Off Grid with Horses

Send us Fan Mail A diesel mistake, a broken clamp, a two-hour drive to the dealer, and frost on the ground at 9,300 feet. That’s the kind of chain reaction we deal with on our Colorado mountain ranch, where off-grid living with horses turns “small problems” into all-day projects and every trip to town has a cost in time, weather, and momentum. We start with the gritty logistics: hauling manure wit...

Send us Fan Mail Fall is creeping up at 9,300 feet, and that change sharpens everything: colder nights, the pressure to get chores done faster, and the reality that an off-grid life does not care about a weekly publishing calendar. We’re Russell and Alex, and we’re resetting our routine so the podcast stays fun, honest, and doable with the work that comes with living high in the Colorado Rockies....

Send us Fan Mail Late August is supposed to feel like summer, but up here at 9,300 feet on our Colorado mountain ranch, fall has already started tapping on the door. Nights drop into the low 40s, you can see your breath, the heat may kick on, and even the hummingbirds start disappearing. Off-grid living in the Colorado Rockies comes with a different clock, and when the weather shifts early, our ho...

Send us Fan Mail A horse strolling out the gate should be simple to fix. On our Colorado mountain ranch at 9,300 feet, it turns into a full cast production: screaming herd mates, nervous humans, and one very calm pony proving he has all the time in the world. We talk through our real off-grid morning routine, including the unglamorous details that keep horses healthy and the day moving, from early...

Send us Fan Mail A wild Mustang takes one step toward a human, and suddenly the whole room understands what trust costs and why it matters. We’re Russell and Alecz, living off grid with our horses at 9,300 feet in the Colorado Rockies, and we just came back from an eventful stretch that took us from mountain chores to the Wild Horse Refuge and Symposium in Craig, Colorado, plus the theater in Stea...

Send us Fan Mail The weather finally shifts in the high Colorado Rockies, and that one change touches everything when you live off grid with horses. We open with an honest update on Merlin and what it looks like to care for an aging horse when you suspect the next winter may be too much. We talk about the day-to-day signals we watch, why “pain” is a tricky word, and how our focus stays on comfort,...

Send us Fan Mail A quiet mountain evening can turn fast when you live off-grid with horses at 9,300 feet in the Colorado Rockies. We start with a real update on Merlin, who’s holding steady but having more frequent spins and spills, and we talk about the seasonal grind of fly management when summer finally kicks in. Even the weather shows up with us this time, as a rainstorm rolls through while we...

Send us Fan Mail Merlin keeps us humble. One quiet morning on our Colorado mountain ranch, Alecz finds him down in the early light and has to make a fast call: let him rest, assess what’s happening, then step in with the safest help possible. We talk through what we saw, why a senior rescue horse can get “stuck” even when they’re not panicking, and how a couple of lead ropes, the right angle, and...

Send us Fan Mail A 40-year-old horse teaches you fast that the goal is not perfection, it’s comfort. Up on our off-grid mountain ranch at 9,300 feet in the Colorado Rockies, we walk through how we’re supporting Merlin as he ages, what his daily routine looks like right now, and why we keep adjusting feeding without losing the structure that helps him thrive. We talk about grain four times a day, h...

Send us Fan Mail In this heartwarming episode, God performs a miracle in our 40 year old Navaho Mustang.  Merlin's story is truly amazing.  Learn how Alecz creates a special grain formula for Merlin that is keeping him going and may be good for your horse too.

Send us Fan Mail Join Alecz and Russell as they start preparing for winter.  Alecz meets a new horse in "Adventures with Alecz."

Send us Fan Mail Alecz and Russell have had a tough summer but explain how despite some tough and sad times, living off grid with horses is so worth it! 

Send us Fan Mail Alecz and Russell introduce you to some of their horses and take you to the Mustang Summit in Grand Junction Colorado where Alecz secures a baby mustang for a girl who needs her.

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