Theodore O’Connor – RIP
This champoin eventing pony was put to sleep today due to a tragic accident. Owned by Gold Medalist’s Karen and David O’Conner. Teddy’s main rider was Karen. Teddy was a mixture of Arab/Shetland/Thoroughbred and stood just over 14.1 hands. Teddy was named the USEF horse of the year [...]
I had a blast today. Nice overcast weather that was not too hot but just right for horse training. I got Moe out (the miniature horse) of pasture and did a through groom job on him. I am so glad he is finally shedding out this year. Put the harness on him and led him [...]
Sparky, my Miniature Pincher is losing weight but not as much as I had wanted him to. I found out where he was getting his extra munches – the neighbor’s house. I think he has found out where they leave the food out for their dog and he goes over there after dark. No, we [...]
A soldier headed for Iraq needed to find a good home for his 2 faithful horses. He was being deployed quickly so he decided to put an add on craigslist. A kindly woman showed up and said she need a horse for 4-H. She even showed up with a child in tow. He thought his [...]
Lorenzo National Horse Show
A beautiful video for a relaxing end of the week. ENJOY!
Interesting news item coming out of Houston, Texas about a type of ant that exterminators cannot get rid of. The full story is here. They are called the crazy raspberry ant because they are red and fuzzy. They eat fire ants but will attack plants and small beneficial insects.
All known types of ant poisons are [...]
The US Department of the interior has now officially listed the Polar Bear as a “threatened” species. There are an estimated 25,000 left of them in the world and biologists expect at least 1/3 of them to disappear in the next 50 or less years due to the shrinking ice shelf.
It is that time of the year when I spend most of my free hours outside. I have got to get my vegetable garden up and growing. I have 2 horses to train as well as get my daughter interested in riding again after being dumped twice last summer. My time will not be spent [...]
YouTube has gotten some interesting stuff on there today. This is a video of 2 dogs in love done to the song – SHE LEFT ME…
It’s cute
The fun video makes a good point about dogs being used as fashion accessories.
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