Growing up with animals.

I find it amazing how we learn so much when we grow up with animals. We can tell when something is wrong with them, and how they're feeling. We also learn what is healthy for an animal as we grow up around them. My example would be when I got my second horse, Tess, I didn't really notice how skinny she was when we got her, but I look back at photos now and it's a wow factor.

We really do learn just as much from our furry or feathered or scaly friends as they learn from us. We learn how to live with different personalities. Tess the horse above, was a very personable horse, but had a love hate relationship with other horses. Beat them up when she was with them then start freaking out if she thought they were leaving. My other horse, that I still have, Lady, is an all round horse, but she's more of a one person horse, she prefers me to anyone else.

It seems as though animals can make us laugh, cry, lift our spirits and crash them down. As we grow we become attached then have the disappointment of, in most cases, outliving the animals we love so much. We accept death as we get older as part of life, but that doesn't make it any easier. The original horse pictured above, died about 4 years after I got her (that was 2 years ago now), and it's still hard. We learn a lot from animals, then to watch them suffer is heartbreaking, but we still keep getting them. We buy horses, or dogs, or snakes, or birds, even when we know what it must come to. We must have a desire for connection so powerful that the means actually justify the ends. All the good moments, the learning, the happiness all beats out the pain of loosing them.

I'm sorry I'm all over the place in this..I wasn't sure were I was going with it when I started.

Got her feet done.

He's a month late comming down, but my girl got her hoves done today. Right now she's not happy with the arrangement but by Saturday she'll feel much better.

In other news I'm going to post a few suggested websites:

http://fuglyhorseoftheday.blogspot.com/ - Strongly suggested whether you can give some imput or not; you can really learn something.

http://horseshamecity.blogspot.com/ - A funny blog on two fake horse ads that people keep messaging about...it makes more sence if you go to the blog.

http://ihateyourhorse.blogspot.com/ - Horse world as told by a trainer (who knows what they're doing unlike some 'trainers')

And if your into rescue's heres a blog about rehabilitating a mare who was on death's door - http://savingfaithgws.blogspot.com/

I'll post more good blogs as I come across them.

Hi.

Hello, I'm rather shocked you've stumbled across this blog honestly.

This blog will be used for me to discuss the animals in my life(i.e. my horse). I guess I'll post pictures every now and again incase anyone is watching this blog. I actually don't care if you do or not, I'm sure it will be rather boring though.

The pictures I posted for this lovely post are my horse, One Golden Teaspoon, in which I call Lady and my current show guinea pig, who is yet to be named(please note his head is at the bottom of the picture, I know it is hard to tell).