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What She (Dr. Dyson) Said
I found the article below by David Ramey, DVM extremely interesting. This is his summary of a lecture given by Dr. Dyson entitled “Equine...
hoffywhf
Dec 19, 20137 min read


When Reality Lives Up
One of the many reasons Jason and I chose to farm for a living is because, at least in theory, we could set ourselves up to have a great...
hoffywhf
Dec 17, 20132 min read


Sunday Stills
Trigger and Moe having play time Noble, Fabrizzio, Merlin and Lightening Dutch and Renny Toledo and Rocky hanging out Lofty and Faune...
hoffywhf
Dec 15, 20131 min read


The Same but Different
In many ways Jason and I are very much the same, but when it comes to how we handle various weather conditions we are quite different. I...
hoffywhf
Dec 12, 20133 min read


Toes in the Water
Most of the time Melissa and I lead very “adult” lives and that is as it should be. After all, we are responsible for a myriad of things...
hoffywhf
Dec 10, 20132 min read


Sunday Stills
Largo and Oskar I hate to wait for this one to come up for air to see who it was . . . . . . it was Kennedy Thor Moe and Leo having some...
hoffywhf
Dec 8, 20131 min read


Driveway OCD
We all have our idiosyncrasies and things we worry over that are really important to us but not so much to someone else. One of Jason’s...
hoffywhf
Dec 5, 20133 min read


Consulting and Speaking
(post by Jason) As many of you know I spent nearly 20 years working for others in the feed industry in various consultative, nutritional...
hoffywhf
Dec 3, 20133 min read


Sunday Stills
Lofty, Donneur, Cocomo and Romeo . . . . . . a closer look at Cocomo and Romeo . . . . . . and Lofty and Donneur Trigger, Hemi and...
hoffywhf
Dec 1, 20131 min read


Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Although both Mother Nature and our truck have tested our good humor the last couple of days Jason and I...
hoffywhf
Nov 28, 20132 min read


In Memory of Snappy
Yesterday we said goodbye to Snappy. Snappy had been with us for many years and it felt like the end of an era at the farm. Snappy had a...
hoffywhf
Nov 26, 20139 min read


Sunday Stills
Tony Baby, Thomas and Rip Apollo and Ritchie Murphy, Dutch and Renny O’Reilly and Thor Walden and Fabrizzio Gibson saying to Cocomo “play...
hoffywhf
Nov 24, 20131 min read


Mostly Forgiven
After all of our donkey loading adventures our relationship with Sparky had been strained. For anyone who by chance missed our donkey...
hoffywhf
Nov 21, 20132 min read


11 Things About Jason
Things you might not know about Jason: 1. I have been at least somewhat (in)famous for my knowledge of old timey country ways for most of...
hoffywhf
Nov 19, 20133 min read


Things You Might Not Know
Everyone on Facebook is doing the “things you may not know about me” post. I was assigned the number 11, and since it was extremely hard...
hoffywhf
Nov 17, 20133 min read


RIP Beulah
My dad left behind quite the eclectic collection of pets when he passed last year. Everyone has read about our donkey (mis)adventures....
hoffywhf
Nov 14, 20133 min read


Weather Change
We broke out the blankets this morning for the first time this season. We only have blankets on some of the horses and they will be...
hoffywhf
Nov 12, 20132 min read


Of Mice and Men
(post by Jason) Had you been a fly on the wall while I was moving feed this afternoon you would have had a pretty good show. It all...
hoffywhf
Nov 10, 20133 min read


Desperately Seeking Tylenol
. . . or Advil, or Motrin, or something. This isn’t going to be much of a post tonight. I’m sitting here with a swollen knee that is...
hoffywhf
Nov 7, 20132 min read


Mina Has the Final Say
As you saw in a previous post Jason started construction on new housing for the World’s Cutest Fainting Goats a couple of weeks ago. ...
hoffywhf
Nov 5, 20133 min read
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