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Animal days
My Hollywood moment. Many of you know Cupcake, my husband's 17.3 H Percheron/Ap. Well, he had decided to quit riding due to far too much back pain so I am now trying to make him into a Derby horse. He...
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It's been a long winter. Global "F#$%&ing" up of the weather prevented us from having a lot of snow up here in beautiful NH. Top that off with a lot of yo-yo temps and there were a lot of sick...
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another beautiful day in NH. I awoke to a host of male birds trying their darndest to convince the flying girls out there that they were the best. Each song had a "take me, take me" attitude. A great...
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I have a senior horse who has been losing weight. He has plenty of energy and is getting more feed than my other three larger horses combined. I have been feeding him a senior formula feed, but...
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I found this somewhere, and thought it too good not to repost. Whoever wrote it sure was spot on. I tell my students who wish to go to college and study Equine studies that they should become Drs or...
View ArticleCompendium of useful horse information
Life on the Farm seems to be taking on a life of its own and actually getting some useful information imbedded in the ramblings.
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While this blog is titled "Life on the Farm" we all know that there are days when one just needs to get a change of pace. For me, that is either hiking or riding my lovely little collapsing bike which...
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I thought he was having a heart attack
The other day I was talking to a member of the Wentworth Hunt and she mentioned that her draft cross had been very sick. When she described the symptoms I relayed the story of Cupcake and his...
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There are a lot of items out there which we horse people use on us, which we are told by the manufacturer are not intended for that use. Often when one goes on line to check uses there will be a caveat...
View ArticleDoes your horse like the water at shows?
Just got back from 6 days at a wonderful horse show and we had a marvelous time. There was a wrinkle however and I am hoping for answers to the problem here. Some of the horses who were blessed with...
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WHAT’S IN WHAT, A GUIDE TO ANIMAL FEED INGREDIENTS. We have four horses. Two Hanoverian/Thoroughbred cross full sisters, a Morgan born on Valentine’s day in 1989, and my husband’s 17.3 hand...
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This could be a very interesting journey. I work at Dover Saddlery. I love it. It gives me access to all manner of horse items. If we don't carry it, I can walk across the hall and talk to the buyer to...
View ArticleIt doesn't get any easier
I have a great job, and on the weekends I am lucky enough to judge horse shows. As I grow older I realize that the hopes and dreams one has when younger are still there, but life has a funny way of...
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