Smokey the Sassy After sweeping Smokey into the horse trailer, things vastly improved, at least as far as loading went. Nine times out of ten, she simply walked or hopped in. The trick was to keep out of the way, and not to make the space look
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Challenges? We were told, the caring for a blind horse, would be full of challenges. We’ve had our Lucky Jim, for quite some time now, and we’re still waiting for the challenge to happen. So far, having Jim, caring for Jim, has been very similar to any
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Too Smart There are horses that are extra smart, and get up to all sorts of mischief and nonsense. Then there are ponies. Clearly, they’re wired a little differently, even smarter than the smartest horse. The problem with all their ‘smarts’, is that they usually don’t use
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Target Practice Life on the farm with children, means they go, where mom and dad go, especially when they’re quite young. Right from tiny tots, they learned how to feed and care for the horses with me. Oh to be young, and think that everything is fun.
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Out-Skunked! My near meeting of the giant skunk, certainly wasn’t my first. Only the week before, I was busily mowing the front lawn (we have several lawns) when I just barely caught sight of a vehicle, stopped at the intersection of our gravel roads. This in itself
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