Recent content by Kim Rule

My husband said that I had to post to this...so here goes: My hubby is a serious Lord of the Rings /Tolkein fan. So, we decided that our horses would have names from that series of books. Our first was Bilbo. He was a rescue. We went through the books with the names at the end of them, and...

Thanks Karen, I'll give Nila a call. It's been three days, and Ash is still miserable...he's not happy with the clip job! But, on the other hand, he did bring his ball for me to throw when the lab wasn't looking! Maybe he is getting friskier! Kim R.

Thanks, I hope they are just fatty lumps, not what I fear. He's such a cool dog...though he keeps following me around, wanting me to put the hair back! Kim R.

Yesterday I got fed up with my dog Ash bringing in tons of dirt. He is a Border Collie/Keeshund mix, and he has the long coat of a Border Collie, mixed with the undercoat of the Keeshund. He lays in a dirt hole for quite a bit of time, and then brings in the dirt. You can tell where he lays...

We have what we think is a Maine Coon cross. He weighs in at almost 20 pounds! He's not dog-like...he's very much a cat...my husband calls him Sour Puss! Last night I found him on our bed, stretched out on his back in front of the air conditioner!!! Goofy cat! If I had a way to post his...

It's unseasonably cool here too...but when it is not I turn on the sprinklers! The horses will go into them and cool off, then they go and roll. It looks like I have 4 mud ponies!! But they are nice and cool. I also do the frozen milk jug trick...then love playing with them! Here in Idaho...

I've been following this thread...this silly mare STILL hasn't foaled! I keep checking on her to see if she has popped...and this morning, she is just munching happily...silly mare! Kim

That's usually what gets things started...one parent complaining. It's pretty sad, really. I am a teacher. I teach students with learning disabilities. When I worked in a grade school, I had to be very careful about how I hugged a child...wouldn't want to be taken for a child molester, you...

Bilbo locks on his right hind. He doesn't lock all the time, just when he hasn't moved for a while. This mostly happens on really hot days, or when it is muddy. Normally he has a nice big stride when he trots. But if he's locking badly, he favors his right leg, and his stride shortens...

Thank you so much for the information. I think I am forming the list of questions the doctor asked me to have at our next visit. I am worried about recovery, because I am not a small woman, and I am pre-diabetic...so I think I'll call my GP today and ask for an appointment to talk to her about...

I was at the doctor this week. He's a Osteopathic physician. I have this injury that happend decades ago...I got kicked by a horse in the knee. That was back when I was bullet proof and immortal, ya know?? Anyway, it was never treated...and now it's giving me fits. I've had some x-rays...

I would do a couple of things...yes, check into his diet. Flax seed helps, and so does corn oil. That will help loads. I used to groom my big horses with baby oil. I used it like a leave in conditioner...comb it through, and leave it in. Make sure the hair on the underside of the main gets...

Back when I was a kid, I knew this family that bred Appaloosas. She had a beautiful buckskin mare that she bred to her black, blanketed stallion. What she wanted was black filly with a blanket. Every time she bred the mare, she got a colt that was a buckskin, usually with a blanket. The...

I suppose I would do it if I was with the horses...but they wanted the horses there for the whole thing...24 hours a day, 7 days a week...If I could supervise that, it would be okay, but I can't exactly quit my job!! Kim R

A guy who used to be a neighbor called...he's working for a corn maze...it's a local attraction that happens every Halloween season. He asked what would I rent a mini for!! I asked him why he wanted it, and he said that the people who own the corn maze wanted a little barn yard, with goats and...