Horses, being a prey species, are always looking for the bear in the bushes. No matter how domesticated or well trained a horse is, he never forgets that he is on the menu.

It is quite marvelous how we are capable of learning something, not just with our brains, but with our whole being so much so that it feels like performing certain tasks is part of who you are.

For the first few years of my career, there weren’t nearly the variety of choices we have today when it came to manufactured shoes. When a new company came on the market offering Made In America shoes and what I thought was a superior rim shoe design, I was anxious to give them a try. The company was St. Croix Forge.