You may think you blend seamlessly into your current life as an astrophysicist/CEO/airline pilot, but there will always be those little telltale signs that you’re a country (and horsey-mad) girl at heart.

1. You casually suggest walking to the pub one sunny afternoon, adding brightly: “It’s only five miles or so!” Your friends fall about laughing and call an Uber.

2. While on a company team building day, you turn up in wellies and a proper coat, while everyone else is wearing ‘fashion jackets’. You’re the only person to stay warm and dry all day.

3. While on a camping trip with an urban friend, she complains that she can’t sleep because it’s too dark and too quiet. You can’t sleep because she has hysterics every time she hears an owl.

4. On the same trip, she leaves the tent in the morning only to rush back in, white faced and shaking, saying there’s a ‘herd of raging bulls’ in the next field. Intrigued, you wander out to find a row of dairy cows leaning placidly over the hedge, chewing the cud. You fall about laughing.

5. You simply can’t break yourself out of the habit of carrying ‘useful stuff’ in your pockets, such as a penknife and piece of string. You can generally be replied upon for the odd dog biscuit, as well.

6. You horrify your friends by eating handfuls of blackberries from the hedgerow. They have only seen punnets of blackberries in supermarkets and had no idea you can pick them for free.

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7. You can’t really get your head round the fact that you now have access to a reliable public transport system, and still try to walk or drive everywhere.

8. You still automatically give each new garment the ‘practicality test’ — does it have roomy pockets? Could I actually walk in those shoes? You hate it when friends leave the house without a coat.

9. Your friends buy you a ‘country house experience weekend’ at a posh hotel, and you know deep down that a real ‘country house experience’ involves no hot water, unreliable heating, a temperamental AGA, a dodgy roof and at least four dogs on the sofa and/or bed.

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This time of year is always full of promise, but there’s a few reasons why 2020 is shaping up to be an especially exciting year for dressage riders and fans alike…

1. Britain might win an Olympic medal

In case you hadn’t realised, there’s the small matter of the Tokyo Olympics fast approaching! Britain’s top combinations are getting their competition campaigns underway, all hoping to be chosen as members of the team of three that will travel to Japan in July, along with one travelling reserve. And there’s no shortage of talent at the top — with Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester and Gareth Hughes leading the charge, you can be sure that whichever riders end up representing us in Tokyo, they’ll be in with a very good chance of a team medal.

2. There will be some exciting format changes

If the Olympics weren’t exciting enough, this year’s Games are set to produce even more drama, with a new competition format. The grand prix special will now determine the team medals, with the grand prix test serving as a qualifier for the individual competition – the freestyle – and to decide the running order for the special.

3. The National Dressage Championships have had a revamp

Back at home, the British Dressage national championships will take place at the beautiful Somerford Park, Cheshire, this September, with three international arenas, extra capacity across the levels and several new classes, including a prelim gold championship, prix st georges and inter I silver championships and a prix st georges freestyle.

4. There’s plenty of new and returning talent to watch out for

One of the most exciting young British riders of the moment, Lottie Fry, will be campaigning hard for Tokyo selection, not just with her 2019 European Championship ride Dark Legend, but the Lord Leatherdale stallion Everdale, with whom she wowed crowds and judges alike at Olympia in December. At the other end of the spectrum, experienced combination Spencer Wilton and Super Nova II are also back in action and aiming for a team place, having not competed since helping Britain win team bronze at the World Equestrian Games in 2018.

5. The Area Festival series has had a makeover

The ever-popular Area Festivals will now run across two seasons, culminating in the winter championships at Hartpury in April and the brand new summer championships, to be held at Arena UK in September.

6. Britain’s para dressage squad are looking stronger than ever

There have been several new faces on British para teams in recent years, such last year’s gold medallists Georgia Wilson and team silver medallist Mari Durward-Akhurst. But competition for a team place at the Paralympics is especially strong this year, with multi-medallists like Natasha Baker and Sophie Christiansen boasting top-class new rides. Britain hasn’t won team gold at a para championship since 2017, but there’s everything to suggest they could be back on top in Tokyo.

7. Freestyle to music fans have a new championship to aim for

The summer Area Festival series now includes freestyle classes, so if you and your horse love nothing more than to strut your stuff to music, this is a great opportunity. The Area Festival Summer Music Championship will be incorporated in to the Area Festival Summer Championships in September. Check out this week’s dressage special issue of H&H for more on creating a winning freestyle.

