Found 562 Results from Fun and Games with Winnie

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Ridged ball, soccer ball, big ball, orange ball…

KyeSep22collage.jpgWe play with several balls. The ridged ball is picked up in the horse’s mouth. The soccer ball is hit with the foot. The BIG ball is pushed with the nose. The orange ball with a handle is for picking …

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Bobbe’s pups are here!

Between 1:00 A.M. and 6:30 Thursday morning September 9, Bobbe presented us with six vizsla puppies. Three of them weighed one pound and the lightest was 13.5 ounces. Big pups! Bobbe (when she’s not pregnant) weighs 37 pounds. How she …

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Frisbee

This morning I took Kye to the arena. I decided I’d take him to the farthest instrument and work our way back. I was about two metres from the arena wall where the instruments are located. Kye followed me, but …

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Zelador means: Caretaker

Zelador was born March 16 2004. He’s a Lusitano. This breed comes from Portugal and the Portuguese assign a letter of the alphabet to each year for naming foals. The Portuguese alphabet does not have the letters W and Y. …

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Zeloso means: zealous defender

A friend asked me to describe what Zeloso and Zelador have learned. Here’s what I came up with.

Zeloso was born June 30, 2004. He’s a Lusitano. His sire and Zelador’s sire is Orgulhoso. Orgulhoso’s sire was the top bull-fighting …

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No, thank you.

Our female vizsla, Bobbe, is expecting her first litter within the week.

Three days ago I started taking Bobbe’s temperature. When it drops two or three degrees Fahrenheit the puppies will arrive within twelve hours. The first day I couldn’t …

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Must be the lighting

On Sunday four of us got together to practice some square dance moves. Bill and I were on the boys. Allen rode Kye and Sophie rode her horse, Blue.

We started with Bill and me at “A” with our backs …

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Even the smartest man in the neighborhood…

Several years ago there was a television show titled, “Men in Trees”. When I noticed the listing I was intrigued and watched the show. I enjoyed it. Little did I realize that it was a harbinger.

Last Tuesday Bill and …

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Directing a Pas de Deux

Aug24collage.jpgLast winter I thought about creating an act that has a pas de deux with me riding one of the Zs and the other one at liberty. Two weeks ago Bill and I actually tried it, hoping we could whip …

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Do-Si-Do

We’ve started practicing for the October 17th Fund-Raiser . I met last week with our square dance caller. He had a CD of his band playing music. Can’t wait for the horses to hear it!

Yesterday four of the six …

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Talent, Agility and Curiosity!

We’re hosting a fund-raiser for the Toronto Cat Rescue in October. Yesterday as I was turning out Brown Sugar I was discussing some of the proposed acts with Lindsey. Brown Sugar was quite interested in the conversation. We continued talking …

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Brown Sugar

Aug16collage.jpgI realize that all horses are the “same” and they’re all “different”. Brown Sugar is quite interesting. The first time I showed him the big ball he made some delightful snorting noises as he stood still. A few minutes later …

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Breakthrough Treats

At one point I was thinking that I should make a chart for the arena listing all the things to work on with each horse then place the date on the chart when I practice them because there are so …

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Bells/Click/Treat

As usual, Kye was cute, really cute. He went to the piano, touched a black key and “Mary Had a Little Lamb” rang out from the piano. Kye walked over to me (stepping in time to the music) so I …

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Treats for Bells

At the end of January I started working with Kye doing tricks and liberty.

Yesterday he went to the jingle bells and rang them…repeatedly! He loved them. He didn’t want to leave them. The noise he made with the bells …