Acklin Morgans

02/02/2025

After a long hiatus, we will make our way back to Ohio for our February Road Show! Can’t wait to see everyone there🩷🖤. If you need a custom-fitted bag, please get measurements to us *our method* by the 5th!

01/03/2025

FUN FACT FRIDAY!

Are you familiar with the many adaptations that help your horse stay warm during the cold winter months?

🌾 Hindgut digestion of hay produces the most heat, acting as a small furnace inside of the horse. This is why free choice; good quality hay is so important in the winter.

💪 Horses have a huge muscle mass and muscle activity produces heat. This includes running and playing and even shivering if their body temperature starts to drop. It is important to remember that these activities also will result in a bigger caloric demand so free choice hay and in some cases, grain, is often needed.

🧥 To blanket or not to blanket is a constant debate but either way, as it starts to get cold your horse will grow a thicker coat. If you decide to leave your horse unblanketed you may notice that they look “fluffy”. This is due to a phenomenon called piloerection where the hair stands up to better trap air within. Two layers of the coat also help with warmth. The inner layer is softer and has air pockets to create an insulating layer. The outer layer is coarse and has oils that keep moisture from penetrating the insulating layer and keep the horse warm.

⚖️ Wild horses go into the winter heavier than ideal, and the fat serves as an extra layer of insulation. However, if a horse is going to be kept heavily blanketed and in a barn during the cold weather months this is unnecessary and can lead to obesity related issues.

🦵Their distal limbs (below the knees and hocks) are made of mostly bones and tendons, tissues that are resistant to the cold temperatures.

🦶The hooves have an alternative route of blood circulation through larger vessels that can be used in low temperatures. This is why horses can stand in snow without detrimental effects.

👃A horse’s nose has a robust blood supply and is rounded so that it is less susceptible to frostbite than a human’s nose.
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Courtesy of the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee

01/02/2025

“That’s the way it goes. Life ain’t fare and the world is mean.” A wiser man than Sturgill gave me that same advice on a golf cart in Waynesboro Georgia. I recollect he used the word wicked but it still hits the same. Dale was in his eighties when I apprenticed for him and his daughter Mavis. Every day he rode cutters in the morning weather permitting, had bean soup for lunch and reiners in the afternoon. In between he seemed to be real fond of yelling at me lol. I learned more about horses and people and life in that short period of time than probably any other before. Also that there is nothing better than fresh roasted peanuts and popcorn cooked on an open fire 🔥

10/30/2024

Are you seeking enjoyable activities to fill your fall and winter months? Join us for horse riding lessons! Not only will you have the chance to ride, but you'll also benefit from fantastic exercise. We are currently welcoming new students to our riding lesson program.

10/27/2024

Soooo I did the thing and joined Tupperware 🙌🏼🩷

And I am hosting a Tupperware launch party (yes, the stuft our grandmas 👵🏼 had!)

The party is fun, fast, and anyone that participates will get in on some prizes! 🎁

Tupperware still has lots of the classics lots of new things too.

Would you be up for checking the party out? Comment below to be added!!!⬇️💐🎉

10/11/2024

Love this!

09/26/2024

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