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I maintain an organic farm, so also hand-pull weeds when possible. It's easiest after or during a rain.

If you have a large area and can fence it off temporarily, black plastic will work. ...

Shen Calmer worked for me when nothing else did. It's powerful. Only sold to veterinarians. I started my horse on a quarter of the recommended dose and he acted like a different animal. Here's...

That WAS the easier. It took three years to get there. He was bridled, whether it was an attempt by me or someone taller, five to six days a week.

Things started to get better after about two...

I've had to deal with an OTTB with all sorts of issues, including ear phobia and poll pain, who refused to let me bridle him. If you were tall enough, you'd have a fight but you could win on size...

Well said, BeastieSlave.

Northern lights -- thank you...my mistake was already corrected on page three of this thread.

Rodeio -- Thanks for clarifying. Right you are. I'm happy for horses that Purina Mills isn't owned by Nestle. However, I still don't trust them.

I wouldn't trust a single thing Purina had to say, as their parent company is Nestle.

Those of us who were around in the 70s are familiar with Nestle's propaganda machine: ...

Bluey --

According to Brian Dierlam, who held the post of director of legislative affairs for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association in 2004, ranchers sold about 150,000 head of downer cattle a...

The fact that cows with neurological symptoms now have to be tested has nothing to do with the USDA being concerned with the health of our food supply, as "downers" were permitted to enter our food...

There are a lot of things going on now in terms of farming that were not going on a hundred years ago -- http://www.organicconsumers.org/Toxic/factoryfarm.cfm.

Many of the practices of factory...

If you want to feel even less good about this program, you can read the book Mad Sheep: http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/madsheep

It's an eye-opening true story of a small family farm in VT...

Of course, NAIS is not just a horse issue. It's of great concern to small farmers, who will have to pay to register and track every farm animal and take the time to do so. It's likely that the...

This from the Winter 2007-08 issue of The Natural Farmer, published by the Northeast Organic Farming Association:

USDA Approves Chip Implants That Cause Cancer Tumors

The USDA has approved the...

Ditto!

Hmmm. Perhaps it's true that most people have little success with this. I wouldn't know. But certainly more than enough people have lots of success with it. So much so that the frame commonly...

I'd love to hear if anyone's crossed paths with three of mine:

Lawyer Swift
Demand Better
Hunting Island

Swmets -- Thanks for trying to clarify, but I actually did get it. And I still think that letting a horse be a horse is not abusive, much less the worst kind of abuse possible. And I'm not sure...

You believe this is "the worst kind of abuse possible"?! It sounds like you've lost perspective here.

It's nice that you've taught the horse some basics, but the horse belongs to someone else. ...

I talk about whips without batting an eye. I noticed that this was, in fact, odd, when one day I was on the train talking with a friend on my cell phone (about lunging) and everyone around me fell...

Even if there were things you liked about this horse (I like nothing, myself) and if she were an appropriate choice for you (which I believe she isn't), that horrible lateral canter is reason enough...

These drive me crazy:

"Put manners on" as in "I got him and put some manners on him..."

People referring to themselves as their horse's "mom," "mommy," or "mother."

Doxy treatment has worked very well for me and my horse, as evidenced by titer and western blot, and it's worked equally well for a number of other horses I know.

Is the research quoted based on...

Perhaps some might be interested to read more about the economic aspects of the BLM as regards wild horses and cattle:

http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/numbers.html

Lots of interesting info...

What kind of horses WILL eat baling twine? My horse would happily put anything that isn't nailed down into his mouth. Stirrup leathers, spray bottles, broom handles, towels, twigs and, yes, even...