This post really has nothing to do with animal communication or animals, but 30 years ago someone did dub me and 3 of my friends the “canaries,” because we chirped so incessantly when together. We are a foursome who used to meet at […]

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 […]

I put the emphasis on the YOU here because this life is all about “different strokes for different folks.” Since we are all, each and every one of us, unique and special, we each respond differently to people and situations. Therefore, “What’s good for the […]

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 […]

Can love boost egg production? I definitely think so. Those of us who have chickens definitely benefit from loving our brood. Not only from minimized chasing and pecking when we enter their pens, but also from (I think) increased egg production. That said, I must […]

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 […]

It’s been a year and a half since I left my home state, Texas, for good, and hauled 17 animals and myself to our new abode in the revered Galisteo Basin, on 40 acres just south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. I’d been looking at […]

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 […]