T&K Farms, LLC

05/27/2024

Happy Memorial Day. Today we remember all that we lost to have what we have today. There's a lot more meaning to this 3 day weekend than just a day off. I hope everyone gets to spend time with their loved ones today ❤️🇺🇲

04/23/2024

Let. Them. Stretch. Happy Spring! 😁🐴🌞

04/22/2024

You all know what time of year it is! Premium manure 💩
Message if you'd like to come get some, we have A LOT 😬

04/21/2024

Happy 2nd Birthday to Mr. Erebus!! 🖤🦄

04/14/2024

Happiest of Birthdays to the Queen of T&K Farms! Miss Lacey turns 16 today. Here's to many more years of sass and love with this mare ❤️🦄

04/11/2024

Here it is! I'll create an event next month but registration is open. Please send a message or call the farm with any questions ☺️🐴

04/08/2024

Such studious horses, hopefully they're taking notes. 😂🐴❤️

04/07/2024

SAVE THE DATE! Mounted shooting clinic will be held August 11th 8:30-4:00pm Sunday August 11th! 🐴😁

03/22/2024

Erebus selfies are the best 😂
We also would like to announce that spring really IS coming... eventually. We will still be offering riding lessons and doing events, however all full board training spots are full until fall ☺️🐴 Warmer weather is coming folks!

03/12/2024

We are loving these longer days!!! 😁🐴🌞

02/10/2024

Can't even express how grateful I am or how much fun I had today. Thank you all for a great clinic! 🐴❤️

02/06/2024

Noah, Dozer and I are happy that the days are getting longer! 😁🌞🐴🐾

02/05/2024

This. ❤️🐴

“I don’t want much, I just want to groom once in a while and go for an easy trail ride here and there”-

This is a statement folks often make, which makes perfect sense from a human point of view. It doesn’t require much time, effort or skill gaining, and the expectation appears low- for the horse to just stand quietly, or happily trod along down the trail.

From a riders perspective, grooming requires relaxing and enjoying brushing their horse. Trail riding usually involves relaxing and leaving the horse mostly alone to enjoy the outdoors and company.

From a horses point of view, however, this is not so easy a task. To ”just be brushed,” the horse has to have enough confidence to leave the herd, the skills to lead well to the barn, the ability to stand tied quietly for a length of time in isolation away from friends, to stay focused enough to stand despite the distractions and movement around them in the barn.
That’s a lot!

To “just trail ride,” the horse has to have the afore mentioned skills, plus load in a trailer, ride in the trailer and unload (those are all separate skills), leave friends quietly and ride calmly past all kinds of input and stimulus- they have to know what rider input to tune into (legs and reins), and which to shut out (rustling around to get a granola bar out of saddle bags, yammering to friends). They have to manage terrain with balance, leave or join other horses, or ride past other people, dogs, bikes, etc. They often have little guidance from a rider who’s expectations and attention to the horse is low (who is relaxing and enjoying company or scenery, not giving attentive communications to the horse).

That’s a TALL order for a horse, and quite a drastic difference in expectation between horse and rider in terms of education, attention and workload.

Think from the horses point of view. Don’t skimp on the education, the awareness, and don’t leave your horse to their own devices for “simple tasks.” A horse is a horse, and not a human- and they see our world very differently. It’s on us to prepare and guide them.

02/02/2024

Mr. Erebus sure is growing up fast. Hope everyone had a great January! Glad the days are getting longer and here's to one month closer to spring 😁🐴

01/19/2024

We've been busy playing in the snow! Hopefully posting event dates tomorrow ☺️🐴

01/13/2024

Same goes for dogs! Know and understand that every creature has limits, and set realistic goals ☺️❤️🐴🐾

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞.

Not every horse is suited for every discipline. Horses can’t DO everything, and like you, they probably don’t want to. And like you, you can’t make them, or train them, into something they aren’t. If you find what your horse loves and is good at, you will be working for your horse and not against them. Same with yourself. 🖤

01/11/2024

Stay tuned for our 2024 events! Should be posting them next week! 😁🐴
Spread the word!

01/11/2024

These photos were taken 4 days apart, in the same spot, on the same horse 😅 can we please get real winter weather already? ❄️🐴

01/07/2024

Enjoying the snow today ☺️❄️🐴

01/06/2024

Hope everyone is enjoying their New Year!
Spring will be here before we know it, looking forward to seeing everyone in the warmer weather months ahead. Until then, we'll just keep riding 😁🐴

01/01/2024

Starting out the New Year! Hope everyone had a great holiday season 😊❤️🐴