I OFTEN DEVOTE WEEKEND BLOGS TO HEALTH CARE. THIS INTERESTING ARTICLE  WAS WRITTEN BY MY GOOD FRIEND AND HORSE VET OF 25 YEARS, DR. MADALYN WARD. (YOU CAN FIND THE PRODUCTS SHE MENTIONS IN THE ‘STORE’ ON HER WEBSITE.) Moving from conventional horse care to […]

Not that it’s the end. In fact it’s only the beginning. We have “miles to go before we sleep” with these two equines we’ve rescued, but so far so good. We successfully hauled the “leftover” mare and her year-and-a-half-old filly, now known as Nova, home […]

So I went with my friend Cindy to the pre-arranged “viewing” she had helped organize of the herd of throwaway horses on Sunday afternoon (previously posted about HERE). Not because I was planning to take or wanted any of the horses, even though they were […]

This is a little mare I rescued from a herd of horses that was headed for the auction block last October if not removed from the ranch they lived on by November 1st. This meant that probably at least half of them would end up […]

The larger question is whether animals CAN be “one-person” individuals. And yes, of course they can. They come in as many different personality types as we do,  so why should they be any different? I just spoke to an aging show jumper — “Cinder” (to […]

A few days ago Copper, my 32-year-old Quarter Horse, says to me, “I have had, ahem, a little setback.” He’s referring to a punishing kick in the chest from one of  his herd mates exactly one week ago. But true to form, even though Copper […]

WEEKEND BLOGS ARE DEVOTED TO HEALTH AND HEALING, FOR BOTH OURSELVES AND OUR ANIMALS. THIS ONE WAS WRITTEN BY MY GOOD FRIEND STEPHANIE — THE ZEN COWGIRL — WHO HAS NEVER MET A HORSE SHE COULDN’T WRANGLE, AND WHO HAS REHABILITATED QUITE A FEW, INCLUDING […]

Just about every animal lover these days has one or more rescues. Be they canine, feline, or equine — and sometimes feathered and finned as well — there are more and more rescued animals being taken into forever homes every day.  Go online and you […]

A lot of people seem to think that if you can talk to an animal then you can make it do anything you want — kind of like a puppet on a string. They want us animal communicators to talk their dog out of eating […]

Everybody can communicate with animals if they want to. Most of us do all the time, at least those of us who have animals and love them and treat them like family. Yet when the subject of “animal communication” as a special skill or profession […]