Avoid 90 degree interior corners where a lower horse can be trapped by a higher horse.

Don’t put food and water where a lower horse can’t yield to a higher horse without getting kicked.

Install gates large enough for vehicle access (usually 12 ft).

The dynamics of a family unit are different from a group of randomly chosen horses.

If you place, say three unrelated horses in a corral (e.g., mare and two geldings), you will likely see more pushing and establishment of pecking order.  (Do not be fooled however, they will form a cohesive group.  Some call this ‘buddy sour.’  Use it to your advantage: Learn how to become his best buddy.)

If you adopt a family unit (mare and one or more foals) you may wonder about hierarchy: These guys will eat together on one pile of hay, no pushing.

Not a fan of their discipline but thought this was cute.

Bad horses are not born, they’re made.  If this is what you have to do to stop a horse from being put down then do it.

It’s not the pasture.

He’s not in a class of his own.

It’s you.

If you were trying to teach your horse to pick up his feet or take a halter, would you put him in a round pen and run the crap out of him?

Who’s high horse in your herd?

Does he have two legs or four?

As little as possible but as much as it takes.

Lecture on ‘horse problems.’  The horse knows if you know.

Two things you can do to help him avoid colic:

• Don’t lock him in a stall
• Give him clean fresh water daily

If it’s more work for you it’s better for him.

These guys are not in a barn, they’re in a corral.  Pasture would be better.

Water buckets can be dumped, rinsed and refilled daily.  Bleached weekly.  Mustangs play in their water on hot summer days.  Sometimes a bucket gets damaged.

Don’t get mad when your horse acts like a horse.  Keep a spare bucket in the barn.

Do you think it’s an accident they’re standing the way they are?  No, they’re keeping an eye on their surroundings, especially the photographer.  Haven’t decided if he’s friend or foe.

Give your horse choices.  If he wants to be in the rain he can be in the rain.  If he wants to be under a roof he can be under a roof.

Note the 2×6 rim board added to the pipe panels to satisfy BLM requirements.

If you adopt a mare from the BLM she might be pregnant (unless she’s been in segregated long-term holding for over a year).