Yep. Today was the day! Zorro was hitched to the travois for the first time! He handled it like an old pro. This will be a picture heavy...

I have had a couple of questions about teaching a horse that has never ground driven.

I see the question “How old should my horse be before I drive him?” all the time.

I was recently asked what I would look for if I was purchasing a trained driving pony for a beginner driver.

Last summer I figured out that Sky did NOT like the bit she had driven in most of her life.

I’m so darn excited for this part. It’s so satisfying to train a horse that you’ve raised.

When do you use a Breast Collar? When your vehicle has a straight line of draft, you use a Breast Collar.

It keeps me toasty warm on my drives. So I give the Arctic Horse Wool Skirt a 5 star review.

I am very passionate about the use of breeching.

Here you go! This is exactly how I like my ponies to be when they are first hitched to the cart. If you have done your ground work...

I brought Mikey home at the end of June. It took just over a month to get him healthy enough to start re-training him. At the beginning...

I hauled Sky down to the river, about 30 minutes from our place, for a lovely morning drive today. The weather was absolutely gorgeous...

I took my bike and Sky to my friends house for a play day and when I posted about it I had lots of people asking how I knew Sky loved the...

The thoughts and ideas shared on this blog are mine and mine only.

Today was Sky’s first drive in the cart with the open bridle. She did great! She was calm and quiet the entire time. The wind was blowing...

So Sky has been acting out lately. Sometimes she is very naughty and sometimes just slightly so. I have noticed that she seems spookier,...

Hill Therapy is about helping the horse find a better way to use his body.

I had a first this weekend… My friend Molly and I took our minis camping with a driving group from Helena Montana called, Ten Mile...

Last weekend Sky and I participated in a group drive with a local driving club. It was her first time driving in a group in about 8 years...

Part of enjoying our horses is taking them places, meeting up with like minded people, participating in clinics, horse shows, parades.