Don Burleson Blog

In order to survive our here on the ranch, we have to have an ecosystem in-place where a hierarchy of critters eats the undesirable substrat...

As more blind people start using ponies as guide animals, I’m seeing a huge interest in custom horse shoes. As co-founder of the Guide Horse...

People sometimes wonder why I place such high value on personal integrity and character. More than education, skill or personality, a self-g...

I’ve been thinking about experimentation and “proofs” lately and I’m reminded about my Cairn terrier, Chester. Chester has a warped sense-o...

I’m at a horse show in the Shenandoah Valley and I’m dying to start riding again, but I don’t always trust the horses. Dude is only getting-...

Sometime I feel like I live in a petting zoo. I now have 55 horses, three dogs, three cats, countless chickens, and sundry wildlife ("c...

Oh brother. I just got back from out-of-town to find out that "tiger", one of our barn cats was found all shot-up, half-dead in th...