Philosophy

   When Ranch owner Tanii Carr got her first horse, she didn't know much about what she was getting herself into. Like many first-time horse owners, she relied on horse friends and people with more experience for guidance on how to properly care for her new charge. She assumed that all the big names in the horse world knew everything there was to know. All she needed to do was find out what they knew and she'd be set.

   Problem was, the more she learned, the more questions she had. "Tell me again why horses need shoes?" "How come my horse dances around with one saddle on his back, but not another?" "What supplements do horses really need?" If something didn't make sense, she continued to ask questions until she was satisfied with the answers.

   This desire to understand—and her interest in alternative health care for people—led Tanii to question conventional wisdom on how to care for horses generally, and specifically on issues of shoeing, feed, fly systems, health        
care, saddles, and training, the culmination of which led to the manner in which she deals with her own horses and those entrusted to her care.

   The importance placed on such things as organic hay, filtered water, barefoot horses, and natural horsemanship truly puts Melody Oaks Ranch in a class by itself.