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This is a good friend's (now) 14 year old granddaughter running Prelim on her 22 year old OTTB. Her horse turned 23 today. https://youtu.be/M7vUtLOMRU4 Amanda, riding this horse, was one of 12 riders across the country selected for the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s Emerging Athlete Eventing 18 progr...

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Interesting story about climate change and the affect on these ponies. Has anyone seen this locally in dogs or horses?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/on-an ... spartandhp

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I opened this thread with a lot of trepidation. . . . LOL

Nice upgrade!

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Glad everyone is recovering and you're getting help with the expense. I had a mare that had a strong reaction to the rhino vaccine, fever/extreme muscle soreness, I just quite giving it to her. Our herd was 98% "closed", so in general, it was an easy call. She was a broodmare, though. . .

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Jingles Khall. Animals are tough, and it sounds like you're all over this. DDBB mojo for Rip and Gaila.

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Oh gosh, Sue, I gasped when I read this. The shock must have been awful. I'm so glad she had the opportunity for such a good life with you and didn't suffer long in the end. Condolences.

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Well dang, I just learned about a cool band/musicians! Who would have thunk it. . .

I'll thank you instead of him!

Keep your head above water!

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What's your arena situation? Can you "free lunge" her over small jumps/jump chute (cavaletti, etc)? Some horses really enjoy that and it's good for hind end development. Clicker type training is very useful, your horse will come to understand when you are asking it a question, and will lea...

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Condolences to you and all who loved this sweet horse.

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The coyote pic is early morning, that camera is on a game trail that emerges from deep woods, depending on time of day, you get strong shadow formation. DH said that mantis was disconcerting, it was looking right back at him while he photographed it, seemed to be sizing him up!! We have 5 species of...

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We're still eating cabbage from CSA, so I made this tonight. I did modify it a bit -- when don't I? No sage, so I used thyme and ended up adding a bit of smoked paprika too. Well you inspired me (us - there was a lot of slicing and dicing!) to start here. Definitely a comfort food type of meal and ...

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khall wrote:I do think the chickens will come home to roost and Trump will end up serving jail time along with his felonious family.

It is my fervent hope that Trump serves out his presidency before he serves any other time. Pence is re-electable and he scares the beejabbers out of me.

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More great footage, Snowhorse, really nice quality. What kind of woodpecker is that?

Here are some more of our locals (the last 2 w/DH's Canon):

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Thanks for all these great resources, it is fun, drool worthy reading. Narrowing down where to start is going to be a wonderful challenge! I like spicey food, in particular, so plenty to choose from and also like the fresh from the garden angle as we have a fairly large one in the summer.

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Vegetarians? I've decided one of my (and hopefully DH!) make a difference behavior changes for the New Year will be eating veggie for ~4 days/week (thinking 2 meals + leftovers). Any pointers for good books and/or your favorite recipes? As I was thinking about posting this earlier today, I turned on...

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I had a lesson a couple of years ago in a crowded warm up that was SUPER helpful. My mare is small, and gets intimidated by big horses coming at her or behind her - and there was a big, noisy stallion in the ring, and the rider would ride up pretty close to the other riders. The lesson involved - F...

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KootKat, for me at this point, it's a guts issue... I used to do some dumb, dumb things - got close to 5' with horses that shouldn't have done it. But also got tossed enough times by some bad actors that I started to develop fear and defensive riding habits to fences. At this point, I haven't jumpe...

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Cranberry pear tart w/fresh whipped cream! Can't remember the rest,

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That was despicable, Trump is a fool (and seriously compromised, most likely. . . ). I wonder what their thoughts will be on their deathbed?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ja ... spartanntp

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Two full siblings, the bay mare (and moi) and Lexus, a gray gelding, ridden by Tracy Lert. Although the color is a distraction, they are very similar in type, with long, typey faces and very kind eyes. Both have the same less than ideal neck with similar movement and good hind end mechanics. Tracy s...

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I will never jump a fence over 5 feet. Could I, maybe? But I don't have the guts or the horse to do it with.... and to think at one point I wanted to be a GP jumper! Is this a question of middle age and beyond? As a teenager, I rode an aged grade western QH pony (14.1) mare which my dad eventually ...

