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Horse Tips

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We have done everything from staying at a hotel nearby to camping in the back of our truck at rodeos, so I feel pretty confident answering the question of ‘what to bring to a rodeo.’ Here’s an older post with 3 tips for starting rodeo. I’ll start by explaining a little about how they work […]

Riding Free Tack Rodeo Weekend Checklist

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Horse Tips

We have done everything from staying at a hotel nearby to camping in the back of our truck at rodeos, so I feel pretty confident answering the question of ‘what to bring to a rodeo.’ Here’s an older post with 3 tips for starting rodeo. I’ll start by explaining a little about how they work […]

Riding Free Tack Rodeo Weekend Checklist

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Mama Stuff

We are in the thick of it, friend, as you might be too. Abby has done middle school volleyball and basketball, 4-H, all in conjunction with rodeo. Now, while rodeo is a few weekends out of the year for our district (CHSRA D7), it requires a ton of preparation just to be competitive, and sometimes even preparation doesn’t land you in the top 10. Here are some tips for how we juggle it!

Fitting in Riding Time and juggling team sports.

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When we pulled up to our first rodeo, rusted bumper pull and our truck with nearly 250K miles on it, to say I was insecure was an understatement. I saw lines of beautiful LQ trailers (living quarters horse trailers), brand new trucks and groups of people who looked like they’d known each other for ages gathering in between them.

3 Tips for your First Rodeo: Plus some first rodeo hacks.

Mama Stuff

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Is anyone else completely into quizzes and personality tests? I LOVE them. I mean, there’s a reason Seventeen and Cosmo sold so well, you went RIGHT to the quizzes. Even recently, I find myself taking the Enneagram and other personality tests because I love learning more about myself. Once I find they’re accurate, I give […]

Quiz Obsessed

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Is anyone else completely into quizzes and personality tests? I LOVE them. I mean, there’s a reason Seventeen and Cosmo sold so well, you went RIGHT to the quizzes. Even recently, I find myself taking the Enneagram and other personality tests because I love learning more about myself. Once I find they’re accurate, I give […]

Quiz Obsessed

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Mama Stuff

So news flash, my kids are not placing in the top of their events, if at all, in rodeo and we are certainly not running a saddle empire. We don’t have a big, beautiful ranch with thousands of head of cattle like I would love, we have ONE dairy cow. The squares on our feed […]

Why we share our journey on the gram

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Own your journey and make sure it’s yours…we’ve all heard the saying, “comparison is the thief of joy.”

It’s all About the Personal Best

Tack

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We want you to have full transparency into how, where and why we make our saddles the way we do!

Our Tack – Where we make it and why.

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Tack

We want you to have full transparency into how, where and why we make our saddles the way we do!

Our Tack – Where we make it and why.

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Mama Stuff

Riding with kids…It can be super intimidating to trailer out somewhere new. Like those first outings you had with them as babies.  So much to remember…then add horses in! Whew!

5 Tips for Trail Riding with Kiddos

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Horse Tips

We all get into those riding ruts where we need a little routine shake up and the same goes for kids. Practicing the same way day in and day out can get…boring. Use this free printable with ideas the next time you notice your kid needs a routine change. Cut them out and place them […]

Horse Activities for Kids

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It’s hard to talk about failures when it comes to our kids and their horses, but it can feel isolating.

No one talks about the failures, or do they?

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It’s hard to talk about failures when it comes to our kids and their horses, but it can feel isolating.

No one talks about the failures, or do they?

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Mama Stuff

From Abby (Unedited…because…no autocorrect on this platform, but I like it):When I was five I got my mare Jessie and I took barrle raceing lessons on her.  We would always lope up and down my neighbors rode. When I turned seven when I started to compeat on her she would pin her ears back when I […]

The McLeod Sisters: How to Know When It’s Time to Change Your Child’s Horse