10.21.09

A foal named Scooby (3)– rope desensitizing

Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 9:07 pm by petArtist Cmoses

More from Fran about Scooby, her young colt. He’s an Alabama baby and in “training” to learn how to control his coltish behavior and to be led and ponied. Also, though he doesn’t know it, he is being prepared for weaning.
CONNIE to Fran (Sept. 28):
I just remembered a really good thing to get colts used [...]

10.16.09

New Hampshire Equine Activity Statute

Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 12:50 pm by petArtist Cmoses

NEW HAMPSHIRE STATUTES
§ 508:19. Liability; Equine Activities
I. In this section:
(a) “Engages in an equine activity” means rides or drives an equine; or assists in medical treatment of an equine; or is a passenger upon an equine; or is a passenger in a vehicle drawn by an equine; or trains, whether mounted or unmounted, an equine; [...]

05.29.09

Meadowbrook cart helping children

Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 8:55 pm by petArtist Cmoses

Good wishes go out to the folks at Grand Review Farm, who, working through Lifehorse.org, help terminally and chronically ill children find happiness and companionship through emotional and spiritual healing, using the horse.
Our Meadowbrook horse cart was purchased by the folks from Grand Review Farm in Michigan. They drove all the way to New Hampshire [...]

03.18.09

Therapy Program at Carriage Barn gets grant

Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 1:54 pm by petArtist Cmoses

THE CARRIAGE BARN THERAPY PROGRAM RECEIVES QUALITY OF LIFE GRANT FROM CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE FOUNDATION
Press Release
NEWTON, NH – (March 16, 2009) – Each year the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation awards grants to non-profit organizations that provide services to individuals living with paralysis. This year the Foundation is proud to announce The Carriage [...]

03.08.09

Horses for Heroes to help vets drive

Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 8:13 pm by petArtist Cmoses

This worthy program needs help, both private and corporate, to get off the ground. With the help of a special cart they are fundraising for, veterans in mobility scooters or a wheelchair will be able to drive.
Horses for Heroes, sponsored by Maplestone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center in Acton, Maine.
Please consider donating! Checks made out to [...]

03.27.08

Horse unable to get up, scary incident

Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 11:19 am by HorseGal

My friend Nora– who owns Buttercup, the beautiful Percheron draft cross that you met in one of my blogs– and I were sidewalking little Abby (Abby’s blog) around for her therapy riding outside and Buttercup was sitting in the sun, sunning herself. We got done about a half hour later and Cup was still [...]

03.01.08

Dr. Teskey on nerving the navicular horse

Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 3:08 pm by petArtist Cmoses

Reprinted from Dr. Tomas Teskey, DVM, with more links and medical-caliber photos found here; from the barefoot website naturalhorsetrim.com
Dr. Teskey is author of The Unfettered Foot: A Paradigm Change for Equine Podiatry Email Dr. Tomas Teskey
I was recently approached about consulting with a dressage stable owner and his plans to purchase an eight [...]

01.07.08

On connecting with horses

Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 2:18 pm by petArtist Cmoses

Two books I have read recently deal with the concept of empathic abilities of horses. As anyone who spends much time around horses can tell you, horses test people just as they test each other, to establish relative dominance in the pecking order. Horses can sense when their rider or handler is nervous, and it [...]

12.27.07

grandson with granddog, gift for grandmom

Posted in Dogs for dog lovers, NEWS at PortraitsWithPets at 4:16 pm by petArtist Cmoses

Just in the nick of time for a Christmas gift for Grandma, I finished this commission of handsome young CJ and his favorite dog Cooper.

CJ participates in the Therapeutic Riding Program at the Carriage Barn, to whom part of the proceeds from this portrait are being donated. (See Medieval Faire at the Carriage Barn.)

These [...]

12.23.07

HORSE TOPICS INDEX

Posted in Other interesting stuff at 6:52 pm by petArtist Cmoses

As each horse topic below is covered, links are added onto this page for your reference. I will also publish YOUR family-oriented horse and pet pictures and stories, so please do EMAIL me!
NATURAL HORSEKEEPING PRACTICES and BEHAVIOR:
24 hour turnout in New Hampshire
alpha horse behavior, aggression
barn management
barefoot/bare hoof horse care
chewing, wood chewing: trees, fences, wood
cribbing
fencing: electric, [...]

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