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barn hack: forget your gloves? go up to the nearest blanketed horse and shove your hands under the blanket
Don't Try This At Home (Barn) - a Shedding "Hack" Warning: do not try this shedding hack and make the mistake I made
19/03/2019
“5 Tips For An Easier Experience At A Boarding Stable”
Author: Annalise Wagner
There’s nothing quite as fun as keeping your horse at a public/community stable! There’s so many people to learn from, so many friends to make and experience to be had!
However, as you are not at your own private stable, there will always be a few issues arising! From missing gear, to lack of space to store it- we have 5 hacks you can use to make your stay, a more pleasant one!
1. Labelling (Tags)
One of the biggest issues in a boarding stable is items going missing, getting confused as another item and taken by accident or stolen. For a long while I had given up on the idea of successfully labelling my gear, as permanent writing washes off, key tags get wet and then bleed into nothing and sewing labels would rip off! I needed something that would withstand the horses. It was whilst helping out at my mates farm that I realised the solution to my problem was sheep ear tags. You can get these made quite cheaply (.30c AUD) and completely customised with your horses name or phone number. They clip on, don't fade in the sunlight and don’t break or fall off. The holy grail of horse gear labelling. You can fit them onto halters, rugs, breastplates, browbands... Whatever you want!
1. Labelling (Cont.) Engraving
Engraving pens can be quite cheap now a days- and purchasing one will allow you to easily and correctly label metal items like spurs, and bits that normally you can’t do with tags!
2. Supplement pre-mixing
To avoid all the drama of what feeds, what supplements and when, premix your supps at home in reusable baggies and bring a weeks worth to the stables at a time. This guarantees the owner/groom will feed your horse with the right amount of supplement at the right time!
3. Storage
Try to utilize all the space you have! invest in some cheap coat hangers and hang your saddle pads on your rug bar or wall hangers or anything else you can get your hands on. Not only will it save space, make your saddle more accessible and look pretty; it will also air out your pads of any bacteria ready for their next ride!
4. Horsey Journal
So this one is quite simple but really does help in emergencies. A little book near the tackroom or feed room with your horses diet, emergency contacts, dates, vitals and anything else note worthy for the month! Really useful to keeping your horse safe!
5. Keep a backpack!
This is so vital,
Keep a stable backpack with your helmet, spurs, gloves, spare change, wallet, medical ID, sanitary items for girls, a bailing twine cutter or knife, first aid and emergency contacts!
If you fall off and need the ambulance, this will be your grab bag to ensure all your vital information is with you when you go to hospital!
What are your stable hacks?
Barn Hacks And Other Projects
Barn Hacks And Other Projects
Have a post on it? Let’s see it! It’s been a while since I had a good project, would love some ideas! Or tell me about a barn/horse project, even if you don’t exactly have a post on it. I want to make something! 🙂 We’ve talked about this before – I really don’t care for just “sitting around”. A new idea to test would come in handy now! There are a few small projects on my home page under the…
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Good Old-fashioned Customs for the Modern Stable Hand
Good Old-fashioned Customs for the Modern Stable Hand
Now you are going to find out how old I really am! In the good old days (I am talking about last century) you learned the ropes from an old horseman. Here are some rules I learned and still follow.
Bailing twine & hay
Let’s start with some good habits around bailing twine…
#1 Only cut bales open that lay on the ground, not the ones on top of the stack. The stack become a mess in no time with all…
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Winter barn hacks
Here are some barn hacks that will make your life easier at the barn in winter. This winter is one of the coldest in Vancouver, BC, Canada since decades. We had a lot of snow too. Not the nicest weather to work in if you work at a barn.
#1 The joy of using de-icers
I have discovered the joy of de-icers in water buckets for horses. The only drawbacks are that you need a power point nearby and they…
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Time saving barn hacks
Time saving barn hacks
All equestrians know that having a horse and working at a barn is hard work. Feeding, watering and turn ins/outs are time consuming. To save some time I made a list of time saving barn hacks I used myself.
Brush on a string
For buckets in paddocks and pastures keep a brush on a string attached to the bucket. Without the string it wanders off… For stalls a dishwasher brush works perfect.
Keep a…
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Safety in Winter: DIY reflection halter
Safety in Winter: DIY reflection halter
Visibility in these dark winter days is important. I made this very simple Do It Yourself reflection halter for Kyra.
Supplies 1) Halter
– Reflecting shoe laces $1 (dollar shop)
– Glue gun
Instructions
Cut the aglets off of the lace before you start.
Measure the shoe lace with the halter part you want to start with. Cut the lace at the desired length.
Take the glue gun and carefully put the…
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