Dusty Rose Ranch, LLC

05/28/2025

Sofia aka Chitty Chatty Kitty Catty ❤️. She’s so stinkin cute

05/27/2025

05/27/2025

Impressive precision by Dixie to place her “biscuit” so perfectly balanced on the fence 😄

05/24/2025

Are you looking for something fun and rewarding for your kids to do this summer? Register them for Horse Camp!
Contact Beth Regan 351-9066 with any questions

05/16/2025

If you are in the Baker area, please share this with others in your community to help get the word out!

05/14/2025

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A few universal truths about horses that the industry should accept in the modern age of 2025.

1. Horses are foraging animals who have evolved to move near constantly looking for food. When they are confined excessively for extended periods of time, their welfare suffers. Excessive confinement is one of the primary factors behind the development of stress behaviors, like cribbing or weaving. It also dramatically increases the risk of colic.

Healthy horses should not be spending the vast majority of their time stuck in a stall, it negatively impacts both physical and mental health.

2. Horses are social herd dwelling animals and social content with other members of their species is crucial to their wellbeing. They are not animals meant to exist in isolation and when they are forced to, their welfare suffers.

When they are not given the opportunity to socialize, they can develop abnormal behaviors, such as aggression or fear towards other horses. But these are man-made issues that are fixed with adequate management and reconditioning.

They are not a personal preference, they are the result of human influence and deprivation of a core need.

3. The vast majority of the diet for a horse should be forage. Horses need to be munching on forage near constantly. When they are left for 4+ hours without access to food, their stomach starts to ulcerate.

It is also very stressful when they cannot engage in their natural drive to forage and results in the development of coping mechanisms like stereotypic behaviors.

Forage can be offered on a near constant basis, even with horses who are easy keepers if slow feed options are utilized. 

 All of these factors should be the bare minimum basics of taking on the care and ownership of a Horse.

All of these factors have extensive research behind them.

Ensuring that horses have access to these three necessities dramatically improves welfare.

It might be common for horses to be isolated and confined for much of their lives, but this does not make it healthy or normal for them as a species.

We need to de-normalize care practises that contribute to damaging the welfare of the horses that we love.

05/02/2025

The unconditional love of animals ❤️ It Is healing, comforting and restorative.

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02/20/2025

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You may think that healing comes from talking, putting everything into words, and figuring it all out piece by piece. That’s what most of us are taught—to talk through the pain and process the emotions; somehow, it will all make sense. But what if healing doesn’t always require words?