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No words of wisdom, MC, but jingling for your sweet old guy.

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Chisamba wrote:I quite like Riccione, except f ou r his looong neck.

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There's 2 very nice looking horses there!

His feet look a little suspect IMHO.

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Roger was so lucky to have found you, you gave him a long life and the opportunity to be Roger. And you were lucky to have Roger, love is a 2-way street. Condolences to you and Roger's family.

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CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ci ... -khashoggi’s-assassination/ar-BBPNdey?ocid=spartanntp

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Behead all the witnesses, what a great idea!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sa ... spartanntp

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OK, I just encountered a comment that got me wondering. . . There was an FDR quote which contained the 2 words "organized mob" which someone (a very good writer) commented on. "Is there such a thing as an 'organized mob'"? So - if you have the oxymoron, "organized mob",...

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Get well pronto, Roger!

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kande50 wrote:This is what I don't understand, that wet hair is only a problem if we create it, but isn't a problem if they run and sweat themselves up and then go stand in their stall?

You don't worry about airway damage?

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That being said, a human who is overdressed can strip down to their skivvies if they so desire, a horse with a heavy coat is still wearing a lot of hair, even when not fluffed. Hence the drying problem. . . Horses generate so much heat internally that the drying time may not be a problem for them, ...

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I wonder though if riding a horse in who still has their natural coat would be quite the same as exercising in our heavy clothes since when I start out my horse is quite fluffy and when I finish she's no longer as fluffy, she changed her clothes . Loved that, lol. That being said, a human who is ov...

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Just not true https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12405726/ A horse wearing a thick wool coat which works up a sweat during exercise is not necessarily "strenuously exercising/hyperventilating" which is clearly defined as the point of these experiments. The abstract does not state what th...

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Pardon the segue, but in many parts of the country, bat populations are being destroyed by white nose syndrome, including here in the Pac NW. . . our sightings here, in the Cascade foothills have dramatically decreased (white nose syndrome showed up in North Bend, a few miles from here, in 2016). We...

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So sad, and it sounds like they were very well meaning - bats crawling around on the bed at night would be a little much, though. . .

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Really nice video sequence SnowHorse!

Here's a few stills from over the years. DH has 6200 pictures of elk (not counting the discarded ones, LOL)! And bears are his favorite and what started this, I didn't ask. . .

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I showed DH your video, he was duly impressed. We have FIVE trail cams in the upper pasture and thousands (and thousands) of pictures, cuz indeed, you do get addicted! I love watching him traipse out to his cameras in the morning, always looks like a kid at Christmas.

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One if my ewes had her lamb, lamb nursing all ok, this morning she had escaped her pen and was with the herd no sign of lamb, my son and I searched for 2 hours in the FREEZING cold. I finally decided if a predator didn't have it, it died of cold. I am so upset. That sounds very distressing, so sorr...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opin ... ional.html

ETA: Kelly Anne Conway's DH is a coauthor, LOL.

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Kemp debacle of overseeing an election with which he was participating was just rich. I hope a run off can be forced and I hope Stacey ends up our governor, Kemp has taken just too much from the Trump play book and his politics stink. So true. We're watching this one from the other side of the coun...

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heddylamar wrote:It's voter supression. Ballots are based on party affiliation -- red for conservatives, blue for democrats.

I'm surprised that is legal. Someone needs to make some noise about that.

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I voted early last week and there was a long line then, but no real wait. Same deal when my husband voted early. Our local polling stations are pretty efficient, and shepherd voters through the stations. I hope an investigation and repercussions come out of the voter supression fiasco in GA. It's a...

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I voted so hard!!

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Classic comfort food! Thanks for this, the monsoon season has started in the Pac NW, this will go on the menu!

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Same thing Really, I would have never guessed that 'objective reality' is the same as something which is known or proven to be true. If it works for you it must be the same... :? If you're guessing, it may or may not be true. . . ;) Objective reality works for me, perhaps a little more abstract def...

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MC but we do know that it is likely just like in the spring that this caravan will dwindle as it closes in on the US. IMO much ado about nothing re the caravan. All of 11 from that caravan in April crossed the boarder without proper channels. At one time, Obama was called "The Deporter in Chie...

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An annual event at the Oregon zoo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgl-QXsD0UI

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