Well, summer is here in Maryland and that means the flies are back. Last summer I showed you a neat, little, cost-effective trick for reducing the number of flies in my barn …i.e. the ‘ol bag of water trick. And other than that, I do three other things to help my horses with the flies. I use a really nice organic ...
Welcome back Here’s a story about how people’s perception of horses can be so drastically different. My neighbor, who owns horses as well as has boarders, decided that the new horses across the street seemed too skinny. So, she called animal control and told them that she felt that these new horses weren’t being taken care of correctly and were underweight. ...
A couple of years ago I was hanging out with my horses when a friend called and I was telling her about this guy I hadn’t seen in 35 years who’d called me up out of the blue and asked me to lunch in LA. I told her I didn’t want to go as it was a long drive and I ...
Disclaimer: The following features stunts performed either by professionals or under the supervision of professionals. Accordingly, the producers insist that no one tries to recreate or re-enact any stunt or activity performed in this film. This was the description under a recent YouTube documentary I watched. That was enough to catch my eye before I even watched the video. What followed ...
Your horse could be exiting the thermoneutral zone! Sounds like something from a science fiction film, doesn’t it? It’s actually more mundane than that but of great importance to us horse owners if we care about the welfare of our horses, especially at this time of year. So what is it? The thermoneutral zone or TNZ is the optimal range of ...
Wow, what a blowout! As you probably know, it was Thanksgiving yesterday here in the US so if you celebrated too I hope you had as beautiful and positive a day as we did. This year our entire family got together at my mother-in-law’s house, 23 of us in total. She’s an amazing cook and had been cooking and preparing for ...