Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Great Horse Place!

I would like to introduce the Horse Forum, a great place where you can learn and ask questions about horses, and chat with other members on Horse Chat about horses! It really awesome, and you can see everything from foals being born to conformation critique to riding to breeding to health to- well, you get the point! So go and jion, even if you don't have a horse!

Friday, February 5, 2010

Friday Random Post!

Ok, todays Friday Random Post is about somthing unrelated to horse........ the Pack It Potty! How disgusting does that sound? If you said "really disgusting", that deosnt come close. Actually, "really weird" also fits. They have a website, but I will just put most of it here, and a link at the end for those who are "interested"..haha! Ok, here it is!(no offence to the product:
PACK IT POTTY
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Pack It Potty is a lightweight, packable toilet system that will greatly enhance your Outdoor Comfort. Fast set up and take down plus endless adaptability makes it easy to use. It's washable so it's sanitary. Its light weight and small size will quickly put Pack It Potty on YOUR
Essential Gear List!
Some things that stood out to me on the list of things for the product:
Packable - stuffs small
like you'ed want THAT in your pack?ugh,no thanks!
Soft - uncoated and laundered seat feels great
mmhhmm.... I bet it does....when you're sitting on this
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in the middle of the wilderness tied to a tree........ looks comfy,don't it? And I sure bet that seat feels great on mah butt!
Strong - tested to 220 lbs.
Wow! That makes me feel even better about using it! Even overweight guys or heavyweight champions can use it without it breaking! Now I'm interested!
Washable - gentle cycle then air dry
'ey, Jim Bob, won't that look good hangin' off the front porch or on the line we have ou' back?
And with that, goodbye, and remember, Even Ladies Love the Pack-It Potty!
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no insult to people behind that product intended :)
http://packitpotty.com/index.html

Monday, February 1, 2010

Quote of the Week

We have a new thing that will happen every week! Its called Quote of The Week! Quotes will not always be by me, and I will post multiple quotes at times. This Weeks Quote of the week is:

Common Sense ain't so common anymore!
-shewhoruns

My boyfriend says if I spend one more weekend away riding that he'll leave me.....
Darn. I'm gonna miss him.
-unknown

and one more for this week(about a badly conformed and bred colored paint stud):
He would make a wonderful gelding, and if he were a sorrel or a bay, that's exactly what he would be.
-unknown

Barbed Wire: the Bad, The Worse, and the Deadly/Update for Blog

Todays post is about Barbed Wire. Why would you ever use it? Even if you have lots of acres of it, at least redo a section for your horses. trust me. And never,ever keep a foal in it. I lost a filly to that in August of 09. Not a pretty thing. Here is a memorial vid that I made for her that explains it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9RKLgccyTY

Anyway, all barbed wire is not good to keep horses in, no matter the condition it is in or if all strands are barbed or just one strand is. Most big ranches keep their horses in it, but it is all mostly very well kept. Strong,high, and the horses stay with the herd and the food. 3 feet old spindly barbed wire is worse. Off course, this looks better:http://www.css.cornell.edu/ecf3/web/new/af/pics/LFPanam1.jpg
than this(I have seen horses in this kind of fence):
http://nitinwirenetting.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Barbed_Wire_Fence_in_Field_A8V9581.191100551_large.jpg
http://static.zooomr.com/images/7727235_52702e6c12.jpg
GRAPHIC(this could be your horse, except injured and bleeding):
http://www.sagebrushsea.org/images/fence_strike2.jpg

Of course, if you have a horse that you know won't ever try to get over the fence, yoi are better off, but a young horse, i think, is more prone to getting hurt*eye roll* than an older horses.

Thanks! Comment and spread the word about the She Who Runs with Horses blog! Also, thanks to Google Images for the pictures. We have a new thing that will happen every week! Its called Quote of The Week! Quotes will not always be by me, and I will post multiple quotes at times. This Weeks Quote of the week is:

Common Sense ain't so common anymore!
-shewhoruns

My boyfriend says if I spend one more weekend away riding that he'll leave me.....
Darn. I'm gonna miss him.
-unknown

and one more for this week(about a badly conformed and bred colored stud):
He would make a wonderful gelding, and if he was a sorrel or aby, that's exactly what he would be.
-unknown

Friday, January 29, 2010

Losing Horses

There comes a time when all horses must go, and I'm talking about over the rainbow bridge, not being sold. I,sadly, have experienced this, because in August we lost a 1 and a half year older pretty paint filly to barbed wire(which will be in a later post). I hear a lot about how sad people are when they lose their horses, and I thought posting these few poems would console people(if i madeit i would say):

My time's come my dear,
As it comes for us all
Hug me close one last time
As I lay in my stall
I feel you shudder,
But there's no need to cry
I'll tell you the secret of why horses die

I got to a pasture that's
far away and above,
But know that we're forever
bound by our love

I'll make hoofprints to heaven
So you'll find your way,
Wear the path smooth to
keep you from wandering astray

I'll carry your guardian angel nearby,
With my wings wipe the tears from
your soul when you cry,

If you're ever alone,
Or your life's hard to lead,
Close your eyes and remember
Me, your eternal steed,

Who awaits, at the gates
to carry you home
So the last journey you make
Is not made alone

On my golden hooves we'll gallop,
And on silver wings fly,
Yes, this is the secret
Of why horses die.

Welcome to She Who Runs With Horses Blog!

Hi, and welcome! This is my blog for all horse lovers out there. I will be writing my opinions on horse things, good books about horses, and everything else horse, with maybe some farms animals! Feel free to comment with your thoughts,opinions, knowledge, and comments! I will try to get a new post up at least once a week. Thanks! :)
- shewhoruns
http://www.downtownpet.com/blog/uploaded_images/man-running-with-horses-785672.jpg
^^ not me in the pic, yet :)