Big Dog Ridge

17/08/2022

16/08/2022

Dr Tom Shurlock, talks us through the importance of water for the horse and advises on how we can ensure our horses stay hydrated.

01/08/2022

You are wild and infinite.
Turn off your television. Open your windows.
Find open spaces. Run to the Ocean.
"The sea will speak to you if you become quiet enough."

There is magic in these mountains.
There are spirits in these old pines.
These are the places they wrote about.
The places they sang for and explored.

Brothers and Sisters, you are wild and infinite.
You are the wolves and the fish.
You are these trees and these rivers.
So when you sit, sit like a mountain.

None of these places will last. These buildings will fail.
These trees will fall. And these mountains?
Even the mountains will change.

So go easy Brothers and Sisters. Be kind.
It's a long walk home.

~ The Infinite Spark of Being

26/07/2022

Great article on long Vs short grass for horses. We are very happy to have a mix of many types of grasses here that the horses love to explore.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5266646123389435&id=295310993856331

5 Reasons why long grass is better than short grass for horses.

1. Generally the further up the stalk the horse eats, each cell of the plant has a higher fibre/sugar ratio.
2. Eating longer grass means the horse has to chew more, slowing the intake while increasing the essential flow of saliva. The saliva helps to buffer the stomach acid.
3. A healthy horse eats until they have a specific volume of fibre in their stomach before stopping. So eating short grass with a high-sugar and low fibre ratio means a horse consumes a lot of high-sugar grass before enough fibre is ingested to trigger that 'full enough' feeling and finish their grazing bout.
We should focus on increasing our pastures' fibre content, which will reduce the NSC intake.
4. Short grass is usually stressed grass, constantly trying to recover/grow. Therefore it will store/hang on to a lot of Non-Structural Carbohydrates (NSCs) (sugars/starches) in preparation for when growing conditions improve.
5. Long grass creates a longer root system, improving both the health of the grass, the soil biome and it follows the health of the horse.
Read the full article here. https://www.equiculture.net/blog/horses-short-grass-or-long-grass along with many other great articles.

20/07/2022

Inhale.
Silently call all of your power back to you.

Exhale.
Silently release all unwanted attachments.

Focus.
Remember who and what you are.

11/07/2022

Please acknowledge every quiet, small, unseen act of courage that brought you to now...

The gradual reopening of your heart after it fractured.

The awakening into a necassary healing.

The turning away from self-doubt.

That is bravery.

~Rebecca Ray

26/06/2022

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25/06/2022

Winter is cold but it is also beautiful 💕

23/06/2022

Softness has such a power to it.

When you choose to soften into something it relaxes. It opens.

Tension releases.

Stuck energy flows.

Bringing much needed oxygen.

Life force and warmth enters.

Connection is rekindled.

Find the trust you need to allow softness in.

It really is ~ Healing.

~ Job Bonezweski

20/06/2022

Livery available
Shongweni KZN

We have two spaces available on the farm for the right horses

Live out
Herd based
Retirement
Grow Out
Learn to be a horse again

Full or half livery (horse dependant)

(Barefoot horses will get preference, no back shoes allowed)

Please whatsapp or email me as per contact info on image

15/06/2022

07/06/2022

If you allow yourself to be swept up in the depths of your darkness, you will be met with a light that reveals to you how your wounds can be transformed into your greatest gifts.

The greater the pain, the deeper you go within.

The deeper you go within, the higher you rise.

And then you suddenly realize… that you are the light ~