Showing posts with label animal rescue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animal rescue. Show all posts
Sunday, January 5, 2014
The Equine Mind...
While I would jokingly say Chaos and Dayo both think: "Hay, grain, hay, grain, grain, hay, hay, hay... carrot?" I know they are much more complex than that. Horses mirror their riders, coaches and trainers - mine are mesmerized whenever my coach is explaining something, and will stand patiently for as long as it takes for me to understand. This article explains how, and illustrates what makes horses so marvelous, and sometimes cuddly :)
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
In honour of World Donkey Day, please donate and help save a donkey's like
Going through the many photos, I am struck by how well donkeys and pack animals have served mankind, and how poorly we have repaid the debt we owe them.
Surely we can do better than this?
Photo by fdortort
Photo courtesy of The Brooke
Courtesy of the Elisabeth Svendsen Trust
Photo by Andy Yanowitz
Photo by Noah Snyder-Mackler
Photo courtesy of The Brooke
Wild burros after the helicopter roundup waiting their fate
Photo by Fred Covarrubias for USA TODAY
At the feedlot :(
This little girl is only a yearling and approx 34 inches tall but stood in the pen very quietly beside #176, who she seemed quite bonded to. Very cute and friendly little girl. She led through the ring quietly at a walk with her buddy, #176.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Deconstructing Ponies
Every day has a subtext. The challenge is to deconstruct its meaning, find the messages, and understand how it will help me live more meaningfully, elegantly, effortlessly, and intentionally.
Today's horoscope focused on finding inner peace through connection. As I contemplate the nature of friendship and family, a conversation about the wild ponies of Chincoteague and Assateague comes alive. And two videos appear, almost simultaneously.
Today's horoscope focused on finding inner peace through connection. As I contemplate the nature of friendship and family, a conversation about the wild ponies of Chincoteague and Assateague comes alive. And two videos appear, almost simultaneously.
Jean-François Pignon and his horses in Avignon
Honza Bláha and his horses in Srbice
Establishing an intimate connection
to other animals is unique and universal to our species, and it is highly
possible that this animal connection has played a crucial role in human
evolution. While it initially may have focused on developing relationships that
domesticated certain animals as constructive tools to be used for hunting and
later for food, the relationship between humans and animals has evolved as we have. (The Journal of Science offers a very interesting overview of
this: http://bit.ly/HMnkK3).
The Institute for Human-Animal
Connection (IHAC) is an internationally recognized centre for research and
training. Devoted to the education, clinical training and scholarly development
of social work students, IHAC’s programmes focus on the ways animals and people
intersect across lifespan and context; the ways animal-supported experiences can
promote human and animal well-being, and reduce human physical and mental
health problems; and to encouraging and empowering people to gain understanding
of the interrelationships among themselves, their families, and their
communities, including the natural environment and its non-human inhabitants.
Studies
show it, and people know it. The human-animal bond is integral to a person’s
well-being. If it is positive, it is nurturing, healing, forgiving and
compassionate. Relationships with animals are unconditional. They are
constantly forged and re-forged in the present. Both Jean-Francois Pignon and Honza Blaha kn ow this, and they have devoted their lives to marrying natural horsemanship with equestrianism to promote a clearer understanding of the horse, and to share the incredible connection and spirit of cooperation absolute trust in another being can achieve.
I am remembering a recent thought about the importance of being "seen". The nature of these videos, the cooperation, is the result of the absolute respect these horses and these men have for each other, reflects my thoughts on how we become whole when we are seen and accepted as the incredibly wonderful, fallible people we are.
Today, then, willl focus around this lovely thought, "You are beautiful - not for the shape of the vessel, but for the volume of the soul that it carries."And of course, horses :)
Peace.
Today, then, willl focus around this lovely thought, "You are beautiful - not for the shape of the vessel, but for the volume of the soul that it carries."And of course, horses :)
Peace.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Serendipity and the Working Dog Saloon
Yesterday, I wrote a post about paying attention to recurring themes. Sometimes they require deep insight, and sometimes, it's just the universe's way of saying "go and get your game on, girl."
