It’s been crazy here since Friday. I don’t know that it’s going to get any less crazy to be honest! I’m not complaining. I’m just sayin’.
The Good:Friday Zach’s Daughter, Kelsey, had her first HS rodeo of 2009, in Timber Lake, SD. Zach’s niece Cindy was also competed- it was her first HS rodeo ever. [...]
More Babies!
15 May posted by
I took yesterday afternoon off from riding to go check mares. I thought I had to; for one, I’ve put my beloved gray mare (Streakin Iron- Sonora Nora- mother of Dolce), out with a stud, in a pasture a section and a half big. I have never turned her out on that much real-estate [...]
[Continue reading...]Happy Birthday, Dolce!
15 May posted by
One year ago today, at about 12:30am- nearly precisely the time that I sit here to write this- a glorious baby girl was born! I rubbed her mother’s belly nearly every day for 329 days, asking, begging, pleading for a bay baby girl. I got a girl, but what I got wasn’t bay. And I [...]
[Continue reading...]Let’s Define *Humane*
12 May posted by
Yesterday’s post caused quite a buzz. I had several good comments and a good question by Bina. So to answer her, I figured rather than write a novel in the comments section where it would get buried, I’d just post it here.*
The original definition of Humane:
c.1450, variant of human, used interchangeably with it until early [...]
Effects of the Ban on Horse Slaughter
11 May posted by
By Rita Brhel
That horse owners around the nation are starting to feel desperate in finding ways to unload their aging and unwanted stock, is an understatement.
Earlier this month, at least one horse owner hauled his live horse to the Fremont County landfill near St. Anthony, Idaho, before shooting it and unloading the carcass into the [...]
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