Horse and Man

Saturday is PhoBlog Day!

1)  First up:  This baby Appy was rescued along with several of its skinny and neglected herd.  You can read about it here. Anyway, I thought this baby was really, really interesting looking.  Please help, if you feel moved.  These Appys are very unhealthy as you can see by the hipbone on Mamma here.  The baby is looking pretty swell, however!

2)  I love that this dog can scuba dive!  I wonder if the dog likes it?

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3)  Here is another fabulous photo of Gabe the Wonder Horse and his friend, Topper.  I just adore those two.

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4)  This pup was just too cute!

5)  I found this on MSNBC and thought it was adorable.

6)  Our poor Mustangs are under assault right now.  I’m so sad by it all…  If you want to help, please go to this link and sign the petition.  It is really easy… We need to do something before photogs like Tamara Gooch will no longer be able to snap these wild horses in their natural habitat.

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7)  This one just made me smile…

8)  Here is a very heart warming video about a dog who doesn’t know it is unusual to swim with his friend the dolphin.

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The August Bucket Fund will benefit the charity BHFER.  To learn all about the Bucket Fund and to donate $5,  please click on the photo (photo credit, Trish Lowe)

August's Bucket Fund is Beauty's Haven Farm and Equine Rescue. Click here to learn their story and make any size, secure Pay Pal Donation. Easy and it means so much!

I decided to put together a bunch of animal photos that aren’t horses, for a change.  I had several of them stored away and decided that this was the day!

I’ve also included a video, just for fun!

1)  I just love when people kiss animals…

2)  I thought this photo was artistic and beautiful.  I got it off of MSNBC.

3)  Wow.  I could not imagine having steady and gentle enough fingers to do this!

4)  I thought this was another wonderful composition.

5)  How can you resist that face?!

6)  Too cute.  The claws and teeth aren’t big yet…

7)  If your Hubby or Significant Other doesn’t ride, try this!

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HORSE AND MAN is a blog in growth… if you like this, please pass it around!
The August Bucket Fund will benefit the charity BHFER.  To learn all about the Bucket Fund and to donate $5,  please click on the photo (photo credit, Trish Lowe)

August's Bucket Fund is Beauty's Haven Farm and Equine Rescue. Click here to learn their story and make any size, secure Pay Pal Donation. Easy and it means so much!

Saturday is PhoBlog Day!

Today, I have lots of different photos that I found fun or interesting.  Here goes and have a great weekend!

1)  I’m sure this is Photoshopped but I liked it anyway!

2)  I cannot resist any human kissing an animal.  This is a girl kissing a llama.

3)  I loved this one because of the story.  This horse suffered all night with colic and then once she was cleared, she laid down and smiled.  She is fine now.

4)  A photo of a crab who is still alive.  I found this very interesting and I’m thinking of not ever eating crab again.

5)  Here is a big horse letting a little thing ride him.

6)  I’m sure you all saw this little zeedonk that was born (surprising the owners who thought they were having a donkey) this week.  They run their zebras and donkeys together but didn’t think their arthritic stud zebra would sperminate.  Go figure.

7)  And finally, who doesn’t love minis doing big horse things?!

HORSE AND MAN is a blog in growth… if you like this, please pass it around!

The August Bucket Fund will benefit the charity BHFER.  To learn all about the Bucket Fund and to donate,  please click on the photo (photo credit, Trish Lowe)

August's Bucket Fund is Beauty's Haven Farm and Equine Rescue. Click here to learn their story and make any size, secure Pay Pal Donation. Easy and it means so much!

As promised.  All things happy this week.

(WE ARE ORDERING LG BRIDLES: We are ordering from Germany.  If you would like to get on the LG Bridle train, please click here and I will get your information.  Here is the original link for the LG Bridle.)

So, I’ve gathered happy photos.  I generally gather all happy photos for phoblog day anyway, so this wasn’t really a stretch for me.

Have fun!

1)  This baby horse looking at the camera over the fence board was just darling.  I found it on FB.

2)  I love this shot of the military dog and his human…

3)  Isn’t this baby adorable?  Tongue and all!

