| BITS and TIPS |
| Age Comparison Horse Human 1 year 6.5 years 2 years 13 years 3 years 18 years 4 years 20.5 years 10 years 35.5 years 17 years 53 years 20 years 60.5 years 24 years 70.5 years 30 years 85.5 years 36 years 100.5 years Information courtesy of The Foaling Primer: A Month-by-Month Guide to Raising A Healthy Foal. |
| Virginia hunting license can be purchased online thru the VA Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries |
| TONY the tack repair leather man who had a shop in Purcellvillehas moved his operation to his home. He lives at The Villages of Round Hill. (VERY easy to find) He can be reached at 540-338-2742. email tweb551@aol.com. I recommend you call to let him know your coming. |
| Since all the horse shows are cancelled, here is something to entertain us, submitted by Heidi Stirrup, Enjoy, Steph- Bunny Jumping Contest; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNPOdffkkLo |
| If you have helpful tips, and/or fun items you to would like to share, please forward them to me admin@stephshorsestuff.com |
Horse joins the Tour de France bicycle race forwarded by Beverly Sizemore |
| We need to tell North Carolina about this: Wild North China horse kiangi introduced in Latvia meadows near PAPE. Prject is launched to keep clean meadows near sea for migrating birds. Beverly Sizemore |
| Rescue of Netherland horses. Great music too. |
| Check out "My Horse University" sent in by Karen McKay Entertaining, Enjoy, Steph- Dancing Dog |
| Sent in by Beverly Sizemore Horse racing at it's finest! |
| IMPORTANT< a must read http://www.dgif.state.va.us/hunting/h ounds/ |
| Equine Feed and Supplements I found this website and thought all my horses friends would find it very interesting and helpful.Claudia |
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| From Linda Nicholes If you go to this web site, http://www.letssaythanks.com/ you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. |
| This is interesting, I found it while reading messages on a Yahoo Gaited Horse Chat. Bev States with brand inspectors do NOT require animals to be branded.? All animals transported over 80 miles from home MUST have a travel card or travel papers.? It is a way of proving ownership.? The persons who's name is on the paper/card IS the owner by the law of those animals.? It's a way of trying to prevent stolen animals from being taken. ................................................................................................... In my state, NM, it is also a way to keep track who has livestock. They are Considered to be luxury, and I pay luxury taxes on my horses. The state Wasn't aware of my horses (nor I of the state tax) until the brand inspector Came to issue traveling papers. I got traveling papers on a colt I sold Several years ago, that was going to northern NM in Quay County. Every year I get a bill from Quay County charging me for grazing rights on that horse, And I have to call and remind them that I sold that horse. Not to mention, There is no grass to graze on up there... |
| Friends and Fellow Trail Riders, Chesapeake RV Solutions (across from the old Maxie's) on Battlefield Blvd. went to check them out. They have 3 on the lot right now. One is a really went to check them out. They have 3 on the lot right now. One is a really cool bumper pull with full living quarters, and the other two are goosenecks with living quarters. I was impressed, these trailers are really very nice! They have all the bells and whistles and then some. Pass the word and go check them out! www.lakotatrailers.com Sharon Dugan |
| links for the "products" and note the prices!) http://www.freewebs.com/truenorthmeese/naturalmoosemanship.htm |
| (Submitted by Sue Blackmore) Not a bad write-up on hunting in the Southern States news: Click here: EquuSSource - Outfoxed |
| From Beverly Sizemore; Remedy for red bugs/ chiggers, the little bugs you can't see that you get in the woods that Anti-Perspirant. Works great the idea is to smother the little buggers. Anti-Perspirant kills them a little cortisone cream gets rid of the itch. It works. |
| Sent in by Beverly Sizemore warning! |
| Get money back on gas you buy; Anyone who has a boat or agricultural machinery that uses fuel..... check out this DMV website.... |