8. Britain’s queen of dressage has another horse at the top level

Having already proved herself to be far from a one-horse wonder following Valegro’s retirement, Charlotte Dujardin can now add the nine-year-old Gio — aka Pumpkin — her grand prix string alongside Mount St John Freestyle. The diminutive Apache son made his grand prix debut with nearly 80% in January, and is set to compete at his first international competition in March, at ’s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.

9. Middle tour combinations will be well catered for

If you and your horse have progressed beyond small tour but aren’t quite ready to make the leap up to grand prix, it can often feel as though you’re somewhat stuck in no-mans land. Not this year though — BD has launched a new Middle Tour Championship, to run at the Keysoe High Profile show in December with inter II, inter B and inter A/B freestyle classes for gold and silver competitors.

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Hubby’s Naval daughter was home last week and they all went (I was working) to Ostrichland, USA!

I had no idea that Ostrichland, USA existed!  Evidently, you go there … there are ostriches and emus everywhere,  roaming the hills.  Some of them come to the fencelines to be fed.  The feeding is rather aggressive… so there are tall fences with holes to put in a sturdy scoop for them to pick.

(I’ve met a pair of ostriches before… they were guarding a ranch I visited a while back.  Very scary.  They can run really fast and you don’t want to be kicked by them.  I was terrified, to be honest.  They were GREAT guard birds.  Totally intimidating.)

I asked Hubby about the store and what they sold.   Typically, he didn’t notice… but he did take lots of pics.  He said that It was incredible to see them all up close.  Also, he said that seeing them roam the hills was ‘prehistoric’.  They look like dinosaurs.

Oh, and ONE Ostrich egg equals a dozen chicken eggs.  However, no eggs were on sale.  He didn’t see any products made from ostriches for sale.

INTERESTINGLY…

I went to the website and tried to find anything about the history of the farm or what they produce there… and I found none of that.  It seems to be more of a zoo type business.  Not sure.

Here is a link to the website and the FB page.

I wish my Hubby and daughter would have found the wings to take a pic!  I love those wings!

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Considered a Central Coast landmark, OstrichLand USA in Buellton is a popular destination and a great first stop when you’re headed to the quaint Danish themed town of Solvang, the Chumash Casino, or Santa Ynez Valley wineries.

Our 100+ amazing ostriches and emus are adored by people of all ages. Locals often bring guests to see “Buellton’s favorite pets.”

You can think of OstrichLand like a zoo. Our Ostriches and Emus are here for your enjoyment. Visitors are invited to feed the animals, or just stand back and enjoy the interactions and antics of these unbelievably large birds.

You’ll find our Ostriches and Emus have been raised to be fed by the visitors and are trained to eat out of a bowl. We even have two female Ostriches who were hand-raised in the store (until they grew too big, of course!)

We now have babies!

We have been hatching birds and will possibly have babies for public viewing. As in the past, our babies are not for sale. They are fun to see. The best time for viewing ostrich chicks is during the summer months. They grow quickly and will be juveniles by the time winter arrives. Emu chicks typically hatch in late-winter and early-spring.

Next time you’re traveling through California, be sure to allow time for a stop at OstrichLand USA. We’d love to meet you and introduce you to our captivating flightless friends.

Did You Know?

Our ostriches can be seen in the Fox Searchlight film Sideways, which features the Santa Ynez wine region of California’s Santa Barbara County?

Our two-toed amigos have their first cameo appearance while Miles, Jack, Maya and Stephanie are driving to a picnic. Later, Jack gets acquainted with them on his trip from Buellton to Solvang.

Because of this, OstrichLand USA is included on “Sideways, the map” a Santa Barbara County wine country tour inspired by the movie.

OstrichLand Was Used in an Episode of The Simpsons

An episode of the Simpsons – entitled, “How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?” – features a Simpsons version of Ostrich Land. Crew members from the Simpsons visited the farm in 2010 to draw inspiration for the Simpson’s version, which they called “Ostrich World”.

 

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A saddle worn by Nick Skelton’s former ride Apollo is among items set to go under the hammer in a charity auction this weekend.

Totem Horses, a rescue and rehabilitation centre in Llanfechain, Wales, will auction the saddle worn by Apollo when he was ridden by Geoff Glazzard at the Horse of the Year Show in the early 1980s, along with other showjumping memorabilia including a painting of Nick and Apollo, and a decanter won by the stallion. The auction takes place on 1 February by sealed bids.

