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This Blog originates from California out of a Production Office nestled in the getaway ranch of our hair-covered leader. Although still working in the world of Commercial Production, our Executive Producer and Blog Master steals every moment possible to be here with her 13 horses (of all shapes and sizes), 4 dogs, 3 cats and very patient hubby.
Pictured are two of my very squished dogs as they were riding in the moving van. Dexter is up front and Shiva is resting his head on his forever buddy.
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Hi!
I love your site, and I’m a fan on Facebook. I wanted to pass on this story about Amigo, who I’ve been following on Facebook for two months. What an incredible story about an amazing horse!! This article is the most recent of many written about him, but it’s the most concise. Hope you enjoy reading about him as much as I do, and also hope you become a fan of Amigo’s on Facebook! I’d love it if you could share this story, and I’m sure his owner, Gary, would too.
http://www.peoplepets.com/news/amazing/injured-horse-defies-odds-and-comes-back-from-the-dead/1
Thank you,
Robynne Catheron
Proud owner/rider of three horses,
but lover of them all.
This is about your Curly write up. The curly horse is not a breed. it has many many breeds of horses in it. Even the ABCR is a mixture of different horses. Not all curlies or curly coated horses reg. with ABCR or ICHO are hypo-allergetic and the ICS reg? it is a joke. Unless handled from birth most curlies are very stubbern and many have bad temperaments. I saw a bay or, as they said a Grulla, stud in BC and he was scared of everything. Most even have very long backs and very bad legs and are very narrow. We all laughed at how narrow the breeding stallion was but he was maybe 14.1 or 14.2 hands high. People with these horses should look for good stallions to cross to their curly mares. They are grade horses with papers. By adding different blood the type of curly coated horse can be improved.
To prove it is not a purebred or even full blood. Draft and pony crosses are “reg” together and not in different devisions. No seperation of gaited or non-gaited.
Curly is not a breed. it is only a trait. People should know the truth and know that when they buy a curly horse registered or not with ABCR or ICHO they are not getting any type of purebred or full blood horse. It`s like a Palomino registry, any breed(s) registered based only on color, curly reg, based only on curly coat or if from non curly coated parents as long as 1 parent is ABCR or ICHO reg, the foal can be registered. Again the Sport registry is even more of a grade registry then the other two registries.
People just need to be aware! Please!
Your opinion is just as valid as anyone’s. I did, however, state often that the Curly is an amalgam of many breeds. And that it reminds me of my Australian Kelpie
who is a combination of many breeds. Perhaps the word “breed” is the issue here. Perhaps the word, “group” is more fitting. But, if it has a registry, many will call
it a breed, like the Pinto. The pinto is a color, not a breed. However, most people will call it a Pinto and not its breed type.
I liked your update on Mac at Strawberry Mountain Mustangs. I’m glad Darla adopted Mac. What a beautiful, loving relationship they have. I am sure it helped Darla after losing Buddy, the mustang she took in that inspired her to become a horse rescue. I used to follow her and Mac and Buddy’s story on the Alex Brown website when she used to post there when Mac became injured. She posted a moving account of her relationship with Buddy after he died a few years back. She also posted on the progress of Mac’s leg. She is definitely a dedicated woman.
I just wanted to thank you for the outstanding job you did for The Golden Carrot and, especially, its unsponsored horses. I have been volunteering with Casey for about 6 months and have fallen in love with each of these venerable, velvet-nosed creatures…my first experience with horses, so I have much to learn, but I can’t imagine a better teacher than Casey and her 37 teaching assistants. Lew’s loss, which you gently wrote about, is a great sadness for all of us…especially so for Casey who never stops grieving for the ones she has had to let go. Thank you for sharing it with her.
Dawn:
I just had to comment on you story of Gwen. She is quite the beauty. A great read that brought smiles. Thanks so much!
We supporters of Beauty’s Haven need all the smiles we can get right now. Many of the rescued mares have been found to be pregnant as suspected, with nursing foals at their side. Most unfortunately, Lana who is just 2, is one of the mothers to be. Just unbelievable as she must have been a yearling when bred.
I want to thank you for designating BH as the Bucket Fund this month. Ill mothers and foals have amassed quite a large medical bill with hospitalizations and vet calls. All are holding their own at this point, but one little foal remains critically ill. We can see many medical expenses coming down the road. But a road well worth traveling to save these precious ones.
Thanks again for everything. I so enjoy you emails everyday.
Love the pictures, thanks for including Gabe and Topper. Love Pignon, I’ve read about him before, what a whisperer. Love your pictures of your horses, so cute.
I am a fan on facebook, and would like to congratulate you on consistently delivering interesting, touching, humorous, and useful articles, with a very worthwhile goal in your Bucket Fund. I have shared many of your newsletters on my facebook page. It is people like you who bring a much-needed awareness to the plight of so many tragically “forgotten” horses.
I look forward every day to receiving your latest blog in my email inbox. Keep up the good work!