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Editor’s Postcard: Let’s Slow Down and Enjoy Summer

June 13, 2023June 2, 2023 by Kim Roe

Horses Can Show Us How to Live if We Let Them “I’m gonna soak up the sun, I’m gonna tell everyone to lighten up…” – Sheryl Crow We Northwesterners endure late fall, winter, and early spring waiting for good summer weather and the chance to do all the things. When …

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Editor’s Postcard: The Changing World of Veterinary Care

June 13, 2023April 20, 2023 by Kim Roe

Photo by Aliena Hook

Appreciate Your Equine Veterinarian My beloved veterinarian of 28 years recently informed me she was giving up her equine veterinary practice and transitioning to small animal care. I’m devastated, but not surprised. Vets are dropping like flies in the equine industry, and those who are staying in it are setting …

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Editor’s Postcard: My Farm, My Home

June 13, 2023January 30, 2023 by Kim Roe

Photo Courtesy Kim Roe

Living with Horses is My Happy Place Where is my home?Every man needs a placeWith a little bit of space,A roof and four walls,For when the rain falls. – Forest Sun A friend of mine recently sold her two horses. She’d raised both from colts and worked hard to turn …

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Editor’s Postcard: Will You Go the Distance with Your Senior Horse?

June 13, 2023November 22, 2022 by Kim Roe

Beowulf, May 1990 – June 2022. Owned and loved by Kim Roe. Credit Kim Roe

Give Your Horse a Happy Retirement “The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.” – Carson McCullers May we speak for a moment about responsibility? I don’t want to sound like your mother…well, maybe I do. Here’s the thing—I regularly get phone calls, messages, or emails …

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Editor’s Postcard: Caring for Horses Cultivates Compassion

October 19, 2022October 4, 2022 by Kim Roe

By Aliena Hook

Listen to Your Horses to Learn What They Need Once upon a time there was a little girl who loved horses. She dreamed about becoming a famous trainer. She willed herself not to grow, because she wanted to be a jockey (and she was the shortest person in her family). …

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Editor’s Postcard: Eyes on the Ground are Essential for Riders

August 11, 2022August 10, 2022 by Kim Roe

Carol (left) and Kim (right) have been riding together and helping each other for decades. Photo by Diana Inch.

Family or Friends with Big Hearts Can Fill this Role I recently judged a show in Chicago and noticed two competitors helping each other throughout the competition. One, a younger woman, was especially attentive to the other, older, woman. They called (read aloud) each other’s dressage tests, gave that last …

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Editor’s Postcard: It’s Event Season!

August 11, 2022June 21, 2022 by Kim Roe

Photo by Carol Landt

Be Sure Your Equines are Ready for Their Outings After two years of COVID, and a winter that felt like it was two years long, I’m itching to get out to some shows, trail rides, or clinics. Though I’ve been to horse shows wearing my judge’s hat and I regularly …

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Where are We Going? Horses for All is My Dream

April 23, 2022 by Kim Roe

I’ll try not to rant. Unfortunately, I’m a worrier, and I’m worried about the horse business. We’re facing some serious difficulties. Many in the horse business are getting a bit long in the tooth—especially those who own and maintain the facilities where many equine activities happen. Boarding barns are closing …

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It Takes Two to Tango – Sometimes We Have to Change Ourselves for a Successful Partnership

February 26, 2022 by Kim Roe

Photo by Kim Roe

Relationships are complicated. Whenever two beings come together both good and bad things can result—sometimes at the same time. Problems arise with horses (and people) when we think ownership allows us the right to change the essence of a horse to make him do or be whatever it is that …

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Don’t Forget About Your Older Horses – Senior Horses Bring Wisdom and Experience to their Jobs

December 20, 2021 by Kim Roe

Decades ago, before the advancement in veterinary care we now enjoy, horses over the age of 20 were considered very old and rarely ridden. They were “put out to pasture” and unfortunately often forgotten about. These days though, many horses in their 20s (and beyond) still live useful and productive …

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