tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post7520302395922135302..comments2023-10-29T09:33:36.668-04:00Comments on Teachings of the Horse: Tips & TidbitsVictoria Cummingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267314663679137147noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-29047800634014593752009-02-03T23:16:00.000-05:002009-02-03T23:16:00.000-05:00Hi Victoria,Just thought I'd mention that I put a ...Hi Victoria,<BR/>Just thought I'd mention that I put a piece of lumber in my trough so that any rodents who fall in can actually crawl out alive. I know other folks who tie a rope to the fence post next to a trough then tie the end to a rock. If you let this hang in the water it becomes a ladder for swimming rodents, too. <BR/><BR/>Just thought this might be a way to prevent mice from drowning (I like live mice) and also prevents dead mice from mucking up the water. <BR/><BR/>Whinnies and snorts,<BR/>Sue and the gangDream Valley Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09744924786134552599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-80120151281859750252008-06-30T04:30:00.000-04:002008-06-30T04:30:00.000-04:00Some very handy tips, thanks! We use margarine co...Some very handy tips, thanks! We use margarine containers at work to clean out the small automatic waterers... sure beat using hands in Ireland for the same thing but in much cooler conditions!<BR/><BR/>Love your quote at the end - very fitting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-55642982484996544622008-06-18T01:57:00.000-04:002008-06-18T01:57:00.000-04:00Great tips, Victoria. I use a net too. It's a flat...Great tips, Victoria. I use a net too. It's a flat net, no idea what kind, it was just at the farm. It helps keep the dead worms, hay bits, and tree goobers out of there.<BR/>I will have to try the aloe vera. I have to wash some dead skin and grime (it has a fancier technical name than this) from my geldings pasterns during his first bath this spring and I think I will try aloe on his skin afterwards, the vet mentioned he could lose some of his hair where I wash.Pony Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464088874054923635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-84780399614126897752008-06-17T20:44:00.000-04:002008-06-17T20:44:00.000-04:00Good tips! I keep a fish net as well for scooping ...Good tips! I keep a fish net as well for scooping out the troughs, works well for grass and hay deposits. Really loving my fly predators! They're working!!!!Calliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704537697611988375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-75640372080308618192008-06-17T10:09:00.000-04:002008-06-17T10:09:00.000-04:00All good tips Victoria, I like Aloe it just seems ...All good tips Victoria, I like Aloe it just seems to be good for everything skin related, on a smaller scale for humans I also like to break a vitamin E capsule open for myself.<BR/><BR/>I can understand how it is to need to rebalance and get a different perspective. Standing under the cedars up on the hill at dawn I'm sure a whole new world of thoughts and ideas must have been swirling in your head. The scene I'm picturing is similar to the way the Native Americans greeted the day, by turning to all the four directions to give thanks for another dawn.Grey Horse Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-55672684742957235142008-06-17T09:47:00.000-04:002008-06-17T09:47:00.000-04:00Bugs on the belly line...I hate those things. But...Bugs on the belly line...I hate those things. But the 100% aloe vera gel is one thing I haven't tried - it's now on my shopping list. Thanks for the tip!<BR/><BR/>I sacrificed my kitchen seive for the greater good of the water in the stock tank – it gets way more use out in the barn than it ever did in the kitchen.<BR/><BR/>The R.D. Chin quote is a keeper - I think it's true figuratively and literally.the7msnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082802012105875164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-42200893062200086212008-06-16T18:17:00.000-04:002008-06-16T18:17:00.000-04:00I've been using a butterfly net with its fine mesh...I've been using a butterfly net with its fine mesh for skimming water buckets for a couple of years now. I got them at a toy store outlet for about $1 each and it means I don't have to drag the bucket out of the stall every day, only every other day or so.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the rest of the tips.M. C. Valadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301675413866610210noreply@blogger.com