The Arabian Touch

07/04/2025

Happy 4th!!

07/02/2025

Cotton candy rainbow sky

06/19/2025

Sometimes you just have to stop and take a minute to enjoy the fog.

05/14/2025

When you and your bestie got lame at the same time and you convince your mom's to let you have silly stall rest sleep overs, but you then regret your decision because you didn't realize how weird they are ...

04/19/2025

What a gorgeous day!! Hope you're able to get out to enjoy it! We sure are!

04/12/2025

Snow!?!! What fun!

04/11/2025

Well, I'm back to a smartphone. Time will tell if this was a good idea or not. But I can again easily do this! So hopefully can provide better pictures and more updates!

02/09/2025

02/09/2025

Beautiful snowy morning here at the farm, on a Sunday when I can stay home to enjoy it!! What could be better?

09/30/2024

Fair week is usually a farm work week for us, since we basically get stuck at home due to the traffic. This year's project - fix the "imaginary fencing". Lol!

5 year's ago when we moved the horses home, we used a bunch of logs we cleared as posts. This saved us a ton of money to start. They lasted longer than I expected, however over the winter this year many of the bases rotted and with a gentle breeze and a slight snow load, lots of portions collapsed. We weren't able to get out to fix it due to the snow and then the wet spring, so a t-post with some non-electrified tape cutting off the downed portion did the trick for a while (thank goodness I have respectful horses).

But now we're replacing it with much more durable fencing that will last much longer. PT posts set in concrete.

During the fence swap out we didn't want the horses to have to be turned in so we took the chance of true imaginary fencing. In one of the photos you can see Meo checking it out. She had no desire to go anywhere. 😍

Here's to many more years of strong fencing!!

09/03/2024

Day 3 and I'm thrilled to report that we are very settled! Which is perfect since I have to return to work tomorrow!

Turnout was mostly quiet, a few conversations here and there - especially around lunchtime. But that's pretty normal - everyone always loves to tell me how late I am for all feedings 🤣😂🤭

All are currently inside the barn, with a slight increase to the wall height between the stallions. All are happy!! I tried this configuration last night they weren't fighting, but they were smooching over the wall. 😘😘

I'm so thrilled, Tater is a really well behaved boy. Super easy to handle and very well socialized.

09/01/2024

Tater Update:

While he seemed pretty calm upon arrival and settled into his secluded paddock on day 1, dinner brought about chaos. The discovery that that were other horses on site was a lot for him and he became very stressed. Calling and running the fence line. This was not unexpected.

I put him and Psyche in the barn together overnight and there was more chaos. Lots of screaming and pacing around the stalls. Again pretty expected. Over the soothing waves of NPR I left them in overnight, and they seemed slightly settled although when I entered in the morning they were excited at my arrival and seemed to want to fight for my attention (hah, probably kidding myself, it was probably all about breakfast, LOL).

Then came turnout, all of my regular herd was a bit more agitated than normal with lots of screaming and interest along the fence lines where they do not normally traverse. But they were mostly settled and inconvenience was minimal. Tater however had a rough day. He spent pretty much the entire day running the fence - poor guy.

When it came time for turn in. I thought I might try something different, seems like Tater wants a friend so let's try putting him next to Riley in the barn. We'll that might have gone ok, but Dora was one stall down and has decided she is in love with Tater - her new boyfriend. Tater got confused and wanted to breed Riley who said . . . Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm down to be friends but not THAT kind of friend. Lol, and they got into a kick fest in the barn (side note, my barn is really well built and handled the beating like a champ). So I turned Riley and the girls back out for the night, leaving Psyche and Tater to have the barn to themselves again overnight. There was obviously still excitement to be had, but when the lights went out things quieted down.

When I entered this morning things were quiet. I did get my normal requests for breakfast, but hooves were quiet. Huge progress and so quickly. I was impressed.

Turnout this morning began very similar to yesterday for Tater at least where he was pacing the fence and calling. Very stressed. The rest of the herd seems pretty over it and we're content to go about their business without much fuss.

Now it's about noontime and things are quiet. Hooves are still and there is minimal screaming. This bodes well.

As with any intro of a new horse to a property things get shaken up. Patience is key - more so with stallions. Tater is super sweet and very easy to handle even in an agitated state. The same with Psyche. In this regard I am incredibly lucky and grateful. We will see where things go and what adjustments need to be made, but huge progress for a short amount of time.