Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION #1 Cowboy Bob, Could you tell me which is better to feed horses: first or second cutting hay. We live in northern Michigan. Thank you for your help once again. D. J. ANSWER #1 As you’ll see in the feeding chart in the Q&A […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Bob: What did the cowboys call the leather wristbands which were worn over the shirt cuff? — B. F. ANSWER: They were (and still are) just called cuffs — sometimes wrist cuffs. They protect the shirt sleeves from brush, getting tangled in a rope, […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Bob, I know that each horseriding school has some letters placed around it, although I just don’t know them… is there any chance you could send me a diagram labelling the name and whereabouts of each letter? — N. R. ANSWER: I think what […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Another one for ya… When a horse jumps, how many frogs leap????? – R. G. ANSWER: That’s an easy one! The answer is four. The frog is the triangular fleshy pad on the sole of a horse’s foot. (Hoof illustration courtesy Missouri University Extension […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: To cowboy Bob, I was wondering, can a horse really love or like you? Is he in it for the food all the time, or is he just pleased to see me? – B. R. ANSWER: Excellent question! Some time ago, I read that […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Even the slickest cowboys find themselves in a fish from time to time. There’s usually something in the air when they do… tell me what it is…. R. G. ANSWER: What would be in the air if a cowboy was in his “fish”? Rain, […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: I like your web site it is interesting, but could you give me some good advice as to what to do for my horse? He has a cut on his face and I don’t know if he needs stitches or not — I’m not […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: I’m moving my 13 year old (pregnant) Trakehner mare to a new barn, a mare motel set-up, and one available stall is next to a cribber. The owners of this horse do not believe in the cruel use of a cribbing collar or any […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Could you please tell me what foundering means and how to avoid it. We just started with horses and everybody says not to let her eat grass all the time because she will founder, but they never can tell me what it is. – […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: My wife and I are beginning construction on our barn and we are still debating what to line stalls with. Our horses are only stalled during very inclement weather, and during feeding time. Other than that they are free to roam on our acreage. […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: He was one of the greatest gunslingers to ever grace the gridiron. call them fanatics, but there’s a town out west that changed its name in his honor. what is the name of the little town. – R. G. ANSWER: I assume the town […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Bob, What kind of saddle pad do you recommend? There are all kinds of pads, and each is making its own claim to be the best…. — S. L. ANSWER: Personally, I’m partial to the sort of thick felt pad I’ve used for more […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: When should you put a blanket on a horse, and should you let a horse out a lot in the winter to get exercise? — P. L. ANSWER: If left to its own natural defenses, a horse will grow a winter coat that is […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: [This Q & A is a bit different from most, because I gave my young friend a bit of a grilling in order to develop a better picture of the situation. I learned long ago that it’s not a good idea to get caught […]