The stallion’s many achievements included two Hickstead Derby wins, multiple Nations Cup appearances and an individual bronze medal at the 1986 World Championships with Nick before he retired to the Skeltons’ yard. He died in 2006 aged 31.

A spokesman for Totem Horses said Apollo’s former owner Barrie Jones had donated the memorabilia to the charity to help raise money for equines in need.

“We were overwhelmed when Barrie got in touch to offer us these items as we are a small organisation and rehabilitation is costly, so every penny really does count,” said founder Jo Barr.

“As someone who grew up in the 1980s, I remember loving Apollo and sitting glued to the television following him over every jump when Nick rode him, so to be able to hold the saddle he wore at a competition is a wonderful thing. I hope someone out there will share the memories and will be prepared to make a generous bid to own the saddle.”

Jo added the painting of Nick and Apollo is a “lovely thing”.

“It would be wonderful to think that Nick might even want to buy that himself,” she said.

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The spokesman added that bidders are asked to message via the website between 8am and 10am on 1 February 2020 with their highest and final offer for each item.

“All the proceeds will go towards rehabilitation work, which has recently included taking in 10 unhandled colts destined for slaughter who needed to be castrated and handled prior to going to new homes,” he said.

Items can be viewed and bidded on at the Totem Horse website.

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Have you ever thought, while slogging through the mud in the dark of a Monday morning in January, whether you’d have been better off taking up stamp-collecting instead of riding?

Well now you can do both – sort of. A grateful equine charity has been so inundated with donations of used stamps it is on the hunt for vital volunteer “stamp snippers” to cope with the influx.

Lincoln-based Bransby Horses charity said it has had huge numbers of “kind donations” of used postage stamps in the past few weeks, which are sold to raise funds.

“We need more hands to help trim them before selling them to raise funds for our welfare work with horses, ponies, donkeys and mules,” said a Bransby spokesman.

“These used stamps help the team give equines a second chance at a happy and healthy life.”

The spokesman added the stamps are vital to the charity.

“They bring in much-needed funds, especially at this time when we are recovering from the severe flooding in November 2019,” he said.

“If you are wondering about how much impact used stamps can have, in the last 90 days, we have raised £9,780 solely from selling donated used stamps on to collectors.”

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Executive assistant Paul Sharp said the charity has “incredible” supporters who have sent lots of stamps in recent weeks.

“It must be all the Christmas post which has been coming through people’s letterboxes. Whilst we are dealing with the aftermath of the flooding, tasks like these are difficult for us to undertake but are so important,” he said.

“We are looking for volunteers to help cut around the edges of stamps and while this role takes time, it is such a vital role in turning sacks of stamps into funding. If you have used stamps please think of us before you bin them, as every single one we are sent makes huge difference to us. Please keep them coming.”

Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Hannah Ghest at volunteer@bransbyhorses.co.uk.

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TENERIFE, Spain — Parrots have long been considered intelligent birds, but a new set of research focusing on African gray parrots finds that besides just being smart these fascinating animals are also very kind to one another.

Over the course of the experiments, the studied parrots exhibited selfless tendencies, prosocial behavior, and cooperativeness — even when there were no obvious opportunities for reciprocation. Furthermore, these extraordinary birds returned favors or good deeds amongst one another, and never became jealous whenever a particular bird received a larger reward than others. These traits are exceedingly rare in the animal kingdom, with only great apes behaving in similarly selfless ways.

All in all, these findings make a strong case that parrots are among the smartest animals on the planet, rivaling crows, apes, and dolphins in terms of overall and social intelligence.

 

The research team hailed from the Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology in Germany, but had been stationed at the outpost for parrot comparative cognition in Spain.

Let’s take a look at a female parrot, Bella, as an example. Bella has learned to accept metal tokens given by researchers, and exchange them with another researcher for food. However, Bella’s exchange opening has been blocked off. So, she has some metal tokens but can’t use them at the moment. Instead of hoarding her tokens, Bella decides to give them to her neighbor, Kimmi. Kimmi and Bella’s living spaces are connected via an additional opening, and while Kimmi’s exchange hole connecting him to the researchers is still open, he doesn’t have any tokens.

