January 4 Blog Sunny Days... colorado weather So various websites on the internet machine show that, on average, Colorado has 300 days of sunshine per year. I read this. It MUST be true otherwise they wouldn't put it on the internet. So, joking aside, lets say that we only get 275 days of sun a year. I read the criteria and there is no real solid meteorological definition of "days of sun per year". So that could leave some of those days a little debatable. 275 starts to sound like a nice, fair number. That number, even diminished ...
January 1 Blog A New Year for New Adventures horse lovers new years, horse resolutions, horse training, new years and black mountain ranch, new years resolutions Happy New Year Readers! Yes, yes, we all know that this is the time for new promises and resolutions to make 2013 so much better than 21012. And yet, these encouraging resolutions are usually completely forgotten by the end of January. Life seems to just get in the way when we try to take up healthier activities such as working out, when we try to improve ourselves and try to have a more positive outlook. But while most of us may try to make ourselves look better or act better on ...
December 28 Blog Join RanchFit! The New Fitness Craze! black mountain ranch, building fences, digging ditches, Fitness, RanchFit, riding horses, tacking horses, ultimate workout, workout So there isn't really a new RanchFit workout fitness craze. But maybe there should be. I started thinking about this recently as a good friend of mine told me about how they spent the summer getting fit by going to a class that met a couple times a week inside a local gym. She said that the workouts all involve fast paced repetitions of lifting and moving heavy and awkward objects, with the motivational assistance of other members and loud music. I thought at first that it must ...
December 27 Blog Tarps, Puddles and Other Scary Horse Eating Things Training, bombproof, calm, happy, happy horse, helping, introducing, new environment, new experiences, patience, patient, persistence, relax, spooking, spooky, time and repitition, training methods So you want to introduce something spooky to your horse. It may be a new environment or a new object, or maybe it isn’t anything new at all but that darned puddle that he is always worried about. Helping horses gain confidence with new and potentially scary experiences starts with the rider’s ability to assert themselves in a calm and patient leadership role. Horses are herd animals, and in the wild they would look to the lead mare for direction. When your horse sees that you, his ...
December 26 Blog Wranglin' Wednesdays - Good Tidings To Y'all! horses, horsemanship, western riding, farrier, horse shoes Hey everyone! Merry Christmas, even if it is a day late! I'm really busy with last minute moving details, but I wanted to write a blog post anyway to see how everyone was doing. What did y'all get for Christmas? I got a few odds and ends, but the big thing I wanted was my father's custom-made Buffalo Saddlery saddle, which he gave to me! Now I just need to fork out the money to get a new saddle pad (American flag style, baby!), and find someone who can make me a matching breast ...