Kickin K Tack

09/08/2024

Ho ho ho! Got a horsey pal to shop for? Let's get those Christmas orders trotting in!

12/05/2024

Happy Mother’s Day!

18/03/2024

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

09/03/2024

Hot off the loom and headed to the barn.

09/03/2024

Took this from another page, but just something to think about. Yes I have used and owned them. But NO I would not recommend them after switching to mohair many moons ago!

👀 If you use a neoprene girth on your horse, can we talk?

🙂‍↕️ First off, I get it. You don’t want your saddle to slip, they’re easy to clean, they don’t LOOK like they’ve gotten dirty the way fleece does, they’re marketed as being really breathable, etc. But let’s talk about neoprene girths in a more objective way.

🤲🏼 Some qualities of the neoprene vs effects of those qualities:

🛑 It doesn’t move! - The fact that you can’t budge the neoprene on your horse’s skin also means that the horse’s skin isn’t free to move beneath the neoprene… AND it means when tightening the girth, even if you do leg pulls (please don’t), where the girth created micro pinches while tightening (because it grips the skin), the micro pinches cannot be released. You’ll be riding your horse around while the girth is pinching them.

💨 The ad says “breathable” and touts “air flow” - Neoprene is RUBBER. Rubber is an insulator; it traps electricity and heat. This is part of why wires are contained with rubber… Regardless of the little holes or waffle weave on the girth, your RUBBER girth will be trapping heat to your horse’s body and is why you probably have untacked a horse in a neoprene girth with a sweaty girth mark and no saddle pad mark from the fleece saddle pad……… Waffle weave and holes can’t change the properties of a material.

🧼 They’re easy to clean! - That’s because they’re made of rubber. Go walk around with a bunch of rubber bands on your wrist, grabbing your arm hair all day, and let me know how you feel about how easy the bands are to clean…

🤷🏻‍♀️ If your saddle is slipping so badly that you need a rubber girth to hold it in place, you need to address the root cause - either your saddle doesn’t fit, or your balance is way off. Either way, supergluing a saddle to your horse for rides isn’t a great solution, right? �•

11/02/2024

Who is your pick for today’s game?

I’ve been a Niners fan since I was little. Although since meeting my husband we haven’t watched many sports other than rodeo.🤷‍♀️

13/01/2024

Workin on a cinch on this cold Montana day. It has warmed up to -9° with beautiful blue sky outside. How is the weather where you are?

05/01/2024

When checking tack fit, don’t forget to check your bridle.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year!!

Goats are tied. Uncle Jeremy made the girls goat tying dummy’s. Gloria is finally feeling better (just in time to go back to school tomorrow) and wanted to learn to tie her goat. Sage has it down pretty good. Hopefully we are teaching them right.

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas from our camp to yours!

23/12/2023

Hang on Santa! It’s a tad windy today!

The first 2 days of winter had been wonderful. 55° warm and sunny. I got a lot done outside yesterday. Then today Santa is trying to fly away and it’s cold and blowing snow.

14/10/2023

Are you watching the annular eclipse?🌗

01/10/2023

30 DAYS TILL HALLOWEEN 👻🎃
53 DAYS TILL THANKSGIVING 🦃🍗
85 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS 🎄⛄️

25/09/2023

Donated for the Casey Romans memorial benefit.

24/07/2023

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12/05/2023

04/04/2023

Sage’s cinch to go on the saddle uncle Jeremy made her.

02/04/2023

I love these colors Gloria picked out.

31/03/2023

18/10/2022

While working on a cinch I decided to go ride my c**t. Left the innocent looking puppy in the house with the sick kiddo. Came back to the house looking like it had been TP’d with mohair 🤦‍♀️and the kid going I have no idea what happened 🤷‍♀️. Thankfully Biscuit didn’t chew on any mohair. How is your day going?

01/10/2022

30 DAYS TIL HALLOWEEN 👻🎃

54 DAYS TIL THANKSGIVING 🦃🍗

85 DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS 🎄⛄️

15/07/2022

26/12/2021

Merry Christmas and a happy new year from our camp to yours. 🎄🥂

20/09/2021

04/07/2021

I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July!

07/04/2021

George modeling a sliding chin rope halter. What do you think?