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Lost Again and Typical Care Issues
Remember our stray dog Flossie, the elderly lab mix who lived with us for a few days? Well I met up with Flossie again one day last week....
hoffywhf
Oct 1, 20095 min read
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Dental Appointments Finished, Weather Changes
I am so happy that today was the last round of teeth floating and sheath cleaning. We’ve had the dentist out four times over the last...
hoffywhf
Sep 29, 20093 min read
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Jason Goes Back to School
Another guest post by Jason: Every fall for the past several years I have been invited to join the Equine Industry class at MTSU under...
hoffywhf
Sep 27, 20094 min read
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Trying New Things, Dogs With New Do’s, Great Rides
First of all let me start by saying I love rain. I love being soaking wet every single day. I love handling hay when I’m soaking wet and...
hoffywhf
Sep 20, 20097 min read
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Soaking Wet and Searching for Home
As I mentioned in my last post I was exhausted after my 12 hour dentist day (only two more to go – yay!). The very next day, Wednesday,...
hoffywhf
Sep 17, 20095 min read
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Friday Pictures
This will be a short post as I’m tired, it is getting late, and I still have to tuck in the world’s cutest fainting goats and make out my...
hoffywhf
Sep 10, 20092 min read
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Transitions, Driving and Progress
I’ve been really busy with Bonnie and Sky lately. I had several rides where I worked on transitions, transitions, and more transitions. ...
hoffywhf
Sep 8, 20095 min read
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Mission: Possible and a Busy Weekend
There’s probably no one around to read this post thanks to the long holiday weekend but I’m writing it anyway. There are no such things...
hoffywhf
Sep 6, 20092 min read
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Mission Impossible and Other Happenings
I don’t know why, but I decided that today would be a good day to start one of those projects that you never really have time for. The...
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Sep 3, 20093 min read
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Meet B-Rad
I mentioned in my last post that I had a very early morning last week. I am not someone that happily gets up really early at the best of...
hoffywhf
Sep 1, 20093 min read
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Watching the Sun Rise and Other Happenings
I had a really early morning one day last week (more on that in a later post). So early that it was still completely dark when I was...
hoffywhf
Aug 30, 20093 min read
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Marriage Building
This weekend was full of what I like to refer to as marriage building exercises. Marriage building exercises are big jobs around the...
hoffywhf
Aug 23, 20092 min read
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Do They Want a Job?
I commonly hear that horses are happiest when they have a job. I have to admit that I have not experienced this for myself with the...
hoffywhf
Aug 20, 20093 min read
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New Sightings
I’ve seen some interesting things on the farm in the last few days. Usually what I see from day to day is much the same thing with some...
hoffywhf
Aug 18, 20091 min read
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At Least The Grass Is Free
I don’t know how many times someone has made the comment to me lately about how are expenses must be so low most of the year because the...
hoffywhf
Aug 16, 20095 min read
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Allowing Instead of Forcing
I had the best ride I’ve ever had on Bonnie today. I’m still managing to get up an hour earlier each day to make sure Bonnie is in a...
hoffywhf
Aug 13, 20094 min read
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Summer Days
We’ve been hot and humid the last few days. All of our pastures have plentiful shade from both trees and shelters which is nice for the...
hoffywhf
Aug 11, 20093 min read
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Interesting Weekend
The last few days were really busy for us. On Friday I think Amy and I set some kind of record for efficiency. By 10am we had fed...
hoffywhf
Aug 2, 20094 min read
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Decisions, Decisions
Someone asked a great question in the comments on my last post. I answered the question in the comments but I thought I would expand on...
hoffywhf
Jul 28, 20092 min read
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Riding Sky and Overprotective Parenting
Sky and I are finally starting to get to know each other under saddle. I took it pretty easy on her the first week and didn’t really do...
hoffywhf
Jul 26, 20093 min read
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