4)  Of course, the donkey has to mess with the farrier…

5)  I thought this dog was too cute with his legs all splayed out.

6)  And finally, Gabe the Wonder Horse.  Gabe is looking at the camera, but that whirling dirvish of a dustpile is his friend, Topper.  If you look closely, you will see that the cloud is actually a white pony, rolling after his bath.  Heh Heh.  Here is Gabe’s story.

6)  Here is the same whirling dirvish pony, Topper, dunking for apples during their fund raiser this week.  Gabe the Wonder Horse is behind him, waiting his turn.  Topper looks very serious for his very serious job of picking a winner!  (The apples are numbered…)

HORSE AND MAN is a blog in growth… if you like this, please pass it around!

The August Bucket Fund will benefit the charity BHFER.  To learn all about the Bucket Fund and to donate $5,  please click on the photo (photo credit, Trish Lowe)

August's Bucket Fund is Beauty's Haven Farm and Equine Rescue. Click here to make a $5 Pay Pal Donation. Easy and it means so much!

First of all, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to help The Golden Carrot through the Bucket Fund.  Please, please help these wonderful folks who take in the older and forgotten horses.  Please offer your Starbucks money or your pocket change to purchase senior feeds and mushy hay for these older ladies and gents of the equine world.  Thank you.  It means so much to the lovely elder ones… ($1 – infinity, no donation is too small…)

Um... could you help me here?

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED TO ME ON THE WAY TO GET A DRINK…

I saw this a while ago on FB.  There were at least 60 photos posted of this event.  The photographer was all over the place and the documentation was incredible.  I imagine that the photog was laughing a few times…

The ol' rope around the butt move...

Awww, whatja do that for? Now I'm all wet...

Nooooooooooooooo!

I told you, Nooooooooooooooooo!

Hey, is someone graining over there?...

Oh, I see where you're goin' with this...!

Don't pull so fast my legs are still in there!

Ouch! Geez, hold on, hold on!

Am I out?... I need to shake. Quit pulling!

I coulda done it on my own, y'know...

What I garnered from these photos (without any knowledge or proof) is that this young horse got himself into a trough.  He is just standing there, perfectly dry with the, “Can you, uh, fix this please?” look.

Who knows how he got himself in the trough, but he seemed to not be able to get himself out.

A bit nervous to see their prized youngster in peril, the ranch hand and the owner (probably the guy in the cream colored boots) try to get him out.

First the butt wrap.  Nope, that didn’t work.

Of course, the dunking… (I love this one!)

Then the rearing.

At this point the owner, who was earlier afraid to damage the poor baby, now is getting frustrated and starts yanking.

The horse pulls back…

Whoopsie!

And, finally, mid-rear, the humans realize that the colt will come down outside of the tank.

Yay!

The horse figures it out and walks off.  No worse for the wear, maybe a bit embarrassed and a lot smarter, hopefully…

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July’s Bucket Fund will benefit the charity THE GOLDEN CARROT SANCTUARY.  To learn all about the Bucket Fund and to donate $5,  please click on the photo (photo credit, Trish Lowe)

I guess it is little animal day!  (click on any image to enlarge)

1)  This Hubby sent to me and it totally cracks me up.  Look at the dog on the ground, too!  He is just as insane!

2)  This is a tiny bat. 

3)  Why do sheep herders do this?  Why do you think they put these lambs in the donkey pouch? Is it to keep them warm?  Did Mom abandon them?  In any event, they sure look happy!

4)  Here is another lovely shot of Shirley with one of her rehabbing BLM Mustang orphan foals.  Again, if you’d like to read all about them or donate or ADOPT a very people friendly baby mustang, please click here.

5)  Last but not least, another faboo photo by Tamara Gooch.  This photo is of a young female buffalo who came directly out of her herd to peer at the horses.  This little lady made a b-line straight to the corral and stood there for a very long time.  Bold girl.  I like that!

HORSE AND MAN is a blog in growth… if you like this, please pass it around!

July’s Bucket Fund will benefit the charity THE GOLDEN CARROT SANCTUARY.  To learn all about the Bucket Fund and to donate $5,  please click on the photo (photo credit, Trish Lowe)

Saturday is PhoBlog Day!