| These "Tips" are sent in by Bev Sizemore Safe removal of ticks Spring is here and the ticks will soon be showing their heads. Here is a good way to get them off you, your children, or your pets. Give it a try. Please forward to anyone with children... Or hunters or dogs, or anyone who even steps outside in summer!! A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to share --And it really works!! I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in those places where it's some times difficult to get to with tweezers: dark hair, etc. Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was frequently), and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me. Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call me for advice because she had one stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used this method and immediately called me back to say, 'It worked!' Please pass on. Everyone needs this helpful hint. |
| Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Millwood, VA. To learn more about them, look at their web site. They run on contributions alone. They are well worth knowing about and you never know when you'll need them, they take everything. 540-837-9000 |
| Found this site when signing petition to allow access to NC beaches by car. Just thought if you visit the Outer Banks for vacation this would be of interest. Have your groceries delivered: Info on a place you can ride horses on the beach. If you have your own horse they also have over night boarding for your horse. Bev |
| Tracy Covers cream for scratches, rain rot, dew poising, etc. (equal size tubes) 2 tubes Antibiotic ointment 1 tube Hydrocortisone 1% cream 1 tube Antifungal ointment "Desitin" to a comfortable consistency. Will keep in Tupperware tub for several weeks (don't leave in heat) |
| sent in by Jeanne Blackwell The Horse: Exotic Tastes: Equine Flavor Preferences |
| Hello! Beverly has sent you the following article from TheHorse.com. Clone of Show Jumper Gem Twist Born * A clone of champion show jumper Gem Twist is the newest addition to the stable of horses cloned by Cryozootech, a French company that banks equine genetic material. The company announced the clone's birth Sept. 15. Gem Twist, a grey Thoroughbred gelding, was named "Horse of the Year" three times, won two silver medals at the Seoul Olympic Games, and was named "World's Best Horse" at the 1990 World Equestrian Games. His riders included Greg Best, ... Read more... * This article can also be accessed by clicking here. Subscribe to The Horse magazine today! Sponsored by: Copyright (c) 2008 BLOOD-HORSE PUBLICATIONS. All rights reserved. |
| It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on 'donating a mammogram' for free (pink window in the middle). This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammograms in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know. CLICK HERE: |
| Heres one thats hard to believe but sure enough, it's on PETAS web site; PETA Asks: Got Human Milk? 9/30/08 We all recognize the "Got Milk" ads. They have been everywhere for years. Now PETA has its own special twist, one that really is twisted. They have asked Ben and Jerry's ice cream to replace the milk in their product with human breast milk. According to their own blog PETA got the idea while vacationing in Switzerland. Apparently a restaurant over there plans to offer a large menu of items made with 75 percent human milk. So, obviously, if it's good over there, it must be good for over here too. |
| Sent in by Beverly Sizemore; You gotta watch this! A Dressage Camel!!?? Doomed Horses; Chincoteague pony swim poses unique challenges for local veterinarian |
| You might want to check this out. In addition to being a site that does good work for animals, it's interesting. Hi, all you animal lovers. This is pretty simple... Please tell ten friends to each tell a further ten today! The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily so they can meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute (about 15 seconds) to go to their site and click on the purple box 'fund food for animals for free'. This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site! Please pass it along to people you know. http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/ |
| From Beverly Sizemore; time because by the time I get them that trained the horse and I both know that it is not about the bridle-but about the communication." Click here for complete article. |
| Go here to find map of 17 mile Chapman mountain loop trail: More mapes here: BIG Meadows Map; Really nice article about Graves Mountain, Click Here: |
| As of Dec, '09 additional "Bits and Tips" will appear on my Newsletter. Past Newsletters can be found on "Archives" To receive Newsletter, go to "Contact Me". |
| * In pictures: Russia Imperial Hunt * Russian enthusiasts resurrect a centuries-old tradition on an Imperial Hunt in full costume. Sent in by Martyn Blackmore BBC News clip |
| German Shepard is now nice and warm after being rescued from the floodwaters of the Los Angeles River. Fox News clip Sent in by Beverly Sizemore |
