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

... physicist way of saying buy so many dang hammers that you're practically tripping over them.  Note that I'm not including the pasture areas, hay fields and general open places. I pretty much mean ...

2. 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 ...

3. Round One

Mother Nature decided to throw 12 inches of snow at us last week. Round Two will start tonight. We will get 6 to 9 inches over the next two days. Yuck! I think I am officaly tired of ...

4. Dashing through the snow

It's early February in Ohio and we just had a nice big winter storm that dumped at least 9 inches (very likely more) of snow on the farm.  Our poor little horsies were feeling a bit cooped up and ...

5. New blog format

Yes, it is true.  I am never happy satisfied.  EVER.  So I had to make a new blog format.  I hope you like it! UPDATE: Even more modifications.  Now with 50% smaller pictures ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. The Best of Times

... trot. Being an older horse we do have to play keep the weight on the old horse game, but lucky for me Tar has a good appetite. I worry about his eyesight, teeth, and health in general but I know he is ...

9. Policy on bounced checks

Because of the fees and financial burden involved, Shallow Hill has a "one strike you're out" policy on checks not honored due to insufficient funds (i.e. a "bounced check").  After one strike clients ...

10. Horse Games

Did you know when people are not watching horses don't just stand there? After searching the paddocks for the best tasting grass and maybe taking a nap or two, horses love to interact with each other. ...

11. Say Cheese!!

So yeah, on quiet days when it is just too cold to work with the horses I often follow them around with my camera at my side. Bundled up to keep my toes and fingers from turning into ice cubes, I sit and ...

12. Something to Talk About

To go from this...... To this ... In the time it takes for the earth make one full revolution, welcome to Ohio and welcome winter. The only entertaining thing about this year's first ...

13. Good News Everyone

Shallow Hill would like to welcome its newest member, Kali! She is a five month old lab/ wiemaraner mix that was born in Michigian on tax day. Picture of Kali at Cable Lake, MI    ...

14. To catch up....

Wow, the website looks fantastic. I have to give Carl credit for spending tons of time to update the site and make many improvements. Recently Shallow Hill went to their first away show. After not ...

15. Houston, we have liftoff!

Woo hoo!  The new website is up and running!  There are still a few things that need implemented, such as the spell checker so you don't have to read all my spellnig erors and the ability to ...

16. New Awesomeness

I've been a busy boy.  I managed to edit all of Barb's old entries, editing it so that only the first few lines show up so that the blog page is not totally cluttered and making the formatting uniform.  ...

17. What happened to June?

Can you believe that it is July..... Already? With all the projects going on around here, June just flew past us. Lucky for you I had my camera handy for most of it. I held a mini camp for two of ...

18. March Roars In

What is the saying, March arrives like a certain majestic creature and exits like a harmless little lamb? Well it certainly feels like a angry lion out there today. Did I mention that it is snowing again. ...

19. What Is This?

One day we have snow and cold temps and carhartt overalls and frozen buckets and hand warmers and blanketed horses and brrrrrr and ............... And the next we have sun and warm temps and no ...

20. Business Hours

Generally Shallow Hill is open open from 8 am until 5 pm or the sun goes down (which ever comes first), Monday through Saturday.  If you have another time you would like to come, give us a call and ...