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Click the bear below for a A New Year's Blessing:

How many horses does it take to change a light bulb?

Thoroughbred: Who ME?? Do WHAT? I'm scared of light bulbs! I'm outta here!

Arabian: Someone else do it. It might get my silky mane dirty
and besides, who's gonna read me the instructions?

Quarter Horse: Put all the bulbs in a pen and tell me which
one you want .

Standardbred: Oh for Christ Sakes, give me the dang bulb
and let's be done with it.

Shetland: Give it to me. I'll kill it and we won't have to worry
about it anymore.

Fresian: I would, but I can't see where I'm going from behind
all this mane.

Belgian: Put the Shetland on my back, maybe he can reach
it then.

Warmblood: Is the 2nd Level Instruction Packet in English?
Doesn't anyone realize that I was sold for $75K as a yearling,
but only because my hocks are bad, otherwise I would be
worth $100K? I am NOT changing lightbulbs. Make the TB
get back here and do it.

Morgan: Me! Me! Me! Pleeease let me! I wanna do it! I'm
gonna do it!I know how, really I do! Just watch!

Appaloosa: Ya'll are a bunch of losers. We don't need to
change the light bulb, I ain't scared of the dark. And someone
make that dang Morgan stop jumping up and down before I
double barrel him.

'One hundred ways for a HORSE TO TRAIN ITS HUMAN' by Tina Bettison. This great little book costs £3.50 and is available from Amazon. (Link on Gifts page)

Quote of the day:

"Pawing and stamping are useful means of communicating that you want attention. Use the front foot pawing technique on well-manicured grass or the neat gravel driveway - humans detest defacement of these areas so will rush to your side to distract you."

"On a concrete yard, a good paw creates a real racket and wears your shoes down nicely. If that doesn't bring them scurrying over to you, paw and scrape louder and harder, and if you are still ignored, then the 'I'm a celebrity, pay attention to me!' stamp of all 4 feet accompanied by a loud and indignant snort should do the trick!"

"Children, like foals, are carefree and eager to learn and have fun. They tend to listen to you more intently than they listen to their parents, so you rarely have to repeat the lesson and you have the satisfaction of knowing you have got one over on the adults."

"There will at some point be a tussle for the leadership position between you and your human. Humour them and allow them to think they are the boss while quietly watching them muck out your stable, fill your water buckets, pick out your feet and struggle to man-handle a barrow-load of horse pooh.  Remember, they frequently work long hours in a job they hate just so that they can pay to do this is their spare time."