Posted in Behavior & Training

I sat here 12-1/2 hours ago and wrote up a very nice journal and pressed ENTER after trying to download the picture and in about 15 minutes I left for work, assuming the stupid thing had finally put the photo on and was on Zootoo. HAH! No such luck and now I'm too tired to write about my 5:15 a.m. dog who (when daylight savings time kicks in on S… read more

Posted in General

I'm sure you all think I keeled over, since I've been on here so seldom. Please don't think that until someone puts in an obit for me. I've been so busy both enjoying the "at-long-last" summer weather in WI, and playing catch-up with all the things I would have done around here if we had ever had a summer before FALL! It's been just beautiful an… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

I thought I had gotten the message through to FATSO to leave my old horse Bars O War alone with his feed so he can try to put on some weight before winter, and as long as I sat there - whip in hand, she left him alone. Mistakenly I gave her the benefit of the doubt a couple of times and watched from a distance as she stayed on her own side of th… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

This summer-long war against my FATSO mare that I've been fighting - trying to get $$$ Senior Feed and Weight-ON stuff into my antique horse - may finally be working. I have had to sit (reading the paper, a book, a crossword or the mail) while Bars O War chomps on his special feed to try to build him up before winter. The way it feels here in Wis… read more

Posted in Food & Treats

I've been trying so hard to get some meat on the bones of this old OLD horse and not having the success I'd like. Of course the gluttenous mare (I refer to her as the white rhino) is getting wider and wider because she tries her best to vacuum up every morsel of hay or the very grain out of his mouth. I have to sit for the half hour to 45 min. an… read more