Candy the Alpine with babies Captain & Carlee

Finally Spring Break is here and dad agreed to drive us up to Tremonton to buy and pick up Matia's new business investment and friend Candy who is a purebred Alpine Goat with her two babies Captain and Carlee. Captain and Carlee have both been nursing on Mom in the pasture for the last 3 weeks so they are quite skiddish at the moment. But they will warm up quickly and we will dedicate ourselves to finding them a great home. We plan to keep Candy she is 3 years old this being her 2nd year milking and she has had 2 sets of twins. So welcome to Krazy Creek Ranch Candy we are excited to have you here.

Casper our baby Snubian!

We welcomed Casper to this wonderful world on March 12th at 4:30 right during one of my classes. This whole time we have had this ranch I have wanted so badly for my children to witness a birth of a baby goat. Bowdee left early in the morning for an FFA convention so he was gone. I was getting ready for classes when I heard Crystal Bell bellowing in pain I gave her my immediate attention and could tell she was going to have this baby really soon. I called for Matia and Treg to come an watch her while I was teaching lessons. Sure enough it was time and 1/2 hour after she started labor this sweet baby boy was born. Just as healthy and cute as can be! Thank you for sharing that miracle with us Crystal your amazing!

Floating Teeth Day

So I decided it was time to float the horses teeth and rather then hauling all of them in to the vet I paid a little extra and had the vet come to us and he checked all horses and floated 5 of the 7. Yes, that was quite the bill but worth it to know they don't have sharp edges on their teeth causing them pain. Thank you Rocky Mountain Vet. I have never watched floating of the teeth so it was quite interesting and funny to watch some of my horses under the influence of sedation. The light weights were nearly falling over and stumbling.

Charity baby of Charm and Charming

Oh how we love the spring time on the ranch. Sweet baby Charity was born March 4th around 1:30pm. Matia was so very excited to have a baby girl since she just sold Cinderella and Callie. We are thinking of keeping her around for a while what a darling perfect baby!

Spring Lessons Begin :)

This quarter Matia and I will be the instructors along with Sally, Buddy, Breezy, Kiwi, Lizzy and Sunny. We are hoping to continue teaching horse riding with a positive, fun, safe environment. This quarter will run March, April and May taking off spring break week. We will miss those not continuing but we are excited for a few new students!

Thank you Kailey!

Due to financial reasons we have decided to let Kailey go. I will now be teaching the lessons full time with Matia's assistance. We have appreciated Kailey and her wonderful dependability and knowledge of horses. She helped us develop a wonderful program here at Krazy Creek. Thank you Kailey for being so wonderful. We wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors.

Fun Horse Facts

• Male horses have 40 teeth and and females have 36. Horses' teeth grow throughout their lifetime, making it possible to judge their age by looking at their teeth.
• A horse's stomach holds between eight and seventeen quarts. This is not very big considering their size and shows that they are meant to graze, taking in small meals and move around freely 24 hours a day.
• Horses can't throw up. Once food is swallowed, the valve between the throat and stomach is so strong it doesn't allow food to come back up. 
• A horse's shedding in the spring is triggered by longer daylight hours, not the temperature outside. 
• Research has shown that horses' favorite flavors are Fenugreek, banana, and cherry, in that order.
• The United States has (feral) wild horses, found mostly in the western states. They are managed by the BLM, or Bureau of Land Management and are offered to the public for adoption. 
• Horses are measured from the ground to the tallest point of the withers in "hands or hh". A hand was estimated as the width of a man's hand, but is now equal to 4". 
• The largest horse recorded stood at 21 hands, and was a Percheron, which is a draft breed. (This horse was boarded at Crazy Creek many years ago)
• Ponies are up to 14.2hh (hands), with horses being any animal over 14.2hh.
• Horses have four gaits; walk, trot, canter, and gallop. There are gaited breeds that have have additional special gaits.
• Horses are prey animals. They run to survive, and only fight if they have to. 
• A mare's gestation period is 11 months, making them slow reproducers.
• When a foal is born, it stands almost immediately and can run.
• Their brain is about the size of a walnut, but they are definitely intelligent!
• The lifespan for our equine friends is about 25 years, but the oldest horse recorded was 62 years old!
• Przewalski's Horse is the only horse whose lineage can be traced back to prehistoric times. This breed is native to the Southwest Mongolia.
• You must "cool out" a horse after exercise. You can't put them right into their stall when they are all hot and sweaty or they can become sick. They must be walked until their respiration rate is normal.
• The hoof of the modern horse is his third toe. The chesnuts on his legs are remnants of another toe. 
• The mane and tail are for protection from insects. Whiskers around the muzzle are for feeling things.