Callie Fulmer

03/12/2025

March Newsletter!

Check out all the fun that's coming up!

02/24/2025

This Thursday!

Don't worry, the reading this time is downloadable. just go to the website for details!

02/11/2025

It's newsletter time!

February is cold, but we are still learning, training, and having fun!

Let me know if you want this in your inbox every month!

01/19/2025

It's going to be very cold in the next few days, relative to our usual temperatures in Virginia. My best tips and tricks-

Water- horses prefer cold water, but drink more of it when it is warmed, so if you have heated buckets, don't also hang an unheated one.

Also, a Tablespoon or two of loose white salt in their feed will help keep them drinking. They don't like to lick freezing cold salt blocks.

Feed & Hay- it is a bad idea to switch up their feed too much, but wetting their feed in the winter reduces the chance for choke. Soaking (If they eat it before it freezes) helps keep their hydration up.

18 deg F is the magic number where they need more calories to keep warm. It is 1% increase per degree below that. For the average horse that is about 2lbs of hay per degree, especially if you don't blanket and the horse has no shelter. A little oil in the feed can also be helpful, especially for a hard keeper.

Be sure to pull blankets regularly to check weight, and for signs of rubbing or pressure from the blanket.

If your horse is cold or shivering you can stuff hay or straw under any sheet or blanket to make it warmer. You can also put a blanket from your linen closet on as a blanket liner (Don't use cotton).

Horses are generally well suited to the cold, so don't worry too much. Make sure they drink, and have plenty of hay, and are able to get dry, and things should be ok.

11/08/2024

I spent some time on the website today!

A few features you may want to take note of- you can subscribe to the In Focus Horsemanship Google Calendar, to put Social Hour, Tri State lessons, and book club (when it starts) seamlessly into your life! The button is on the home page.

You can RSVP to Social hour and get an email reminder the day before! in my online booking it is under "group events".

Note: Social Hour is on the move this month, to the Hamilton Station Gastro Pup. We are on the hunt for some winter quarters!

Callie Fulmer's home on the Web. FInd articles about improving your relationship with your horse, his biomechanics, and how to work with Callie.

10/06/2024

Anyone between Lovettsville and Boyce interested in lessons? I have some interest in Boyce, but I would need a bit of a route to make that work. Thanks!

09/12/2024

I had the opportunity to teach for the Tri State Riding Club this morning on riding the circle. Everyone had a great time, and the horses and riders really made some beautiful progress.

I managed to keep the geometry lingo to a minimum- tangent to the curve, assemtote, and radius still came up a lot, lol

If you are going to ride geometry, it helps if you know geometry!

Send a message to learn more

09/01/2024

My heart goes out to Beutler Ranch, and the unimaginable tragedy of loosing their entire generational breeding program in one shot due to feed contaminated with an ionophore (a cattle medication family that is extremely toxic to horses).

It seems they purchased their feed from a local mill by the load and the contamination seems to be limited to their Ranch.

If you purchase horse feed from a local mill, you may want to call and find out if they manufacture cattle feed on the same equipment as horse feed, and if they use ionophores in their cattle mix.

I found this list of some of the larger brands and their manufacturing processes.

08/27/2024

I am so excited to be teaching some group lessons for the Tri-State Riding Club!

If you aren't a member, you'll want to check them out at https://tristaterc.org/

I have some exciting lessons planned!

Horseback riding club for adults in the Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia areas. English and Western riding lessons and club activities.

08/09/2024

"Its like doing Swan Lake, in clogs, in a bog."

What horse movie did that line come from?

What famous actor said that line? (I quoted from memory, so it may not be exact)

It is finally raining here after a very long dry spell, yay!

08/08/2024

I have been working with Harry for many years, and in the age of the internet influencer, he is hard to find. There is going to be a series of videos on this page, and I wholeheartedly recommend you watch them!

08/08/2024

Are you training? or just surviving? Do more than just make it to the next day.

If you hang around me enough, you'll soon find out that I volunteer heavily with the Scouts (Boy Scouts of America, soon-to-be Scouting America). I am a huge fan of what they do f

08/07/2024

I am back from Vacation!

There is a new blog post coming out tomorrow- subscribers get it first.

I will post a link here on Thursday.

Not a subscriber? just go to any blog post on www.infocushorsemanship.com and at the bottom there is a place to put your e-mail. Be sure to click on the conformation link when you see it in your in-box!

Callie Fulmer's home on the Web. FInd articles about improving your relationship with your horse, his biomechanics, and how to work with Callie.

07/13/2024

According to the book (which is excellent), we need a "smeller" which is how she knows what scent she is supposed to follow, and we need a jackpot- basically motivation to follow the scent in the first place.

The bags the author makes sound amazing, but I don't want to wait for them to come from overseas.

I went by the dollar tree and found these mesh bags and a 100% cotton towel. Chanel is, like really pretty, these are perfect for her. So we can get started tomorrow! This should be fun.

There is an online class currently on early bird discount before July 15th on the author's website. https://calmingsignalsofhorses.com/en/

And I have no idea why Facebook thinks this picture should be this way.

07/12/2024

Yesterday, we started hand walking. It was impressively uneventful (anyone doing genetic temperament research???).

Today, we actually had a 3yo on stall rest moment. She stood up once or twice, and then levitated, lol. Her feet must have been 5+ feet in the air- she showed me the soles of her hind feet while she was up there.... I might need to build some jumps when I get her home.

I have always noticed how much interest she shows in smells on the ground, so I have decided to teach her how to track as our hand walk project.

I have the book "Scentwork for Horses" to help me along as it will be new for me, too!

Flashy chestnut TB mare isn't what I think of when I think "search and rescue horse", but why not?

07/05/2024

It is all about priorities...

07/04/2024

I spent some time on my website- now there is a page just for Social Hour, and (hopefully-let me know if it doesn't work for you) a google calendar so you can have all of the fun In Focus Horsemanship events magically appear on your calendar.

I know you don't want to miss out!

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