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I'm embarrassed to admit this but I had a young stallion who absolutely did not know what to do. He just kind of crouched, curved his neck in a Lipizzan-like levade, and waited for something to...

The problem is that Showsheen lives in Connecticut, one of the most heavily-populated, long-settled, civilized areas in the US. She is 3200 miles away from your problem, Chris; she does not live on a...

I hope the poor child has some kind adult representing her legal interests. It would be highly unusual for a child not to receive half of a parent's estate, even if there was a will on record that...

Speaking as a fellow beagle owner, I know whereof you speak. I naively thought that a liberal dousing with Frontline would keep the little bastards off her, but you can't imagine my horror when I...

My girl gets horrible fat gray ticks infesting her mane. Pulling them out is a horrible PITA necessitating ace. Disgusting!!! Does anyone know of tick preventative drops for horses like they have for...

I never use a fly sheet. A few spritzes with Bronco fly spray, and that takes care of matters. The horse is kept clean with daily baths during fly season, which makes her less delicious to flies.
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On the other hand, credentials you can come up with through google don't necessarily mean a trainer is competent.

At our barn there are several ladies who have spent the past several years riding...

That child horrified me. I have seldom seen anything so vulgar.

Classic brown tack is always in good taste. It is restrained, elegant, and not as showy as black. I'm not referring to orangey or Newmarket-colored, but soft dark brown. Yes, even for gray horses....

Yeah, thought so. I was an editor in a previous life and this sort of thing is pretty noticeable to me.

Why I like to make videos of my kids' rounds.

Hm. I don't know anything about the Hollingsworth situation, but is it my imagination or is the writing style of that "rip-off report" almost identical to Celeita's writing style? Just saying . . .

You're quite right that it may take two incomes to afford a house, much less a horse. As you note, our tax laws are already rather demanding, and upcoming political changes may render them actually...

I often ride a 24-year-old Canadian. Someone forgot to tell him he's old; he's always galloping around without any prodding from me! Beautiful deep baroque trot and canter, naturally balanced, lovely...

Maria, you have absolutely no need to defend yourself. No one believes a word that insane woman says. If she said the sun rises in the East I'd question it. So if she says negative things about you...

One of the absolute nicest hunt horses I have ever ridden is an angelic six-year-old Clevie x TB who is, incredibly, only 14-3. I cannot get my mind around the fact that she's only 14-3 partly...

You ought to borrow my dog.

I think these estimates of $500,000 for a horse are low-balling it a bit. If you really want to go to the Olympics, your horse is going to be worth a lot more than that.

We on COTH would be very...

I am in MoCo, just outside of Laytonsville.

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This can be an expensive mistake. When my cell phone stopped working I took it into Verizon to find out what was wrong. They have a sensor inside that tells them when it's been wet; in that...

I meant, presumably I would write after he recovers consciousness a little. Not much point in writing to comfort him if he doesn't yet even know that he needs comfort.

Anybody know where I could...

I like the Morab far better. I think there's more potential with him, even though he may initially appear more problematic. The Fjord is cute, I doubt you'll ever get a pure and beautiful reaching...

I can very well imagine the horrible grief this represents. Something quite similar happened to me many years ago--a catastrophic injury and illness, pain, loss of the beautiful stable and horses,...

When deciding whether you want nationalized health care, just ask yourself one question: do you want health-care decisions being made for you by the same lovely folks who brought you the IRS?
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I work for a major research agency that studies who gets what kind of health care, how much it costs, and who's paying for it (or not paying for it). Without getting too political, there are a lot of...