Archive for November, 2007

Wild Horse Trapping Season Here Again

Nov 14, 2007 No Comments

  The trapping season is now on for the Wild Horses in the west country. I’ve only heard of one horror story so far about the government licensed horse trapping but even more worrisome is the number of wild horses that are being shot. There is no government endorsed season for shooting horses. But since [...]

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New ranch listing on Northernhorse.com

Nov 13, 2007 No Comments

Today we added a new listing to the ranch area on Northernhorse.com. We would like to welcome Whoa & Go Quarter Horses. The goal of Brian & April Romeo of Tofield, Alberta, Canada is to raise horses with Superior conformation that still have the mind and ability to be good performance horses, with an emphasis [...]

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Northernhorse Classifieds Tip

Nov 13, 2007 No Comments

  The Northernhorse.com Classifieds allows sellers to change almost all of the information on their ads at any time. They can even change the photos. TIP: When someone wants to see a “different view” or “another angle” of your horse, go ahead, zip out to the pen with your camera, get that different view, and [...]

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Doug Weaning (3)

Nov 12, 2007 No Comments

  I haven’t posted much about Doug as we don’t really work a lot with the newly weaned babies and I have been busy with other things – like getting all my stuff picked up and put away before the snow flies. I let the broodmares out in the half section which means they can [...]

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Results of Badger Hills Sale

Nov 12, 2007 No Comments

Badger Hills Ranch Production & Consignment Sale Unity, Sask. Sept. 29, 2007 On offer were 41 horses of which 24 were started up to seasoned ranch horses.  The High Seller Was Rebels Sugar Doc  a 1995 seasoned grey gelding consigned by Hillsvale Colony & purchased by Ed O’Reilly of Calgary, AB., by phone bid for $4900.00.

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Polar Bear Clip (Video)

Nov 12, 2007 No Comments

Interesting video of a bear and some sled dogs. http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/play/audiogallery/soundseen.shtml

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Horse’s Normal Temperature, Pulse & Respiration

Nov 11, 2007 No Comments

Just in case you need to know these numbers I will post them here. These are considered normal for an adult horse at rest. Normal horse temperature is considered 99.5 – 101.5 F (or 37.5 – 38.5 C). Stress and exercise and cause a small increase. Foals and yearlings are often on the high side [...]

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Gymkhana Equipment

Nov 10, 2007 No Comments

One of our neighbours, Wayne Edmondson is starting up a horse club for young people in the Spruce View area. He would like to help them with some basic showing skills and gymkhana skills. Something for the kids that helps them become better riders and have fun with their horses.

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AQHA Recognizes & Rewards Dressage Competition

Nov 09, 2007 No Comments

Deb Johnson sent us this article on the AQHA and dressage. Thanks Deb. The AQHA, as of 2007 has now recognized that quarterhorses are equally as successful in the dressage arenas, as any other warmbloods that are specifically bred for this discipline.

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World Community Grid

Nov 08, 2007 No Comments

By donating your unused computer time to the World Community Grid, you can allow various research projects to use your computer to help solve some of the world’s problems. We have had  some of our computers on the grid for several months and so far have not experienced any problems. And, who knows, perhaps we [...]

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Letter from Sustainable Resource Development re Wild Horse Roundup

Nov 08, 2007 No Comments

Thank you for your comments regarding horses in the west country. The horses you refer to are introduced species and are not indigenous to the area. It’s believed that these horses originated from domestic stock in the early 1900s during logging and mining operations in the area. There have also been cases where domestic horses [...]

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