builder out in the field. I heard a terrific lec-
Dog Hair &
ture presented some years ago by a small
pasture expert at a horse expo. I asked
Mule Sweat
what to do with all the horse manure and
he said, “Spread it. Use all of it.” So we
WITH NATALIE RIEHL
do.
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results of our online survey. A big thank
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April 2009
ed in only a week’s time.
And here’s what we learned: horse peo-
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ple love their horses. They do not consider
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their horses to be mere luxuries; instead,
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they build their lives around those horses.
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We had an open question at the end, and
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received over 500 wonderful comments.
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We have printed some of them in this
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month’s issue; but because I felt they were Display Advertising Sales
so good, and we were short of page space,
Natalie Riehl
Ah! A spring weekend is finally upon
we have posted many more on our RMR
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us — that is, one with sun, warmer tem-
website. Be sure to read them, if you have
Sam Walsh
peratures, and no snow flurries. And you
internet access.
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know what that means… Yes, a horse per-
We divided these responses into three
Debra D. Negard
son’s mind turns to all those spring chores.
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categories. Although we did not ask ques-
Those could start out with currying the
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tions directly related to the horse slaugh-
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shedding hair off of the horses and sweep-
ter issue, many people felt it important
ing out the barn. I need to clip the mules’
to speak out on this issue. The two other
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manes, which means first scissoring off six
categories are about real decisions horse-
inches of standing-up, flopping-over mane,
people are making during these troubled
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and then perching on a bale of hay, clip-
Dorinda Troutman
economic times, and also about how a life
pers in hand, to reach their necks. How
without horses is no life at all!
Proofreaders
Acheson Harden
many hands high is a neck above a 16.2-
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hand withers? I’m looking forward to it;
We hear lots of rumors about stories of Rick Landry
I love all those short, spikey-sharp pieces
horses being abandoned. We know there Office Dogs
of mane in my face and down my shirt.
must be truth behind the rumors, so if you
Arrow & Florie & Ruger
Wahoo!!
have personal experience and hard facts
All Around Great Guy
Al Brown
We need to burn the pasture, provided
about abandoned horses, will you please
we get a few windless hours with no pre-
contact me with the details? My email and
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