Leather care tip

A great item for leather care is believe it or not WD-40 ... Just spray on your leather goods from Boots to saddles and wala! Nice soft leather . Its fast too ,Just spray and let sit 30 min. you will be surprised how good it works .

Sand Colic tip

We live in and area where the soil is all sand. One finds it hard to believe it can grow anything but we have good crops here. However there is a concern about sand colic in horses. For the past 10 years I have been using flax seed and I haven't had colic in my horses of any kind .

My recipe is as follows: 1/2 Cup of flax seed to a quart of water Cook until it has a white foam on top . Let stand over night ,it will be slimy!! Mix with a gallon of wheat bran . feed in the morning . Feed regular hay in about an hour I'd leave out the grain. do this for three days . I do this every six months.

Sugestions Please

I need to find a horse fly spray that is homegrown or organic .I'm alergic to all the commercial horse sprays even wipes something in them makes my eyes swell and burn . Any suggestions ?

Horse tips

Want to have a exceptional mane and tail ? Shiny and healthy, Just comb through Baby oil several times a week.

A tale of the trail

The sun is coming up ,got to get the trailer hitched to the pickup .That done I head for the corral to get my horse. He's standing in the corner soaking up the suns first rays, his sorrel coat shining in the morning light . I clip a rope on his halter and we head for the trailer, once loaded we head for the foothills of Sonoma County. we travel for about an hour and then make our way down a bumpy dirt road... I pull my trailer into a clearing that is lush with short green grass, lovely purple Lupons, and yellow Buttercups.
I unload ole Buddy and pull my gear out of the tack compartment of the trailer. Then run the brush over my horses back removing the dirt that is ever present. Tossing the blanket then the saddle on his back , he side steps a bit but doesn't really resist. I put the bridle on and mount . we head for a cow trail that gently slopes into a stand of oaks and brush. Buddy's hoofs hit an occasional rock with a sharp ping, we clear the stand of trees and start the up hill grade . I can feel my horse's front leg and sholders work and we move upward, we arrive at a level place on the side of the hill where and old stone homestead is crumbling , only one wall is standing . I dismount and walk over to the ruins, a blue belly lizard is bobbing up and down on a rock as I near him he darts for cover . Tying ole Buddy to a nearby tree and finding a rock to sit on , I try to imagine what it was like to live in this small rock house so many years past, a time that was hard but uncomplicated.... I sigh and listen to a blue jay and wish I had lived in the days so long ago...