NoBoo Horse, LLC

08/10/2024

Looking to the future, leaving the past behind. Lessons learned to make us stronger, not dwelled upon to tear ourselves down. I am the person I am, not despite those mistakes, but because of them. They are only failures if I do not learn and grow from them.
NoBoo Horse is starting to train again. I am not sure if it is irony, or Fate trying to teach me a lesson that I have fervently been trying to avoid, but either way, my 3 horses in training are all dealing with FEARS. (I capitalize this because it is huge to them). So I will need to deal with my fears. Fear of failing NoBoo again. Fear of another horse wreck like the one that almost killed me. And Fear of Imposter Syndrome. So I can help these 3 with their FEARS. It will be an interesting journey.

04/28/2024

Though it makes my heart ache that it has been a year since Chula passed, I'll share this again to hopefully save other horses the same fate.

03/16/2024

Every day in Spring...

01/31/2024

01/31/2024

I lost my first love yesterday. My Quarter Horse gelding, Ario Bill, better known as Joker.
He was the first horse I ever bought, with money my Grandmother left me. I bought him in college.
I called him my first husband. We traveled and did so many things together. He was my rock. Even in old age he was a babysitter to young people and our colts.
I got there in time to tell him goodbye. It felt like he was waiting for me. Hopefully I'll see him again in the Summerland.
I love you Joker Poker. Always

05/05/2023

Painful to watch, and I cried alot. But hoping this message will save horses everywhere, especially as more of suburbia moves into the country.

For the 10 years they had her, Chula, a Spanish Mustange, was a lesson horse, a family 4H horse, and trained in scent detection for search and rescue—a field in which the Larsons specialize.

05/03/2023

Forget the groundhog...this is how horse people know it's Spring.

04/28/2023

Please. Please. Please.
Do NOT feed horses bags of lawn clippings. Chula, my hubby's heart horse, is fighting for her life at MT Equine Vet. from someone trying to "treat" our horses without asking us.

Update: she is spending 24 hours at MT Equine. It doesn't look good but we are still hoping for the best. Her lactate is over 7, normal is 2. They flushed 33 liters out nasally of broken up grass clippings.

Final Update: The Vet called this morning at 5 am. Chula's lactate was 14, she had not had any urine or f***s out despite 12 hours of fluids and meds. She felt it was time to put her down. We are devastated. She was the first present I bought my hubby. She was a hubby horse, a lesson horse, an amazing SAR horse, and part of the family.
I'm attaching a few pictures of her this fall with my hubby, her true love, doing their favorite thing, Equine Scent Detection, so everyone can see her when she shined.
I'll try to answer a few questions on here so they go to everyone.
We didn't choose surgery option because the only surgery center with an opening was too far away and she would probably have gone down in the trailer.
The vets and their staff worked on her the entire night.
There are multiple reasons grass clippings are dangerous, if the immediate killers (choke, impaction and colic) don't take out your horse, you are still battling the possibility of founder, laminitis, any chemicals the grass is treated with, etc. Here is a good article that reviews it better then I can right now.
https://ker.com/equinews/lawn-clippings-horses/ #:~:text=Feeding%20lawn%20clippings%20will%20dramatically,of%20fermentation%20in%20the%20hindgut.

04/17/2023

Several times in my life I've been blessed with what I refer to as my pack of "semi-feral horse girls". These young ladies and 1 young man in past, help me with horse chores and training in exchange for riding and lessons. I'm looking to form another pack. I have a hard time asking for help, but with Seth gone most of the summer I will need it. And my herd is now up to 11+ horses that need weekly or more riding to be in shape for future Search and Rescue and trail riding. If you know any interested girls that live near or can drive to Roberts, Montana send them my way. :)