Selflessly, Bella gives her tokens to Kimmi, and watches in a relaxed manner as Kimmi exchanges the tokens and eats the food he receives in return. The research team were astounded by Bella’s altruistic actions, especially given the fact that she didn’t appear to become jealous at all of the food Kimmi enjoyed using her tokens. This is especially noteworthy because there were no clear signs that Kimmi would reciprocate in the future and do something nice for Bella.

“Our parrots indeed seem to have grasped that another individual requires their help in order to achieve a goal,” comments first author Désirée Brucks in a statement.

Moreover, when researchers recreated the same situation but with both Bella and Kimmi’s exchange openings blocked off, Bella didn’t bother to give her tokens to Kimmi. A surefire sign that the parrots understood the situation, and were able to recognize when a fellow bird would actually benefit from sharing tokens.

A second experiment was conducted that illustrated the parrots’ overall prosocial attitude, or willingness to help and care for one another. This experiment also revealed that parrots are capable of reciprocating good deeds from one to another, a trait that is considered an integral building block in the evolution of cooperation.

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In this scenario, the parrots were given an option of choosing two different types of tokens: one token that only provided food for themselves, and another that provided food to both the subject and their immediate neighbor.

“Initially the parrots chose randomly, without paying any attention to the wellbeing of their neighbor”, explains first author Anastasia Krasheninnikova. “As soon as the parrots were tested alternatingly with their neighbor, they very rapidly learned to choose the token that benefitted both birds.”

A third experiment revealed that parrots rarely, if ever, become jealous of one another. In this setting, two parrots performed the same task, but one bird was given a larger reward than the other.

“At first, this finding came as a surprise, given that a ‘sense of fairness’ is considered a prerequisite for the evolution of cooperation,” says Auguste von Bayern, the leader of the comparative cognition research group.

Even primates become frustrated when faced with unfair situations like the one described above, and usually end up boycotting the entire activity. Researchers theorize that parrots don’t react in this way because they usually stay bonded with a single partner throughout their entire life, while primates tend to move on from one partner to another.

“Given that parrots are so closely bonded with a single individual and thus so mutually interdependent, it does not make any difference if one of them gets a better pay-off once in a while. What counts is that together, they function as a unit that can achieve much more than each of them on their own (in addition to raising their joint offspring). This is probably why parrots are much more tolerant towards unequal treatment than species that are not long-term monogamous, while still being excellent cooperators,” Auguste von Bayern explains.

All of the referenced research can be found in the following journals: Current Biology, Royal Society Open Science, and Scientific Reports. 

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Today is tax day – one of the many… ugh.  But I will also let the horses out to graze in the big pasture.  Fun!

HERE WE GO!

Gorgeous wild ones

This cracked me up!

Yes!

Awwww.

Wow!

My friend and author, Michael Johnson, with his horse, Joe Ben Black.

Hilarious!  He probably thinks he is totally hidden.

Pup with a heart on his nose!

Our little Natty, being a flirt!     (3 months old. Half McNab/Lab, half German Short Haired Pointer

Beautiful.

From Alice Springs Kangaroo Sanctuary in Australia

I almost agree…

I’ve used this before, but I still love it!

I spit my coffee on this one!

Kat Livengood, one of our fav photographers, took this pic. She was saying that it is a bit blurry because it was pitch black at night — but the best part of her story was that they had stopped, parked and exited the car to look at the stars, and it wasn’t until they were walking back did they notice that this huge guy had been and still was right. in. front. of. their. car. !!!

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I love Teff hay.  It is great to feed to your insulin resistant, low starch/sugars, Cushings horses and I used it with Mama Tess as often as I could find it.

Yesterday, I saw that Standlee now has it in pellet form to answer all the requests for low sugar/starch feed.   I’m so excited!  (No affiliation, I wish!)

The truth is, I rarely feed just pellets.  I use hay because it lasts longer and simulates closer to a natural food product for horses.

BUT, I do love having this Teff hay pellet option.

If you want to learn about Teff hay, click here and read a post I wrote a while back.

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Standlee is who is making these pellets.  I do like this company… they take great care in their processing.  You won’t have leftover corn in the machines when you are milling teff, let’s say… They are conscious about clean sourcing.

I get my Standlee at Tractor Supply.  That is where I found the Teff Pellets!

I was so shocked to see Teff pellets,  I went to the Standlee site and got this information about these new pellets!  And, if you google “Standlee coupons”, there is one for $3 off the Teff hay pellets right now.  I got mine.

