Don’t enter this draw as it is over. There is probably a new draw that you should enter instead or if not there soon will be. This draw is over. The winner was #82 Jennifer. Thanks for all who entered. Jonathan Field Horsemanship gave us a copy of their Special Session Series DVD’s called “Triple [...]
There seems to be more and more interest in more all around type horses and horse events. I really enjoyed the Cowboy-Up Challenge at the Calgary Stampede – that was a pretty demanding test for the all around horse. Some of them could spin well enough to be good reining horses. I’m sure many of [...]
I read this somewhere previously but a friend sent me it the other day and I thought maybe some of you would enjoy it. The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them [...]
These horses are found. They think the thieves got spooked and dumped them. When the horses went missing we received the following notice: Please help us located our nine horses. Someone broke into our farm east of Tofield AB on July 12th between 530am and 500pm. They cut two fences and a gate and caught [...]
The Pasture Recovery Initiative launched by the provincial and federal governments included beef cattle, bison, elk, deer, llamas, sheep, goats and alpacas and horses that are used for PMU or meat but not other equine breeding stock. Considering that Alberta is home to some of the most respected purebred and commercial horse breeding operations in [...]
Is there anybody who really needs more rain? Out here in west central Alberta we are getting a whole lot of rain. The puddles are full and the dugouts are full and the creeks are up. The horses and I don’t like the wind and cold that seems to have to accompany the rain but [...]
The Calgary Stampede Cowboy Up Challenge is a multi-faceted equestrian sporting event that showcases both horse and rider as they maneuver through a series of obstacles demonstrating both their amazing horsemanship skills and incredible speed. That was printed on the paper we were given as an introduction to the participants in this, the first challenge [...]
There have been lots of folks talking about the ad by the Vancouver Humane Society that was run in the Calgary Herald last week. What do you think about it? http://www.marketingmag.ca/english/news/media/article.jsp?content=20100705_150945_984 http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Calgary+Stampede+draws+criticism/3255038/story.html http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/in-about-face-calgary-herald-accepts-anti-stampede-ad/article1627990/ http://vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca/stampede.html http://www.am770chqr.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?id=1249632
Doreen’s latest blog post starts out: It has been a busy week for wild foals in trouble. We got a call from Kathy Bartley of the Bear Valley Rescue Centre stating that some people found a very young wild foal with badly swollen back legs. They didn’t want to see the baby get torn apart by wolves and [...]
Beginning July 1, 2010, American Quarter Horse Association novice exhibitors will be allowed to show any American Quarter Horse in AQHA novice classes, regardless of ownership. Previously, AQHA rules required novice exhibitors to show a horse owned by a family member (Rule 403(a)(5)), through a lease (Rule 405(c)) or with an official novice permit. The [...]
A giant farm dog and a tiny piglet cuddle up as if they were family after the baby runt was dismissed by its own mother. Surrogate mum Katjinga, an eight-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback, took on motherly duties for grunter Paulinchen – a tiny pot-bellied pig – and seems to be taking the adoption in her stride. [...]
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