Archive for April, 2008

Tim

Apr 14, 2008 1 Comment

He was sure a looker!  When the owner took off his blanket I gasped in awe.  He was a 2 year old AQHA gelding named Timberline Playboy or Tim for short.  He was 15.2HH with a gorgeous sorrel coat and a flaxen mane and tail.  He was a western canadian halter champion.  The owner saddled [...]

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Best Credit Cards For Horsepeople

Apr 14, 2008 No Comments

I’ve been cleaning out the tack room and the horse trailer and with the Mane Event coming up I have quite a list of items that I absolutely need to buy. Notice the “need to buy”. Dave says that I sometimes have a wee problem with understanding the difference between needs and wants. It is [...]

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A Particularly Wonderful Day

Apr 09, 2008 No Comments

Yesterday was a particularly wonderful day. Why you ask? Because when I called the herd home for lunch George, my 26 year old retired saddle horse,  was loping along right at the front instead of coming up near the rear. Proud as punch. He looked so beautiful even with his furry coat and a body [...]

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2008 April Draw

Apr 09, 2008 29 Comments

DO NOT enter this draw as it is completed and already drawn.  Be sure to enter our current draw. Our draw for April is for an autographed book called Spur of the Moment by Ben Crane. It is a fun book filled with Ben’s humour and drawings.

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Alfalfa Hay Reduces Ulcer Severity

Apr 04, 2008 2 Comments

If your horse has ulcers, giving him GastroGard (omeprazole) isn’t the only thing you can do to help reduce the severity of the problem. At the 2007 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention, held Dec. 1-5 in Orlando, Fla., Noah Cohen, VMD, PhD, MPH, Dipl. ACVIM, professor of equine medicine at Texas A&M University, discussed [...]

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