Recent content by Equinus

Demanding? Cats? God yes! Give me a puppy over a kitten any day! I don't 'do' cats, they are farm/stableyard animals, with a job to do aren't they? So how did we end up with one? Well, OH was working in the garden one day in summer and he could hear a sqeaking sound. On investigation he...

Hope she's still doing well today

So sorry, I hope she picks up.

Our kitten turned up on the lane crying for food at around four weeks old.I don't like cats but we couldn't just leave him, here in Bulgaria it's common for litters of puppies and kittens to be dumped. Neutering is considered unnatural and he came from the direction of the bin. We looked for...

Happy Christmas everyone. Hoping to do something different if we have the same temperatures as yesterday and have our dinner out in the garden. (Bulgaria)

By the way, we brough our part lab rescue out here with us, she came as an eight week puppy from a dedicated lab rescue even though we both worked, albeit different hours, and all the checks were done. There are a lot out there and not all are charities, just people trying to help by giving...

I don't know if Romania is the same as Bulgaria, but it is quite difficult to get an animal humanely destroyed which means that people choose their own way of getting rid of dogs, whether their own or feral. Antifreeze in meat is common and indiscriminate, as are other poisons, shooting and much...

Just wrote and deleted a long post about the dreadful situation here in Bulgaria, but it turned into a book so all I will say is that I do not believe sending street dogs for re-homing in the UK (or Germany or Austria) is the answer to the problems, it is far too big and as pointed out there are...

Yes, my OH does pet portraits and wildlife so I get them for nothing!

Can't comment on towing horses, but can on an older x-trail. We bought an 04 high milage diesel one to bring us, the two dogs, and jam packed full(even the leg wells) over to Bulgaria and it was brilliant in every situation, bad roads, mountains in deluge situation, drives like a car. We do a...

Wow, blast from the past! I used to stay with them in the early 70s. Unfortunately lost touch, now only memories and a few black and white photos.

In reply to your original post, I do a blog about our new life in Bulgaria....No horses! I have had to give up horses now owing to arthritis (and age!) but am starting to miss the contact as we had to leave our boy behind when we moved. I am now starting to make contact with local horse people...

The smile on your face says it all!

Ahhh that takes me back to my days as polo groom....more years ago than I care to remember. Lovely ponies.

A handful each of unmolassed chaff, unmolassed beet, any supplements due.