and their mark. Why can they not find a barn in North Carolina? I am sure that ...

6. So Many... (How to choose a horse barn that's right for you)

p { text-indent :1.0em; margin-top:0.5em; } There are so many barns out there to choose from. Ranging from large and vigorous programs to intimate and informal. Barns that focus on competition ...

7. Winter sunset

... that is causing most of our problems. Most drifts are over my knees and some are even over my waist. I have to dig out the small human door and the big front door of the barn several times because the ...

8. Round One

... did wish that 6 Toe or Kali could have helped open the frozen door.   After spending two days in the barn, the horses seemed to have a good time once they got out. It is always fun to watch ...

9. Ohio weather

... to the paddocks. This allows us to have a heater in each water tank. We ( I should say Carl) also completed a shavings bin, an outdoor light over the barn door and a heat lamp for Tar's stall.   ...

10. Do you offer Western riding lessons?

No.  We are a strictly English barn.  ...

11. So here are a bunch of pictures

Rio in his first hunter division. I have gotten a few requests to see what was happening around the barn.  So here ya go... Mark is on vacation at a friend's house to keep ...

12. Wait! It's almost June!?

We definitely have not been sleeping around here! Well, with the exception of 5 Toe. Flowers are blooming, the hay is ready to be cut and many projects are underway. And it all started ...

13. Heeza Gummy Bear

... found the garbage after this was taken. With the super nice weather March has given us, the barn has been buzzing.  Lessons are on and people are riding after a crazy cold winter. I have a feeling ...

14. New Stall

Most everybody probably knows by now that we got a new pony.  What that means for me is that I spent the last Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the barn building a new stall.  I built the entire ...

15. In which Carl gets clocked by his drill

Have you ever done something you knew deep down you shouldn't?  Cross the road even though the signal said DON'T WALK (there's nobody coming, right)?  Drink expired milk (it smells okay, must ...

16. A new kind of blog

New Horse Blog - From the Trainer's Mouth We're hoping to generate an occasional series of articles here about issues that deal with horses.  Traditionally the Barn Blog has been a forum for what's ...

17. Winter Time

... Check out the drifts! Xander negotiates the snow after a big storm. This picture makes me shiver! Can you feel how cold it was. Taken in front of the barn. At least Tar is fuzzy ...

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19. You will conform!

... finally got around to joining Facebook, I added a page for Shallow Hill, which can be found here (although you have to be logged in to facebook to see it).  I also added the barn blog to the Facebook ...

20. Say Cheese!!

... are disturbing someone? 6-Toe and Fry do not look happy to see me. I did just wake them up to get a picture of them taking advantage of there new house in the garage. Can we say the most spoiled barn cats ...