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           Good Morning All, as I mentioned in and earlier post, we here at the Rocking RD ranch are Children of God , and try to live a strong Christian faith. So after careful prayer God has told me to share my daily devotions with you good folks out there that read this blog. I pray that everyone of you has a blessed day and glory filled weekend. May God bless each and everyone of you who come here daily and read this Cowboys Blog. I certainly and sincerely do appreciate all the kindness and loving support. Happy trails and keep checking in for more training articles and off grid articles about the off grid cattle and horse ranch . 

click here for more training tips  Good Morning Everyone, I thought that since we're in the middle of fall here in the Ozarks of SW Missouri , headed to winter, I would go over some tips and tricks for horse care for this time of the year.  First of all lets talk about whether or not to blanket your horses or not. I am not a huge fan of blanketing horses myself. Horses in my opinion can survive just fine with the fluffy , natural fur coat that the good Lord gave them. Of course that being said, if you and your horse just moved from somewhere like Arizona to somewhere like say Missouri or Maine, yea a blanket in that situation may be a necessity. So the general rule of thumb is if your horse is standing out in its stall or pasture and has snow on its back , then it has an adequate winter coat to sufficiently keep itself warm. If the snow on your horses back is melting, that simply means its coat isnt thick enough to retain the body heat and its escaping. At which time I would...