And, as usual, another hodgepodge of photos for you all…

1)  I got this off of MSNBC Animal Tracks, in case any of you missed it.  I laughed out loud when I saw it!

2)  This is another one I stole from Animal Tracks.  This meerkat reminds me of several folks I know…

3)  The girl riding a horse isn’t funny so I guess it is odd that I have it here.  But, the reason I am posting this here today is because, if you look closely, this mare is missing her ear.  I have no idea how the bridle stays on.  I need to ask.  Anyway, this is the same mare that I wrote about a while ago, Ladybug, who was attacked by a pack of dogs.  They ripped her up and tore her ear off.  But, luckily, she was saved by Beauty’s Haven and is now fully recovered – minus a ear –, fat and happy, rideable and ready to be adopted out.  So, if you are in the market for a sweet, strong, invincible, one-eared riding mare, call Beauty’s Haven!

4)  Everyone loves a horse wearing human clothes…

5)  I found this mule on Facebook.  He/She is really cute!

6)  This is Koby, one of the wild mustang foals that has been nursed back to health and will eventually be adopted out.  This little guy has such an amazing spirit!  Here he is, dressed up for Christmas.  If you are looking to adopt a tame and people-friendly wild mustang baby, please call Shirley Allen:  775-246-7636

ALERT WILD MUSTANG FANS

There are 174 being sold for slaughter today.  The BLM can do this because the wild horses were “found” on private land.  So, they are considered strays.  Whatever.  Even if you read this after Saturday at noon, you can still help with aftercare for those that were rescued.

There is a wonderful woman who has coordinated a rescue of these horses.  She is ready to take them all and transport them all.  But, she needs our help.  Please read the attached flyer and donate for today or for the ongoing care, if you can.  Many, many thanks!

Go to this link to donate and read all about it.  Here is a snippet from that page.  Again, here is the link so the page will work and activate.  IT takes a while to get to the actual donate page… click on the donate button which will take you to the website.  Click again on the donate button and it will take you to a page — look on the right and you will see a link to Pay Pal.  Kinda confusing but hang in there.

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE!  Jill Starr rescued 169 of the 174!  Zero went to the meat buyer.  5 went to private parties.  Yay!  What an angel to the horses.  Please help her with the ongoing funds needed to support and adopt out these very lucky BLM horses!

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If you want an update on THE GOLDEN CARROT SANCTUARY July Bucket Fund or to donate, please click on the photo (photo credit, Trish Lowe)

Announcement!

ANYONE WANT AN LG BRIDLE?  I am making an order on Tuesday…  Please let me know if you want to get in on this shipment from Germany.  We already have enough people to get the price down to $120 each plus shipping to your address from my house, whatever that is.  Email me if you are interested:  horseandman@gmail.com.  Here is the link to the LG Bridle post.

SATURDAY IS PHOBLOG DAY!

Saturday is PhoBlog Day!  Today, another hodgegodge of great snapshots.

1)  I’ll start off with these adorable babies.  I love baby season…

2)  Next we have a shot of gorgeous parrots mid flight.  Lovely!

3)  This is one for Hubby.  He likes surfing dogs.  I got this on MSNBC.

4)  Another adorable baby.  This one was raised by Shirley Allen.  This baby grew up where our June Bucket Fund baby, Iron Man, grew up.

5)  A glorious photo from Tamara Gooch, as always!

6)  Did you see this story on

Click for the story of this awesome rescue!

MSNBC about the rock climber in Utah who discovered a dumped or fallen puppy who was 350 FEET DOWN INSIDE A CANYON alone doing circles in a tight little area?  OMG!  This climber just happened to be climbing down into this particular canyon and saw a black shape.  He thought it was a calf, the puppy was so boney.  When he realized it was a dog, he climbed 350 feet down to meet the dog then went back up and got food and water from his car, climbed back down and then back up to go into town to call for help but got none.  So, he found a local vet and borrowed a cat carrier.  Then, he went down again and pulled the dog back up the 350 feet and brought him to the vet.  They feel he was 24 hours from death.  Wow!  It is nice to have those kinds of stories.  Here is a link to the video.

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