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Well here goes! I said over a week ago I would be making this post, and I've given myself plenty of time to reflect as well as to let my emotions settle. First I'd like to show off our 2012 foals. Rock Rivers Reckless Road Runner (Roady) Rock Rivers Reckless With Rum (Rummy) Tinker (aka...

I'm officially fed up with Domain Acres. I purchased my domain through them a few years ago and renewed it today. I used to have paid hosting through them, but for whatever reason apparently it didn't renew the last time my domain registration auto-renewed, so they've been putting tacky ads all...

Just wanted to give anyone that's interested a heads-up that TheHorse.com will be hosting another live webinar tonight at 8pm EST. This one's about about upper respiratory diseases - flu, equine herpesvirus, strangles - which are a big issue this time of year with everyone traveling for horse...

Well I've been good about keeping our new horse a secret for a while now. I found him through the LB Saleboard all the way back in April, but the seller changed their mind. Then last month out of the blue I got an email saying they would sell him after all (thank you Theresa!!). He's been...

Well I have yet to see one of the little stinkers above ground, but I can see evidence of moles all over my front pastures. I went to the farm supply store and they were pushing the poision worms that you drop in the tunnels, but it seems questionable to me to put poison at root level with the...

Some of you might remember all the trouble we've been having with trespassers. Over the last few years some really scary stuff has happened, and as a result we've really tightened down our security measures, but we never had any idea who did it in the first place. It still really bothers me...

So I'm feeling a little saner after I was forced to take a nap, but I still feel totally disoriented and sick about what happened this morning. I'd just finished a long night of mare watching, so when the phone rang at around 6 I was NOT in the mood to talk. I ignored it, but when it rang...

Yesterday was a rough one for me. I'd done the mid-day checks before running some errands and everyone was fine. While I was out I got a call from Dick that a mare had miscarried. When I got to the farm the mare met me at her gate and walked with me to her foal. She really thought I could...

A couple years ago, I asked for advice on how to keep weight on our very hot 20-year old stallion, NFCs Streaker. As always, you guys had great suggestions. That feedback combined with a great vet and dentist helped us to see Streaker through a rough patch last spring. It always surprises me...

I just received an email that a miniature stallion is missing (and believed to be stolen) from a rescue in Michigan earlier this week. Here are the details: http://www.netposse.com/stolenmissing/MCmissingMInov2010.html I sure hope he's recovered soon!

I'm not big on the zombie genre, but I thought I'd give AMC's new show The Walking Dead a chance. It was better than I expected, but I realized just how jaded the movies have made me when - after watching several zombies get shot - I freaked out about the horse. Anyone else watch?

I've got the AMHA studbook and would be happy to trade a look-up! I was able to find most of the horse's ancestors in the AMHA studbook but would like to see their production record in AMHR. If anyone's got the time and is feeling helpful, please PM me for registration number.

I've been lucky enough to catch a couple of The Horse's live webinars this year and just got a notice that there's going to be another one tomorrow night on laminitis. Since our minis seem more prone to the condition than most full-sized breeds, I thought some of you might like to "attend" too...

Someone on Fugly Horse recommended this. It's definitely for people with a cynical sense of humor, but it's so on-par with what my vets have been telling me for years that I had to laugh (and forward it to them): A Day in the Life of an Equine Vet

I've only had a handful of foals with true blue eyes, and all of them had that very clear, icy blue color from birth onward. This year we had a palomino colt that was born with gray-blue eyes, so I assumed they'd be going brown, but at two months they're that same muddy blue. At what point is...

I just wanted to say I read the newest World today, and there's a lot of good stuff in there! I think the Judges Round Robin will especially be of interest to forum members, since I know topics like razoring and stretching come up on here often. It'd be nice if they made that section a regular...

First, I just want to thank everyone here that's offered insight, advice and support these last few days. Since I wasn't in the office this morning, they called Grandma at her house to tell her that Al went downhill last night. He didn't want to fight anymore, and the vet strongly suggested...

Wednesday night Mo took Al's dinner to his paddock and went looking for him when he didn't meet him at his gate. He found him in the dreaded sitting dog position in his loafing shed with a board laying beside him and lacerations on both back legs. It seemed obvious that he had kicked through...

Grandma and I are very involved with one of the local animal shelters, and they're between a rock and a hard place trying to get out of their old facility and into a new one. I was asked today if I had any fundraising ideas that would also generate good press, and since Einstein has boosted the...

Saturday was a good friend's wedding. Anyone that's been a bridesmaid to a perfectionist bride knows the process isn't as simple as just standing up at the altar with her, but that's another story for another forum . In any case, I had family stop by to check on the mares a couple times...