Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Hi, Bob. Where are you if you are standing at the oche and throwing bombs at the black dog? – J. ANSWER: Howdy, J.! An old-time cowboy probably wouldn’t recognize the term “oche,” since the throwing line in a game of darts was more […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: How many tickets were sold to Wild Bill Hickock’s first Wild West Show? — M. S. ANSWER: The answer to your question is “zero.” In the first place, Wild Bill’s actual name was James Butler Hickok (with one “c” — not two). In the […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: Here are a couple of closely related questions and answers…. QUESTION #1: Hello, I have been visiting your website and love it. I have a thoroughbred mare that I have to move due to the current barn owners moving. The place I have picked has […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Bob, Is horseback riding, even at a walk, bad for your spine? I’ve heard conflicting answers from two doctors, neither of whom rode horses.I really love horses and would rather reduce myself to walking than to give them up entirely. If you have any […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Dear Bob: Hi! We live in Nashville, TN. We just purchased 75 acres and a pre-civil war log home/cottage. We will be using it as a retreat. The person we purchased this from has had 2 horses in the pasture for 10 years. He […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Hi Bob, How do you guide a horse with your legs? Thank you. – B. ANSWER: This is one of those questions that is a lot easier to answer in the arena with a horse under me than by typing on a web page. […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Hi Bob, I have a 5 year old appalosa and a 21 year old Walker. I have had them almost a year now, and they both came from different places.They both had some sort of container to drink out of (bucket or tote). We […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Bob, I know you’re very busy and I check your web site frequently, but I have a question, just need an unbiased opinion about a horse. I’m looking at buying a 4-year-old mustang. I really like this horse for some reason. Her owner adopted […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Hello Bob, I wanted to say I spent hours reading through your site, it’s wonderful. I am almost 40 years old and have just purchased a horse. I started working at a thoroughbred racing stable for a friend of mine. I am very excited […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Howdy. How old is too old [for a horse]? How long does a horse usually live? Thanks. – J. W. ANSWER: As with people, there’s a pretty wide range of life-spans with horses. Roughly, the age range for domesticated horses is from 20 to […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Hi Bob, …At our county fair we got numerous tips and advice from people. One tip was to put a raw egg on her feed to make her coat shiny. Is this a safe thing to do? We also have show chickens so we […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Bob, Is a wind witch a tornado? – J. ANSWER: Howdy, J.! If you’ve read Louis L’Amour’s novel “Conagher,” you’ll remember the widow lady who tied romantic notes to tumbleweed. Well, her vegetative messengers are sometimes called “wind witches.” The more common name for […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Dear Bob, I am the proud owner of a double blue eyed overo paint stallion. He recently got sick, but all tests did not show any problem. He just had fever and off his feed. Just kinda down. Took to horse clinic for IV […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Hi, I’m 16 years old, I’ve ridden horses many times before, but only took a couple of lessons about 3-4 years ago and I really want to start taking lessons again…. I don’t really remember too much about horses at all and I was […]