Desolation Wilderness Vacation, Part Two
Submitted by Natalie Herman, Team Easyboot 2012 MemberIn part one, we began our adventure in the Desolation Wilderness, west of Lake Tahoe, California. Three horses, three riders, three days of remote peace, quiet, and...
Giving My Horse the (EasyCare) Boot
The following are excerpts from an article by Laurie Knuutila of Fairbanks, Alaska, that she wrote for her competitive trail riding newsletter.In the past issue of this newsletter, I promised to report on my...
Healing Zahara
Submitted by Stacey Maloney, Team Easyboot 2012 MemberMany people may remember this picture from earlier this spring.Pretty ugly I know. This is my mare, Zahara, after about six months of healing from a wire...
Who Trims? We Do
Submitted by Nonee High, Team Easyboot 2012 Member
Oh, yeah. We may be kids, but we take care of our own horses. Meet the girls of my 4H Club, the High Riders, who are learning...
From Steel Shoes to Hoof Boots
My horse always had tender feet. I now know he had tender feet because they never actually had the time needed to toughen up.I live up in the mountains where the Tevis Cup is...
Getting Ready for Christmas (In Which I Don’t Cook)
Horse life is still quiet at our house with the pones enjoying their winter sabbatical. The beauty of having them all barefoot, of course, is that when I get around to deciding it's time...
Changing Environment = Changing Hooves
Last time, in Horsekeeping - The Way the Other Half Does It, I described the changes that my gelding had undergone after a pasture injury. Everything about his life would change, aside from me,...
And the Easyboot Gloves Stay On
The following is from Jackie Wittman of Anacortes, WA.Just wanted to share with you a story of my horse, Chip, and a simple trail ride with friends. This was the first sunny day after...
Complacency (And Why You Shouldn’t Have It)
Submitted by Carla Richardson, Team Easyboot 2012 MemberComplacency. Defined as "self satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies." Hmm. Well ok, I'm guilty.Some of you probably know that my horse...
Desolation Wilderness Vacation, Part One
Submitted by Natalie Herman, Team Easyboot 2012 MemberThe picture below show Tara Flwelling on her Tennessee Walking Horse stallion, Den (left) and me on my Quarmorab mare, Eowyn, above one of the many lakes...