Crooked Creek Ranch

06/18/2025

Ladies!!

Tonight is our second ladies night on the ranch! Join us for some “you” time and take a mid-week break from the every day grind.

Things you need to know
🍷 Parking will be directed on arrival
🍷 Bugs can be annoying some nights
🍷 No fee required, but donations are optional

06/15/2025

To all the great ones out there ♥️

06/14/2025

It’s been a little quiet over here, but we have big things on the go! Please be patient with correspondence and bookings as we navigate our way through a big clean up project this week!

06/13/2025

June things… 🪻 🌺 🐴

05/30/2025

05/24/2025

You often hear people say “enjoy the ride."

But if you’ve ever spent time caring for a horse, you know there’s so much more than the hour spent in the saddle.

The saying should probably be closer to “enjoy long hours and hard work” or maybe “enjoy the highest highs and the lowest lows."

Sometimes you’ll feel more akin to a spiteful “enjoy heartbreak, the unpredictable, and sheer bad luck."

But if you were to say those things you would also have to say “enjoy freedom, connection, and a love impossible to explain."

So here are my alternatives …

Enjoy the privilege of getting to ride as much as the ride - the ability to swing into the saddle as much as the ability to sit it.

Enjoy the soul that enjoys you back - the simple pleasure of connection without bargain, barter, or expectation.

Enjoy the quiet. The care. The mundane as much as the extraordinary.

Be joyful in your enjoyment because joy is such a rare but free commodity.

Yes, enjoy the ride, but remember to enjoy everything that led up to it as well as the responsibility that accompanies it.

Because very rarely is it about the ride. 🤍

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(Bethany P Photography)

05/23/2025

💧 Oh, rainy days… 💧

05/22/2025

Knowing your horse's normal vital signs is VITAL —pun intended!— to detecting distress and a possible emergency! 🩺

Practice taking your horse's vitals often (T.P.R.: temperature, pulse, respiration rate) so you can get to know what's normal for your equine friends and recognize what is abnormal. If your horse seems a little "off" and his values are outside the normal range, a call to your equine veterinarian is definitely warranted!

The typical ranges for adult horses are as follows:
🌡️Temperature: 99.0-101.5°F
❤️Heart rate: 28-40 beats/minute
🫁Respiration rate: 12-16 breaths/minute

Keep in mind that very hot and humid conditions may cause small variations, so be sure to have a conversation with your horse doctor about what is acceptable and about how to properly assess your horse's vital signs.

Thank you to the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee for providing this information!

05/13/2025

It feels like we waited an extra long time for this view.. but here it is, finally 🍃🐴

05/11/2025

To all of the moms! Today celebrates you!