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This is a bit of a long shot. I am wondering if anyone has home remedies they try for tummy trouble in their horses. Her's the back story; I have a mare (17yrs but that isn't the issue) who is acting pretty uncomfortable today. She is laying flat out, legs elevated and stiff or on her back...

I haven't posted on here in a coons age but today I have some time to myself and decided to pop in and say hello. Life has thrown my husband and me a curve ball (as it so often does), after being let go from his job last October he has not been able to find new work...sucks to get older. So...

I haven't been posting much lately, my husband has been unemployed since the beginning of October so I've been enjoying my time with him and we've been gone from home most days. Today tho I have some time while my bread rises so i thought I'd share a bit. This year I am trying a whole new way of...

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American neighbours. I hope you have so many good things happening in your lives it is hard to choose what you are most thankful for.

My computer refused to load LB this morning and when I can back late this afternoon (prevening for those who are Big Bang fans lol) the 'like' button wasn't available on any of the posts. Is it gone for good?

I have a gelding that I am particularly attached to, I have owned him since he was a weanling and he has always been bold and brave. I had him gelded as a 5 year old and started him in harness last year. I have driven him probably 15 or 20 times this year with no issues and felt good about where...

I posted on here a while back about Cruiser and how he had picked up right where we left off a couple of years ago when I started driving him again this year. I have been thinking it was all too easy and that made me think I'd better check my memory and see what I have done with him to this...

I don't know if this is really a polish proverb, seems unlikely but it was sent to me as such. Thought I'd share Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, Repeat these words Not my circus Not my monkeys!

Just thought I'd share; I started Cruiser back in 2012, hitched him once and drove and then life got in my way and other horses took my time so he has not been hitched since. Yesterday I pulled him out of the corral and ground drove him, fastened the pvc drag poles to him and ground drove a bit...

The first one was how a young (about 6 months) wild/feral horse was trapped in a fast flowing/flooding creek with huge boulders on the bank her in BC and firefighter/police and a local rescue worked together to rescue the filly who was hypothermic and exhausted but still afraid enough to...

I'd like to pick your brain if I can. I took my rotti to the vet today to find out what was up with her rear leg lameness. Turns out she has ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament. The vet is recommending surgery, possibly at a larger vet hospital some distance away, and a prolonged recovery...

Well I tried to paste a link but it isn't happening. So if you like puppies, Clydesdale horses and Bud commercials go look up the 2014 superbowl commercial on you tube. Its pretty cute.

Between heavy snowfalls making the roads unfit for travel without a 4x4, the city crews threatening strike and having a work slow down, vehicle problems and a death in the family (lost my brother on Tuesday this week) I have only just begun my shopping. I've gotten my son's gift but that's it. I...

Well, we decided this fall to buy a couple of heifers from a neighbour who was culling his entire herd to restart it with registered stock. He delivered them last Saturday, a black yearling (she scaled at 1100lbs ) and a red angus weanling. I was so excited to add them to our farm and had...

So I lost my gold laced wyandotte, Manny, late this summer and have been debating whether or not to replace him. Yesterday may neighbour called me, a friend of his had 2 roosters that they needed gone and he wondered if I wanted them. Erhmmmm..... how could I say no? They are young, hatched...

So I thought I might wake this forum up a bit (its been slow of late - are you all watching Worlds?) by opening up a discussion. Please this isn't aimed at any individual trainer/driver or horse and I don't want it to become unfriendly just thought it might be fun to talk about the issue. I...

I had the most amazing weekend, in spite of less than stellar weather (thunder, lightening and driving rain storms). I took part in a driving clinic with my mare this weekend. In less than an hour we had advanced to the point it would have taken me half the season to reach, and guess what (I...

I make no claims to experience with driving a pair and altho my local draft guys are telling me its fine I'm hoping for input on the configuration of the new pole on our waggon (buckboard type). We had the pole redone and it came back without a (forgive me here, still on a learning curve with...

YIPEE!!! I know its really spring now in spite of the huge amount of snow we still have because... THE ROBINS ARE BACK! I was so excited this morning when I went outside early and heard a robin. I spotted 2 of them while I was doing my barn chores. Around here the robins are the surest sign of...

I have a gelding who, altho he measures 34" when he is freshly trimmed, has also measured nearly an inch past that. He fits a regular 48" shaft okay but I'm thinking it might be a prettier picture if I went to the 'B' shaft (54") but I am wondering what the longer shaft will do to the balance on...