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Fitchy Got Backed

Last week Molly got on Fitch for the first time and he has been a champ so far.  He is a big orange fuzzy sweetheart turning three soon.

The Cutest Champion Welsh Pony For Sale In Portland Oregon

Mac is a 9 year old Welsh pony. 12.1 hands with permanent small card. Show miles in the short stirrup and small pony hunters. Very cute jumper. Sweet, safe and adorable. Everyone who meets Mac loves him! Mac was recently awarded the 2007 USEF Zone 9 Championship for Green Pony Hunters (Small).

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Hood to Coast Equine - Dr. Natasha Lefkowitz

Equine Ambulatory Veterinary Service for the Greater Portland Area

Our good friend Tasha Lefkowitz has started an equine veterinary service whose goal is to help clients’ horses live healthy lives and to help them perform to their maximal potential.   She believes that a veterinarian plays a critical role in optimizing equine performance and health.  Hood to Coast Equine Veterinary Service is committed to providing performance horses in the greater Portland region with the highest quality of patient care as well as providing clients with professional and reliable service.

Hood to Coast Equine Veterinary Service and Dr. Natasha Lefkowitz will be open for business beginning in October 2006. They look forward to meeting you and your horse :)

Learn more about Natasha Lefkowitz, DVM and Hood to Coast Equine.

This is Jay!

This is my friend Jay. He is cute and grey and lots of fun to jump over fences! We had some fun out in the sunshine today. Check out some more pictures here.

Thanks Jeff for taking great pictures!

Listening to Wolves

Pet dogs or cats might find the sounds you're about to hear upsetting. You, on the other hand, might be fascinated to eavesdrop on the private lives of wolves!

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Gimme a Woof!

NPR Weekend Edition, March 12, 2005 ·

The music world offers myriad genres: classical, rock, hip-hop...but what about canine? Musician and producer Skip Haynes wants to give dogs a reason to prick up their ears. He talks with Scott Simon about his CD, Ask the Animals: Songs to Make Dogs Happy!

Notable titles on the disc include "I'll Be Back," "I Love Food," and what Haynes says is the album's No. 1 hit, "Squeaky-Deakey!"

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What I Learn From Horses, vol. 1

nyone who has spent much time around horses knows that they are very willing animals.

Extremely strong and generally weighing over a thousand pounds, horses don't really ever have to do anything we ask of them, including letting us ride on their backs. But they do.

Horses often even remain willing to do amazing things for people who treat them very badly.

From horses I have learned a great deal about being more willing. Willing to do things I don't want to do. Willing to do things for others - even those I don't really like. Willing to do things I might be afraid to do.

Over the years, as you spend more time with horses, you can begin to recognize when they are being willing - and doing something you want them to do - even though they don't want to.  The resigning sigh. Backwards turned ears. Maybe a little false nip as you walk by.

Ultimately, cultivating a deeper relationship, with a horse, with a friend, must connect willingness to trust. Trust that you won't make them do something they really don't want to do. Trust that it is ok to say "I'm afraid."

So willingness has a generosity, an awareness, that lies at the heart of unconditional love. For everything that horses have done for humans, this unconditional love is perhaps the most important gift of all.

Christmas Card 2004

Dog Shoots Man - Saves Litter Mates

PENSACOLA, Florida (AP)
9 Sept. 2004 Google

A man who tried to shoot seven puppies was shot himself when one of the dogs put its paw on the revolver's trigger.

Jerry Allen Bradford, 37, was charged with felony animal cruelty, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. He was being treated at a hospital for a gunshot wound to his wrist.

Bradford said he decided to shoot the 3-month-old shepherd-mix dogs in the head because he couldn't find them a home, according to the sheriff's office.

On Monday, Bradford was holding two puppies -- one in his arms and another in his left hand -- when the dog in his hand wiggled and put its paw on the trigger of the .38-caliber revolver. The gun then discharged, the sheriff's report said.

Deputies found three of the puppies in a shallow grave outside Bradford's home, said sheriff's Sgt. Ted Roy.

The other four appeared to be in good health and were taken by Escambia County Animal Control, which planned to make them available for adoption.

OSU Animal Science Ethics Course Wins Humane Society Award

Three Oregon State University faculty members from the Animal Sciences Department have received national acclaim for developing and teaching a course that challenges students to discuss and debate ethical issues about the treatment of animals in production agriculture and scientific research.

"This course is a crucial component of the education we deliver to animal science students because it helps them look at society's use of animals from another point of view," said course instructor Candace Croney. "All of our students get a broad-based background in animal science from the standpoint of animal production. However, this encourages students to view animals primarily as end-products rather than as living, conscious beings. The ethics course helps students broaden their outlook on how other members of society see and value animals."

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