The first Curly horse foal, still in the belly of its mother, is already sold!

Samira is getting a foal and how everything began…

Samira has always been allergic to horse hair. In some cases her reaction to the contact of horses was so bad that she became big puffy eyes, blisters on her skin as well as difficulty breathing. Samira’s heart cried because her one big passion in life is riding. I, as the mother, tried to find a solution but was always told by the doctors that Samira will just have to stay away from the horses, that is just the way it is. Unhappy with this comment I sat myself down at the computer to inform myself about options that we might have. Through pure coincidence I came across the Curly horse breed. This is how we ended up at Ranch Wolf. We live over 80km away, but what the heck, if this is her last chance at riding I figured we should take it.

The first encounter with these wonderful horses was very exciting but we held our breath. How will she react? Samira did not react allergic at all, it was a wonder.

Breeder Petra Wolf took lots of time to inform us about this unique breed as well as their ranch. Samira’s brother Laurin rode up to this point in time in a town next to ours but not for long. He saw that the riding lessons at Ranch Wolf were of higher quality than those he was used to. Laurin decided, together with his sister, to take riding lessons at Ranch Wolf since Gina was such a great riding instructor.

Every Curly horse on Ranch Wolf is wonderful, each in its own way. Although one mare, through her special way, concurred our heart. Her name is Misty.

Meanwhile it is the end of summer 2008 and we learn that Misty is pregnant. I started to play with the thought that it would be so wonderful if Samira could have her very own horse. The question was when and how? I first talked to Petra, without letting Samira catch on, although I couldn’t keep it in for too long and I ended up telling my daughter that Misty’s foal would belong to us as soon as it was born.

As of now there is only one topic in our house "the foal"!

We are informing ourselves about pregnancy and birth, types of food, special treats, herbs and much more. We bake horse cookies, try new recipes and the horses seem to enjoy them!

We stroke Misty’s stomach, Samira holds her ear against the stomach every time, and although the foal has not yet arrived into the world Samira already loves it. We buy herbs and dried fruit and arrive weekly with all sorts of new things. Petra, Tom and Gina giggle, they understand…thank you!

Now every Saturday we leave for our riding lessons 1-2 hours earlier because it has become like a little vacation. I don’t worry about the time, the gas or the organization to be there, every moment is worth it.

Soon I will fulfill my dream and learn how to ride. Better late than never. The complete team at Ranch Wolf is very nerve strong and full of patience.

Now we will wait until the end of March beginning of April until Misty will give birth to her foal. We are very excited.

Foal we are excited to have you in our lives!!

To be continued…

Your Alexandra, Samira and Laurin

Valentine’s Day – the day of Love

Hurray – On the Bergstrasse lays snow and the sun is shining!

A Valentine’s Day like from a picture book. On Ranch Wolf Valentine’s is also celebrated with the animals. The understanding of Tom and Petra Wolf is that animals need just as much love as humans. On this day every Curly horse was visited on the pasture with a serving of apple and lots of cuddles. The dogs became XXXL bones, the rabbit’s carrots and bananas’, the sheep muesli and the chicken’s fresh salad.

The wonderful weather makes it so inviting to work with the Curlys and to have a lot of fun together.

New: The extended marstall structure line – "Basis" and "Wiesen-Cobs"

High quality hay replacement and reasonable complements in the frame of an adequate, crude fiber and vital substance base feeding.

Marstall Premium Horse Food from Oberstaufen in the Allgaeu offers, alongside the alfalfa base food product "Basis" and the new warm air dried "Wiesen-Cobs", from Allgaeuer land a special high quality and horse correct alternative to normal roughage.

The organism of a horse has barely changed through evolution in regards to the need for high quality crude fiber. Even now the horse as a typical roughage eater, independent from its race and usage, survives on crude fiber as a staple food. Although today horses are often offered hay which is neither dust or mold free and is most often monoculture cultivated. Those with conventional grassland cultivation are mostly there to be offered to cattle and therefore too protein rich for the diet of a horse. Often it is also the case that the amount of hay is not enough to satisfy a horse over the day. A one sided diet works negatively on the horse’s stomach and intestine bacteria and in turn negatively on the digestion of the food. Often deficiency symptoms or fermentation are the case. To equalize this problem the marstall feeding masters developed the marstall structure line with the products marstall "Basis" and marstall "Wiesen-Cobs". Both products are natural and absolutely free of dust, fungus spores, and offer high crude fiber. They offer themselves as a high quality alternative to hay or quality base nourishment. Even problem horses such as fungus and dust allergists, older and sensitive horses, rehabilitation and poor eating horses profit from marstall structured products.

Marstall ‚Basis’ gently prepared and fiber optimized alfalfa straw structure mix is very tasty and is therefore widely accepted by the horses. Through a fabulous structure configuration a horse must chew the food longer which in turn produces more saliva which helps with digestion as well as nutrient absorption. The use of high quality plant oil makes the food absolutely dust free and increases energy making it acceptable for sport horses to profit from. As an adequate staple food it is great for rehabilitation for horses in clinics. Everywhere where high quality dust free and qualitative roughage is wished this food can be used. With hasty eaters mix marstall "Basis" with strength food for optimal results.

As a light transportable hay alternative "Basis" is great to take along on travels and to tournaments.

The gentle warm air dried marstall "Wiesen-Cobs" hold over 50 various grains and herbs from the Allgaeuer natural lands from hilly regions. Marstall "Wiesen-Cobs" are fruktan and protein lean and molasses free while offering an ideal calcium-phosphor percentage. We recommend letting the cobs soak in water before giving them to older horses, horses with teeth problems and hasty eaters.

Packaging size, price and availability can be obtained through a marstall food dealer and well stocked riding shops. Ranch Wolf and its Curlys are very happy with this food.