As some of you may know I just released two different types of dog collars. I also just announced that for every collar sold I will donate $2 to "Dog Rescue Newcastle". Our dog "Emmy" who is modeling one of these lovely collars was adopted from this wonderful group as a puppy. In 2008 we went in search of a new addition to the family in the name of this wonderful puppy who was origionally named "Ebony". My partners only requirments "it has to be a girl". So we went along to meet this wonderful group of pups. There mother was rescued from the pound a lovely natured staffy who had these wonderful pups. "Emmy" was the only girl in the litter so even though we went to look at the other pups we were really just looking at her.

Our lovely daughter at the time was just learning to talk hence her name turned from "Ebony" to Emmy.

We fast track forward and Emmy is still with us either keeping us on our toes or surprising us again and again.
I feel alot safer at home on my own with the kids having Emmy around "guarding" the place.
She even loves to play her hand at a little "jumping" agility course.

And also now modeling her new dog collar. Yes hers is alot longer than normal. To help with thoes "I don't have a lead" moments.

So anyone looking for a "new best friend" I urge them to check out the rescue groups. If your interested in one of these dog collars though you can be rest assured that a little "something" will be going to such a wonderful rescue group. For the costs of desexing and vacinations, you can bless a pet with a nice "forever home". That is what we all want in the end isn't it. Somewhere where we all "belong".

So thank you "Dog Rescue Newcastle" For helping our dog and many more animals in need.

The Horses Silent Cries

 Amongst the crowd a silent scream could be heard,
There stood in the middle of the commotion a figure,
A huge bay, tall and strong, so noble a creature,
His heart full of love and affection, eager to please,
Deep down he was hurting, deep down he was crying,
He tried to stand tall, yet he felt weak at the knees.

Silently he pleaded for forgiveness, for understanding,
He stood confused and misunderstood amongst the crowd,
With a painful kick from his owner he walked on with a whimper,
He tried to find comfort around him, yet no one heard him,
No one heard his cries amongst the laughter,
Everyone passed him as if he weren’t there.

Another jab in the mouth, another flick from the whip,
He silently obeyed, as he glanced around him,
Scared and afraid he stamped his hoof for the last time,
Another sharp pain from a spur came once more,
“Get up! Behave! Cut it out!” his owner screamed,
He couldn’t quite understand how he had misbehaved.

He did not know the words, yet he knew the tone,
He was in the wrong, but what did he do wrong?
His muscles ached all over; the saddle didn’t fit right,
A sore hoof from a stone bruise the day before,
An old fracture that hadn’t quite healed,
He tried to work through the pain.

He tried so hard to understand, he tried to ‘behave’,
Yet he did not know what he was meant to do,
He went unnoticed amongst the crowd,
His owner oblivious to the cries and the suffering,
As he tried once more to call out to a passer by,
His pleas answered by another crack of the whip.

by: Jesskah Morris

Well previously I talked about the Founder horses and my experience owning such a pony that has foundered on and off.  You can see the post here: http://jesskahsropetack.weebly.com/1/post/2011/02/the-founder-horse.html
Now I would like to show some pictures to show how far a horse can come, with regular correct trims.

Below is a series of pictures from a good few years back maybe five years actually. It shows clearly how bad my ponys souls stuck out. I forever battled with this because of how fast his hooves could grow. This was even at a point I couldnt get a farrier out and had to try to do what I could to help him.

Now we fast track to today. (picture below). No shoes or gizmo's just regular trimming from a decent farrier. Who with care, trims the souls of his feet so he isn't walking on his souls.

All in all, here we have an old pony who is a much happier pony in general, despite all his prior founder problems. We still need to remember however that weight can play a great deal on these type of ponys.
Control the weight and control the feet growth and you have one happy horse indeed.