Rock Island Horses

To all sports fans, and especially those like me , ( and most of the world ) following the Olympics! While cheering on our amazing equestrian team, take a momen...t to wrap your mind around the time and energy these athletes (both horse and rider) have put in! But most importantly remember, the horse under saddle does not know what country he is from, he does not know the price he was sold to the highest bidder for, he does not know that his barn is worth thousands, or his owner worth millions, but i do believe he knows if he is loved. I pray that the horse who proves himself this Rio 2016 , does so because his heart is full, and his owner humble. God bless every horse giving his/her heart and soul at this Olympics ! All of our love Rock Island Horses See more

Way to clean up Rock Island!!!! Every one of you reached a personal best, and I couldn't be more proud!! Corie, alex, blake, erica, Cheyenne, maddie, jordan, billie jo, marc, Danielle, carolyn, Nathan, jamie, dimples, delighla, pon pon, tally, ...and missing, and missed Tea and Pix... thank you all, for keeping Rock Island alive and well!! Xo

Our Rocky is home, with rock island/lacloche family. Owned now by my long time student Gracie ( Christine Wolff, David Wolff) What an amazing blessing! Thank you miss gracie, for always loving our boy, you are one of a kind xoxo Tonka and Rocky, reunited...

Happy birthday Dimples!

Sometimes, goodbyes aren't forever...sweet Tonka is home..

Sheath cleaning available the month of may $25 a horse (travel fees will apply for distances further then 30kms) 705-976-ROCK If you don't wash buildup away periodically, dried smegma might form a potentially painful claylike ball of debris (called a "bean") at the end of the penis. This material accumulates in the urethral diverticuli, which are the small pockets near the opening of the urethra (the tube that carries urine), at the end of the penis.... "The urethral opening forms a high point with a little moatlike channel around it, and it is from this channel that a person can find the little openings to the diverticuli," explains Melinda Freckleton, DVM, of Haymarket Veterinary Service, in Haymarket, Va. "In adult horses these pockets are shaped like kidney beans and may be as much as an inch across. The beans will be lodged in these pockets." Ultimately, the reason for cleaning the sheath and checking for (and removing) beans is "to make the horse more comfortable and avoid possible infection," says Freckleton.