Anchored Heart Ranch

10/11/2024

Way too young! 💔

The AQHA family has lost a legend. AQHA Professional Horseman and American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Bob Avila passed away today at the age of 72. We extend our heartfelt thoughts and prayers to his wife, Dana, son, BJ Avila, and the rest of the Avila family and their extended AQHA family. We will post funeral and memorial details as they become available.

17/10/2024

Yes!!! I went through this in CA until I finally got an amazing one. Moved to TX and went through two until finally finding a good one! X-rays are SO important and can prove to your farrier that your horse ISN’T balanced when they argue they are. I’m finally on the end side of a very long TWO year battle of getting my girls back to normal.
Side note: an experienced farrier is EVERYTHING. A farrier who is UNWiILLING to admit their inadequacy or screw up says EVERYTHING. 💥
X-rays in comments from the last farrier here in East Texas

25/05/2024

Secretariat's great grand sire....A rare black and white photograph of the great stallion Nearco being led out of his specially built underground bomb shelter at the Beech House Stud during the Second World War. Photo was taken by the famous equestrian photographer Anscomb. The image is known as THE ALL CLEAR, 1941.

10/01/2024

This!!

You don’t need an expensive horse to win.

You don’t need a fancy saddle or handmade bit to win.

You don’t need a nice rig to win.

You don’t need a barn or an arena to win.

These are all luxuries. It’s nice if you have them, but not a requirement to win.

You need effort and time.
Hard work and consistency.
Strength and resilience.

www.betweenthereins.us

05/01/2024

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29/12/2023

Amazing! 🤩

02/12/2023

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ATTITUDE MATTERS—

If I get up on the wrong side of the bed and it’s going to be a bad day I don’t get on a horse.

I might groom or clip them, maybe clean the tackroom, work on entries or billing, but I don’t get on a horse.

If I am mad at the world and get on a horse, especially a sensitive on, I can cause damage that takes me weeks to fix if I pick a fight.

www.betweenthereins.us

27/11/2023

🔊I'm happy to announce that I have become a distributor for BEMER. 🙋🏼‍♀️
💥Did you know that ➡️RIGHT NOW⬅️, BEMER has discounted the BEMER Horse Set by offering $650 off of the original price!?! 😱
This has never been done before nor will we see this again. 🎯 Message me if you would like to jump on this deal! ⏳It will last until December 6th, or while supplies last!

18/06/2023

I’m so grateful for this mare, this moment in my life and all that this quote still represents…. Even 2yrs later.
What a ride. What a blessing.

Trust yourself, you'll be ok.

30/05/2023

Long read but so important!

28/05/2023

Amazing!

30/04/2023

My Canadian family! 🇨🇦 Ayla is just slayin’ it! 🇨🇦🥇🇨🇦

02/04/2023

I LOVE getting updates on Sadie’s ( ) two sons 🥰 Magic has been doing great in South Texas and Valen has started the show season in Hawaii 😎
and

10/02/2023

I got a cool gift today ☺️
Breeding season is off to a great start! Thank you Fallon Taylor this was very thoughtful! 🌻
Looking forward to working with Cinder Lakes Ranch

05/02/2023

🐴 The 2023 breeding season is open! 🐴
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14/01/2023

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Just because your horse is not LAME does not mean its SOUND.

It's time we separate soundness from lameness. Its part of our daily conversations with owners. They have seen multiple vets, trainers, and are even competing their horses because they are told the horse jogs and flexes fine so it is sound. There are a lot of horses showing that are not totally sound.

Lameness is defined as an impediment to walking due to feet or legs. Soundness is defined as the state of being in good condition. This is an important distinction we need to start addressing in horses. Just because your horse jogs and flexes without concern does not mean your horse is sound. We need to raise the bar in what we consider acceptable to horses soundness and overall well being. Horses are amazing creatures, that tolerate a lot from us. They try to express their discomfort but sadly most go unheard. If their message goes unheard for too long, they often become behavioral or checked out. One of our most common calls is that the horse is increasingly difficult to work with and is becoming dangerous but the owner have been told there is nothing wrong. They are at a loss for answers.

It is NOT okay they pin their ears, constantly swish their tails, get fidgety, are bad for the farrier, bite at or look at themselves, unable to lounge, buck/rear/spook, get cast, sit on the wall, bank shavings, toss their heads, kick out, are not be able to back up, avoid collection, hop into transitions, hate to be brushed, chronically shift their blankets/saddle, or stand abnormally. ALL of these are signs of discomfort.

Its not their temperament. It is their expression of PAIN! We need to stop excusing it as thats just the way they are or they are difficult/fresh/jerks/wimps. That is not normal behavior for horses. They are trying to tell you they are uncomfortable and they deserve for us to listen to them.

We owe it to them to look at their whole presentation not just how they jog/flex on their legs. We owe it to them to not ride them when they are clearly trying to show they are in pain

Its time we are better to these amazing athletes.

DeClue Equine

11/01/2023

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21/11/2022

C2 fabrication knocked it out of the park! Beautiful 12x24 shelters for my 🐴 babies! …and there’s two of them. ☺️ Just in time for winter. Thanks Daniel!!!