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Duty of care
This big, lovely dog, Harvey, came into our lives in late May. He likes to put his head on my lap, and each night before I turn off my light, he gets…
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Neighbors
I stopped to see these heifers and steers that I pass each morning and evening on the road yesterday afternoon. They were pretty curious, unlike the stunning purebred Brahmans up the road…
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Dog in a bag
I am not certain what would possess a person to put an animal in a bag and throw it away. It’s not a mindset I think I can ever inhabit, but it…
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Broken but beloved
When you first see Feral, your heart melts. It just does. Mine didn’t have a chance. I wanted to pick him up and take him home with me right then, but like…
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Shot and left for dead: Maggie’s story
I asked Geoff, “will she be ok if I go in there?” as we approached the yard of a large Boxer cross named Maggie. She was sitting in the shade beside her…
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Testing the limits
We have a dog named Spud. When we adopted him in 2011, we were going to call him Suds because he was so bubbly. But I kept calling him Spud by accident.…
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Two and a half hours at the show
It was all about the kids on Saturday at the Inverell Show, from the cattle to horse events, puppet shows, pig racing and the motocross bikes that had the boys, young and…
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Today we went to the show
We went down to the Bundarra Show this morning. The poultry were back after many years, and there were some fine birds there. The showjumping was horrible and we saw two riders…
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List: what do we argue about when it comes to horses?
I have just written a short essay on how we can overlook the needs of our horse when it comes to our own ambitions. Those may be a Grand Prix show jumping…
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Why can’t we talk about horses like human beings? Oh wait…
Many people say, you probably won’t meet anybody as opinionated as a horse person, and I’m inclined to agree. I’d even go so far as to say politics sits in second place…
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What the heck, Beatrix?
I took a late lunch on Tuesday and walked over to the library to return a few books. On my way, I met a friend who took a look at my small…
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What a horse can teach you
This is the only photo I have with me and a filly that taught me something about horses I will never forget. Every horse I have had the privilege to work has…
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A hot afternoon
A day of relentless, punishing heat. We got through.
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Learning about my apathy
A visit to the kill floor of a local abattoir last week has left me with some questions about myself, and what moves me. I came away surprised. I gave up eating…
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Scattered
Sheep in the wheat stubble across the creek.
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