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***Not My First Rodeo***

***Not My First Rodeo***

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* A bunch of us got together about a week ago and went to a local rodeo….. I think it was part of the P.C.A. (the Professional Cowboy Association)…it was presented by the Florida Agriculture and Wildlife Expo….. But what we all really liked about it…is that it was grassroots….. I think it’s the level where anyone can get started in rodeo….. There was bronc riding…individual roping…bull dogging…barrel racing…bull riding…and team roping….. …..it was…

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~l’Odeur de Goat~

~l’Odeur de Goat~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* My younger daughter has daily chores and responsibilities….. In the morning…she feeds the geriatric turkey hen…the Mama rabbit…an assortment of French Black Copper Maran hens…and Brave….. Brave gets fed his breakfast bucket…high up in a pail that is clipped to an eye bolt in the trunk of a pine tree….. …..his bucket is placed up high for a reason…because he is a tall boy and reaching it is not a problem….. …..and because…

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~Brave Is Being Brave~

~Brave Is Being Brave~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* It’s an on-going worry….. I’m worried about Brave….. He lost his pasture buddy when we had to put Claire down….. Where it was the kindest thing for Claire…it left Brave totally alone….. He’s a sensitive horse…you think of stallions as being these big courageous steeds….. …..well…they are….. They are big…and they are courageous….. …..but courageous steeds also have feelings too….. Trooper is being a good friend…and is by Brave’s side most of the…

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Claire

Claire

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** **********Disclaimer—This Is A Farm Post—Graphic Images To Follow********** I would have posted this last week….. …..but honestly…I was just too sad….. …..Claire is gone….. It was not a surprise….. It was planned…… But that doesn’t make it any easier….. I hate having to make “those” decisions…it’s above my pay-grade….. When I brought Claire home from Alabama…(about five years ago)…I knew she wasn’t doing well….. And after being lectured by my large animal veterinarian…

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~~~The Hunt Season~~~

~~~The Hunt Season~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Our regular Fox Hunting Season has closed for this year….. We are currently in the midst of the All Florida Meet….. The All Florida Meet is an event where a number of riders from different Fox Hunting Clubs around the country come for the fox hunting and festivities and our annual Fox Hunt Ball….. I thought it might be cool to show some of the various aerial GPS pursuits of our foxhounds at…

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…Bro-mance…

…Bro-mance…

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I think I’ve mentioned in past posts that a farm is mostly a matriarchal system….. Stallions…Bucks…Boars…Roosters…Drakes…are all necessary…don’t get me wrong….. …..well…I don’t know about roosters…at least our roosters….. Our roosters all crow their faces off during the wee hours of each morning…I swear they’re all on Central European Time….. *************Get With The Program Guys************* But it’s the Mares…Does…Sows…Hens…and Ducks who produce the foals…milk…piglets…and eggs….. Don’t get me wrong…I fully appreciate the Birds…

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~~~Panacur PowerPac~~~

~~~Panacur PowerPac~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Tra!…La!…It’s Panacur PowerPac Time…It’s Panacur PowerPac Time…Tra!…La!….. ~~~You Parasites Should All Beware….. ~~~It’s Time You Should Be Scared….. ~~~Because This Stuff Will Eradicate You….. ~~~And Make My Horses Healthy Through & Through….. ………….(best said while skipping & whistling)…………. Horses need to be wormed regularly….. We all have parasites………….it’s true…we do….. The trick is to keep the internal balance………….well………….balanced….. …..it’s all about homeostasis….. A Panacur PowerPac is good stuff….. It comes in a box…it’s…

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The Fox Hunting Season Continues…

The Fox Hunting Season Continues…

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** This year’s Fox Hunting Season is in full swing….. Mary Constance just sent me the GPS mapping of the hounds at last Saturday’s Hunt….. It was at a ranch just south of us…and apparently they covered 15.5 miles….. Geez!  Louise!………….that was a long Hunt….. But a good Hunt horse can do it…at least the weather was a little cooler…not cold…but cooler….. Mary Constance said the first half of the Hunt was a blank……..

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~~~Dressage Schooling Show~~~

~~~Dressage Schooling Show~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* If you’ve ever seen me ride…you’d know…I know nothing about Dressage….. Dressage is steeped in history….. But the art of riding Dressage…..(?) …..nope….. …..I don’t get it….. I’ll be the one eating a corndog at ring side….. I’ve learned (the hard way) there are definitely times NOT to boisterously cheer….. …..and generally speaking….. …..dressage shows are one of those times….. No one there appreciates a good Woot-Woot with fists pumps….. Beer cups used…

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***Coyote Intellect***

***Coyote Intellect***

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* *****(Coyote Description)**** I thought I’d continue this topic….. Yesterday my friend was going to let her remaining house cat outside…the poor traumatized cat turned around and wouldn’t leave the house….. My friend flashed a light into her backyard…and just beyond her porch…were a pair of glowing coyote eyes….. …..They’re Not Leaving….. *****(A Coyotes Evolving Diet)***** I’ve done some research….. Apparently the southeastern United States is ideal for a thriving coyote population….. Their body…

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