Category: Horses

Horse Safety

We’re always quick to point out the many benefits there are to treating horses with the dignity and integrity that God wants us to have with any of the creatures in our domain. Here at Deer Creek Structures, we also want to take some time to talk about the realities of handling horses safely. It’s… Read more »

West Nile Virus against Horses

If you’ve ever lived near a creek or river in the summer time, like the majority of ranches tend to do, then you might have met your fair share of mosquitos bugging you. What most people never seem to understand is that mosquitos love more than just human blood; they actually enjoy horses and cattle… Read more »

Horse Communication at the Core

We all learned from a young age that a horse goes neigh, but what we often don’t realize is that a horse neighing isn’t actually providing communication to another horse. For the longest time we actually haven’t been very sure on how horses communicate with each other. This is largely because we haven’t really done… Read more »

Horse Crisis from the Recession

After a recent study was conducted in Ireland, the population and the Irish Equine Center have managed to get a better read on the past situation with a number of neglected and unwanted horses across Ireland. It was a few years back during a large recession that hit the UK, Ireland, and the US bad,… Read more »

The 2008 Global Crisis and Horses

When we as humans show charity to the many beautiful creatures that inhabit this world given to us from God, we not only live with more integrity but also actively help to create the world, which He envisioned for us. For those who are interested in showing that kind of generosity to horses, now is… Read more »

NYC Horses and Bill de Blasio

When compassion is extended towards animals from their human caretakers, it forms a more perfect bond between us and God’s creation. Although many have held this responsibility as sacred throughout the centuries, man has sometimes taken advantage of our position as lord over the creatures that inhabit our world. Here at Deer Creek Structures, we… Read more »

Keeping Your Horse Happy and Healthy in Winter

“It was You who set all the boundaries of the earth; You made both summer and winter.” (Psalm 74:17) With Christmas behind us and the month of Lent just around the corner, we find ourselves in the throes of an unusually harsh winter. Even in Texas we’ve seen freezing temperatures and blankets of snow on… Read more »

Adopting a Horse [Video]

At Deer Creek Structures, we’re always interested in promoting the welfare of the regal power and beauty of horses. As God’s stewards on Earth, we must recognize our role as caretakers of the many creatures that inhabit our world. It troubles us to know that some horses meet an undignified end at the hands of… Read more »