Thoughts running through my head

Last night I sat up thinking about everything that I could cover on this blog, and I ended up with a list that is three, maybe four pages long; but I skipped lines between each subject, so it really isn't that bad.  I am a big planner of things to come, for every thing from home life to barn life.  It's the only way that I can manage my time accordingly.  I'm tempted to publish the list, in the order that I thought of them, not the actual order that I will cover each subject.  I guess it would be a good idea to solicit feedback of what I should cover first, or in addition to each subject.

So, here is my list of topics that I would love to cover on here:

1. Leg protection
2. Importance of saddle fit, for horse and rider
3. Proper bit use, and proper bitting techniques
4. How horses were intended to live
5. The importance of nutrition in performance
6. The importance of variety in training
7. How to get a truly shiny coat
8. Barefoot vs. shod
9. Rain Rot, how to prevent and treat
10. How to grow out manes and tails
11. The importance of grooming
12. Toxic Plants (possibly a weekly posts)
13. Ground work techniques
14. Proud flesh, how to prevent and treat
15. Fly control
16. Rehabbing the physically abused horse
17. Putting weight on a neglected horse
18. Cheap feed vs. expensive feed, is cheap feed actually cheaper?
19. The true cost of a free horse
20. Horse slaughter in the US
21. Are horses companion animals or livestock?
22. Horse meat for human consumption.
23. Supplements
24. Natural Horsemanship
25. Can I really afford to buy a horse?
26. Best fencing for your needs
27. Hay, how important is it?
28. Complete feeds vs. regular feeds plus supplements
29. Importance of rider fitness
30. Stall kept vs pasture kept
31. How important is stall size
32. Wild horses vs domesticated horses
33. Why horses founder
34. Why horses colic
35. Products that I personally use
36. How I groom the way I do
37. Horse people, a breed all their own
38. Knowing when to quit, for the day
39. Cribbing
40. Weaving
41. Wood chewing
42. Automatic waterers
43. Automatic feeders
44. Stall mats
45. Manure management
46. Your two best friends, where your horses are concerned

Well, it turned out to be only three pages, but I'm really considering doing number 46 as the first one.

My life with horses, and what it has taught me.

My life with horses has taught me many things, the first and foremost is patience.  That is the most important thing with dealing with horses, along with feel, sensitivity, and timing.  As well as paying alertness, or attention to most of us.  The paying alertness is a long story, that I may share one of these days, with permission of one of my cousins, of course.

I have spent the last 22 years, as of right now learning and seeking knowledge about horses.  I know that my pursuit of knowledge where horses are concerned will never be over, but that will not keep me from seeking it all the same.  For the most part, I have always trained barrel and pole horses, but I also train Western Pleasure, and Reining, though not for showing purposes.  I train the other two disciplines as a means to further my horses training, and improve their ability to perform their actual jobs.

This is just the first of many posts to come, I am sure, but for now it is enough.

So, until later, 

Lisa