As some may know, I have started my own business. Two actually. The first is a global telecom and energy business (shameless plug: http://simpleabundance.acndirect.com) and the second, which is slowly ramping up, is allaboutponies.com, a social media company focused on helping drive the success of equestrian businesses and rescues. I am learning quickly that part of being a business owner is coming out of my basement dungeon (literally and figuratively) and reconnecting with the world. It's a slow process, and it will be a transformative one.
But I digress :) Back to serendipity and the Working Dog Saloon. Reaching out is reconnecting me with many of the wonderful people in my life. Julia Plover is one of these wonderful people. She is incredibly caring, vivid, committed, interesting, and with the right mix of wild that is so important. And, through our reconnection, she has invited me to Larry's Hair Cut Fundraiser for the Scarborough Women's Center on April 17 at the Working Dog Saloon.
In the 20-something years I have lived in Toronto, 15 of them in the neighbourhood of the Working Dog Saloon, I have never heard of the pub, or passed it's doors. Today, less than 12 hours after Julia's invitation, Groupon has sent me their offer of the day: 56% off pub fare at the Working Dog Saloon.
For those of you who have never heard of the Working Dog Saloon, the pub takes its name from trhe owners’ pack of six rescued malamutes, who make cameo appearances around the pub. It's is billed as a saloon that dishes out animal advocacy alongside its menu of pub fare.
Sometimes the universe is subtle, sometimes, not so much. A fundraiser to help women at a place that advocates for animals. Dogs actually on site. This mom of two rescue dogs, a rescue bunny, and soon, a rescue OTTB is occasionally more obtuse than one could imagine, but when the universe throws a "would you hit a man with a glasses? No, I'd hit him with a brick!" moment at me, even I know to sit up and pay attention. I will be saving my shekels for the Scarborough Women's Centre and can be found at the Working Dog Saloon on April 17.
Julius H. Comroe once described serendipity as "looking for a needle in a haystack and getting out of it with the farmer's daughter." I have no idea what adventures are in store for the evening, but know that this is a serendipitous recipe for success. Pics of Larry's head (before an after) to follow!
As some may know, I have started my own business. Two actually. The first is a global telecom and energy business (shameless plug: http://simpleabundance.acndirect.com) and the second, which is slowly ramping up, is allaboutponies.com, a social media company focused on helping drive the success of equestrian businesses and rescues. I am learning quickly that part of being a business owner is coming out of my basement dungeon (literally and figuratively) and reconnecting with the world. It's a slow process, and it will be a transformative one.
But I digress :) Back to serendipity and the Working Dog Saloon. Reaching out is reconnecting me with many of the wonderful people in my life. Julia Plover is one of these wonderful people. She is incredibly caring, vivid, committed, interesting, and with the right mix of wild that is so important. And, through our reconnection, she has invited me to Larry's Hair Cut Fundraiser for the Scarborough Women's Center on April 17 at the Working Dog Saloon.
In the 20-something years I have lived in Toronto, 15 of them in the neighbourhood of the Working Dog Saloon, I have never heard of the pub, or passed it's doors. Today, less than 12 hours after Julia's invitation, Groupon has sent me their offer of the day: 56% off pub fare at the Working Dog Saloon.
Beauty shot of the Working Dog Saloon. Check out the handsome Malamute over the fireplace!
For those of you who have never heard of the Working Dog Saloon, the pub takes its name from trhe owners’ pack of six rescued malamutes, who make cameo appearances around the pub. It's is billed as a saloon that dishes out animal advocacy alongside its menu of pub fare.
Sometimes the universe is subtle, sometimes, not so much. A fundraiser to help women at a place that advocates for animals. Dogs actually on site. This mom of two rescue dogs, a rescue bunny, and soon, a rescue OTTB is occasionally more obtuse than one could imagine, but when the universe throws a "would you hit a man with a glasses? No, I'd hit him with a brick!" moment at me, even I know to sit up and pay attention. I will be saving my shekels for the Scarborough Women's Centre and can be found at the Working Dog Saloon on April 17.
Julius H. Comroe once described serendipity as "looking for a needle in a haystack and getting out of it with the farmer's daughter." I have no idea what adventures are in store for the evening, but know that this is a serendipitous recipe for success. Pics of Larry's head (before an after) to follow!
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