Premium Teff Grass Pellets are high density, ¼ inch pellets of Standlee Premium Western Forage. Teff Grass is low in sugar, high in fiber and highly palatable.

Here is the website where I found this information.

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Teff’s origin is thought to be Ethiopia, where it emerged as a grain crop for human consumption sometime between 4000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. Teff in the USA is grown primarily as a forage crop for livestock, is adaptable and it can grow in various environments.

It is a fine stemmed, fast growing, high yielding, summer annual grass. But what really makes Teff Grass unique and exciting is its nutrient content. Teff is a “C4 Warm Season” grass with a moderate protein and calorie content, but with a low sugar/starch content.

Teff is an ideal forage and hay crop due to several factors –

1. Palatability – Teff is fine stemmed, leafy and “soft” which is very palatable to horses.
2. Low Sugar Solution – The high fiber, low sugar and starch content make this a rescue feed for horses suffering from many, and some debilitating, disease conditions.
3. Anti-Nutritional Factors – Teff does not have the anti-nutritional compounds like nitrate toxicity and prussic acid that sometimes occur in other grasses (Ketema, 1997, Ketema, et al., 1993).
4. Fast Growth – Under ideal growing temperatures and moisture, Teff germinates quickly and is ready for early harvest in 45 to 55 days after seeding.
5. Wide Adaptation – Teff has the ability to thrive in moisture-stressed and waterlogged soils. In areas without irrigation, Teff can provide forage during times of drought.
6. Versatility of Harvest – Although in most instances Teff forage is baled as dry hay, it can be grazed as well.

Teff Grass is a unique forage with many benefits for horses and their owners, along with those that grow it. Find a Store near you that offers Standlee Premium Teff Grass Pellets, for a consistent, high quality forage option! Give your local farm and ranch retail store a call to see if they’re carrying it or ask them to bring it into their inventory.

By Dr. Tania Cubitt
Standlee Nutritional Expert – Performance Horse Nutrition

HERE IS ANOTHER WEBSITE WITH TEFF HAY INFORMATION.

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I really like forwarding unusual equine medical cases because vets only know what they’ve seen or learned… they might not have seen an unusual case – and what if that unusual case applied to YOUR horse?

I always think it is best to pass along information so you can file it away and recall it if necessary.

FROM Pilchuck Veterinary Equine Hospital

Case of the Week – “Bill”
Bill is a Quarter Horse gelding who was found drooling and chewing abnormally. He did not have feed lodged in his esophagus (“choke”), but because of his discomfort he was hospitalized for observation overnight. The next day our dental specialist, Dr. Holohan, found a strange swelling on the tongue. When probed, an abscess full of black material ruptured out! Radiographs showed a metal foreign body (wire) lodged in Bill’s tongue. He became more comfortable after the abscess drained, so it was decided not to take him to surgery. Bill was treated with antibiotics and anti-inflammatories to control the infection and sent home for monitoring.

Horses can pick up foreign bodies in a variety of ways, but wires are often found in horses who eat out of tires. The tire degrades over time, releasing the small wires incorporated in the rubber into horses’ hay. These wires can either migrate out on their own, encyst permanently in the tongue, or, as in Bill’s case, cause an infection. Now that his abscess is treated, Bill is comfortable and happily eating away in a new plastic feed tub!

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I friend of mine on FB showed me this pic:

This pic is difficult to see, but it is a hoof sock with a hard, plastic sole.

TUBBEASE!

These equine hard socks are called, Tubbease.

Not just in Australia, NZ and the UK!  We can now get them in the USA!  I checked on Amazon, State Line Tack and Jeffers.

Now, I have not used these… but my friend says it was incredibly easy and a great way to soak, add poultice, wrap and protect a tender hoof.

I would have LOVED to try this with Mama Tess!

I use a Davis Boot for soaking, but those have lots of excess room… whereas this is snug.

I used an Equine Slipper with my wrapped hoof… but this looks more snug.  I feel like I could add a poultice or pad into this boot and feel confident that it would stay on.

And, they are inexpensive!.

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MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE.

Right now, no one as any foot issues here (Thank horsegods), but I will remember these for the next time.  I think this seems much less messier/safer than the Davis boot… and more solid than the Equine Slipper.  I think this would give me coverage and security for soaking and wrapping a hoof.

I like it!  PLEASE email me if you have used it!  I’d like to hear.

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