All Horses | April 28, 2008
This type of fence can make great horse fence, BUT it must be tall enough AND must be topped with an electric wire, or better, a wood plank, to prevent horses from “riding it down” as you can see has happened here.
The openings in the fence are small enough that hooves cannot fit through. This [...]
All Horses | April 28, 2008
For those 2 or 3 people who can’t get enough of badly blurred, really shaky video of my horse gaiting (walking fast) up and down the road, poorly edited with odd music choices to kill the background wind and whining, here you go … 10 minutes of enjoyment, broken down into 14 easy-loading segments:
Clip 1 [...]
All Horses | April 19, 2008
Only unsafe if you consider losing an eye a bad thing.
As the owner of a one-eyed horse (cause having nothing to do with fence issues) I can tell you it is most interesting, and I wouldn’t recommend it.
All Horses | April 18, 2008
These two look like pretty nice horses, from what I can see.
Why on EARTH are they kept in too low, too loose, too dangerous fence?
All Horses | April 9, 2008
Metal pipe fencing has many fans. Properly installed and maintained, it is considered one of the safer options.
While I’m not the biggest fan of it, I also have never used it or been at a farm where it was the primary fence type, so I’ll try to reserve judgment.
As with all fence, maintenance is as [...]
All Horses | April 9, 2008
Who predicted this would happen?
Horse owners feel pain of rising supply prices [link]
Lindsey Henley | April 9, 2008
Peaches is the newest addition to the Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue (RVHR).
While there’s no question she’s cute, the Horse Rescue – already with more than 50 horses – is running out of room.
The problem is more and more [...]
All Horses | April 9, 2008
Such a desperate measure.
Officals Search For Person Who Dumped Horse [link]
Jim Konkoly | April 9, 2008
SEBRING – An old horse that was dumped out of a trailer near Lake Placid is being cared for by Highlands County Animal Control.
Darryl Scott, director of the county agency, has posted the horse’s picture on the [...]
All Horses | April 8, 2008
Oh, poor sweet face. This pony is saying, SAVE ME!
What happens when that blanket gets good and stuck on a few flesh-ripping barbs?
There ARE alternatives.
All Horses | April 5, 2008
Traditional “rescue” is not the answer for a surplus of over 100,000 animals.
Burden falls on horse sanctuary [link]
Janet O’Neill | April 5, 2008
Owners give up animals as costs run high in weak economy
America’s dreary economy is claiming a passel of four-legged, shaggy-tailed victims.
Linda Richards, owner of Safe Haven Horse Rescue and Sanctuary on West Anderson [...]
All Horses | April 4, 2008
You won’t stop the export of horses for slaughter by criminalizing it, you’ll drive the market underground, but as long as there is still a demand for horsemeat, there WILL be slaughter.
Activists fight horse exports to Mexico [link]
Mateusz Perkowski | April 4, 2008
As slaughter drops off in U.S., attention shifts to live exports
A “puntilla” boning [...]
