Meadow Brook Farm

06/26/2024

Really cool cloud formations today!!

06/21/2024

06/19/2024

04/14/2024

You get out of the horse what you put in — the way you put it in. ✍️Ray Hunt

03/10/2024

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐢𝐩: Spring Means Grazing Muzzle Season

While it might only be March, the grass is turning green and Spring is almost here. As much as our horses love the lush green grass, it's important to remember their health and well-being which means your horse may need a grazing muzzle.

Why does your horse need a grazing muzzle this spring?

🥕𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠: Spring grass tends to be rich in sugars and can lead to weight gain and even health issues like laminitis in horses prone to metabolic issues. A grazing muzzle helps to limit the intake of grass, providing controlled grazing.

🥕 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: Just like us, horses can overindulge when the grass is plentiful. A grazing muzzle helps prevent them from overeating, maintaining a healthy weight and preventing digestive upset.

🥕𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Horses with conditions like insulin resistance, Equine Metabolic Syndrome, or Cushing's disease benefit greatly from restricted access to grass. The grazing muzzle helps manage these conditions by controlling their intake of sugars.

🥕𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡: Overgrazing can damage pasture, leading to soil erosion and poor grass quality. Using a grazing muzzle helps preserve pasture health by controlling the amount of grass consumed.

03/09/2024

One horse in Portage County, Ohio, was confirmed positive for EHV and euthanized, and 15 horses are potentially exposed.

02/05/2024

Happy Monday!

The most Beautiful photograph you'll see today

02/03/2024

Iso timothy/orchard first cut hay. Small squares. Good quality horse hay. No weeds or foxtail. Send me your contacts!!!!

11/29/2023

Here are 10 ways to show your barn, every barn, some 🫶 this holiday season!

1. Drive slowly, less than 5 mph
2. Watch for small children and animals
3. Fold your blankets!
4. Clean & sweep up your messes
5. Pick up trash
6. Keep your tack & tack boxes neat/tidy
7. Change blankets, as needed, if at the barn
8. Bundle dry supplements into 1 container
9. Offer a please and thank you to barn staff
10. Point out something positive about the barn

Happy Holidays♥️

08/08/2023

People choose ♥️🐾

06/04/2023

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Some of the qualities that you’ll hear people who know Nikki use to describe her… Lydia Nordhoff needs your support for Help Nikki fight Stage 4 Colon Cancer

05/19/2023

Not gonna get this girl😉

05/12/2023

That's the size of a horses heart next to a human heart

05/10/2023

05/10/2023

Horses tourist selfie 😂

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05/01/2023

05/01/2023

Rides that we perceive as bad can make us feel hopeless and untalented.

They wreak havoc on our ego, because they show us that we are not nearly as advanced as we had imagined on our good days. They are reality checks that impress on us that we still have so much farther to go and so much more to learn.

For many years I really struggled and suffered when bad rides “happened to me” - until I realised that these bad rides were actually more valuable than the good ones in some ways because they were the ones that propelled me forward.

Often the value of a “bad” ride lies not so much in what I learn DURING that particular ride, but in what the analytical process teaches me that follows the bad ride.

These rides make us feel like failures for not being able to do something that we think we should be able to do. They bring us face to face with our inadequacies. They show us where we are too imprecise, too sloppy, too uncoordinated, to rough, too clumsy, too hasty, too late, you name it. The horse essentially lets us know us that what we thought was acceptable is not only NOT acceptable, it is actually quite poor...

You can read the rest of this article over on our artisticdressage.com blog [Link in Bio]

​P.S. We are planning on running our flagship What, Why, How course again in August 2022. This is the most comprehensive course we run to resource you with all the tools and knowledge you need to be able to find a way of working and developing with your horse that is both inspired and responsive, and perfect for both of you.

It’s all the answers to your riding questions that you have been asking instructors for clarification on plus 100’s more that you haven’t even thought of yet! Backed up by biomechanical know-how so you can athletically develop your horse in a progressive healthy way.

To be notified as soon as we open the doors for the 2022 course, sign up here What, Why, How Course Wait List https://courses.artisticdressage.com/wwh-waitlist

04/26/2023

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Piccatso !!!

04/11/2023

A little Bee Butt to brighten your day!

A cute bee-hind.

04/09/2023

Happy 🌷 Easter!

Beautiful flower garden... ( Lisse, Netherlands )
Credit: Dirkjanpiersma

04/07/2023

In contract. 3 days!

🎉NEW LISTING ALERT. BLACKLICK, OHIO - $299,000
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Country living in the City 🙌🏼This 3-bedroom, 2-bath beauty sits on a private 1/2 acre lot with a circle driveway. Both bathrooms have been remodeled, updated windows, glass block windows in the basement, freshly painted, new plumbing, and new light fixtures. Real hardwood floors in the living room, dining room, and upstairs. Have we mentioned the stone fireplace with adjacent built-in bookshelves? Updated kitchen cabinets & countertops. THIS WILL NOT BE ON THE MARKET LONG. BOOK YOUR SHOWING TODAY🔥

04/03/2023

Got questions about the more than 150 clinics, sessions, and demonstrations we've got on the schedule? Check out these fast facts about this year's schedule! Download your own copy of our schedule here:https://equineaffaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/23-OH-Schedule-032323.pdf

04/02/2023

Lion King!