New song player

Hey! I just added this new thing to my blog that makes it so that when you get on my blog music will play. If you scroll to the bottom of this page, you will see it. There is a song that I have on here called Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood; you should click on it! It is a really good song!!



*Abagayle*

Click here to help animals!

On the Animal Rescue Site, there are a bunch of petitions that you can sign to help animals. It is just a really nice way to help animals even when you don't have the time and money to really invest in doing things for helping animals. All you have to do is go to the www.animalrescuesite.com and look on the side of the page and one of the things you click on will say: "Sign a Petition." Just click on that, and it will take you to a page of a bunch of different petitions!!!!! Please sign!!!! :) Have a great day and God bless you!

What to do when your horse throws you off

Hello! The other day my horse Summer threw me off of her! She reared up on her back legs and I just flew off the back of her! This made me nervous and I did get a bit sore. The best thing to do when your horse decides to throw you off of their back is to get right back on and keep riding.

I didn't do this when I was thrown off my horse because (1) I was nervous (2) She didn't really throw me off because she didn't want me on (3) Because I was nervous! hehe Here, Summer didn't really throw me off because she didn't want me on, she more just was afraid because it was a windy day and I hadn't ridden her in a while.

In winter, horses do get very antsy and have a lot of excess energy. They don't get worked much in the winter, and they just want to be able to run around. The best thing to do with your horse in the winter (before you ride) is to just let them go in a bigger arena and run, buck, rear, and get out all of their energy. You would much rather have them do it by themselves than when you are on them!

I just learned this about a week ago, so don't think that I am an expert on this! But, horses just get pretty naughty in winter, so I'm glad that I learned it now than later when I just try to do whatever with my horse. I hope that this benefits you and your horse!!!!!!! :)

A fun craft to make!

Today I made this very fun, easy collage. I think I am going to put it in my room! You can really put it wherever you want to... like on your refrigerator, in your room, or on your bulletin board! And it could really be about anything, but of course since I love animals mine was about dogs! So, the first thing to do is to find something you want to do it about and then get the pictures from inside magazines or from the computer. I got all of my pictures and letters from magazines. Then you decide where you want to put everything and you can do a fancy cutting to your pictures or your paper. Another fun thing to do is to find different letters from different places of a magazine to spell out something like I did. I found almost all of my pictures and letters in an Orvis magazine. After that, you glue everything on and have a cute poster! Hope you have fun with this!!

Tips to keep your furry friends warm this winter!

You all know, it is starting to get VERY chilly outside, the snow is coming down and it is just cold!! Here are some tips to keep your furry friends warm this winter:

For big dogs: make sure that you don't keep them outside TOO long, they will be able to be out for a while, but make sure it isn't super long. Also, for long haired dogs you don't want to keep them outside to long in deep snow because big snowballs will stick into the dog's fur and are very difficult to get out.

For small dogs: We have a very little dog (about 6 pounds and almost full grown) and she seems to get pretty cold easily! It might be a good idea to get a SnuggleSafe for him/her (see my other post called SnuggleSafe and you can see what it looks like in the pic above) or you can even get a little sweater or jacket (as in the pic above) for them to wear when they will be outside for a little while.

For bunnies: Also, the SnuggleSafe would be nice for them. Try to keep them in a place (if kept outside) that isn't directly in the wind. For instance: a garage, a barn, even a gazebo (that's where we have our bunnies!). My dad put those foam pieces over some of the windows to block out some of the wind and it seems to help tremendously! Make sure that you don't have all of the windows covered with something that won't let in the light. They need to know when it is night and when it is day. Fill their hutch with hay.

For horses: Horses are very hearty animals. If your horse has a warm, dry place to go to, you do not have to put a blanket on him/her in the winter (except if you live in a super cold climate or your horse is sick and you are suppose to put a blanket on him/her). But if your horse does not have a lean-to or barn that it can wander in and out of, you should put a blanket on him/her once it starts to get really cold outside (as mentioned in my "How much do you know about animals" quiz).

For cats: Our cats are indoor/outdoor and are able to do whatever they please. They usually get a little crabby if you don't let them go out, so my suggestion would be to just let them out and if it is too cold they will come in. There have been times when it is really cold or windy that our cats will just walk outside and turn around and come right back in!!! So, we don't really have to do anything different with our cats, they just figure it out.

Well, there we go! Hope this helps you a little bit this winter!!! :D

A little congratulations! :)

I just wanted to say to Lena and Trina congratulations for both getting horses right after I knew you guys!!!! :) It is soo exciting and I can't wait to meet Sandy (Trina's horse) and Ricky (Lena's horse)!!! Have a wonderful day!! :D

How much do you know about animals?

Hello!!! I just made a quiz about animals!!! It is called: How much do you know about animals? :) Hope that you guys have fun with it!! Here is the link for the quiz, just click on it and it will take you to the quiz!!!!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=0912011848446919&a=1&

After you are done with the quiz, you can post a comment saying what percent of the questions you got right!! And don't get dissapointed if you don't get a lot of them, it is just for fun!!!!!

***Also, if you take the quiz please read the comment I made!!!

Nashotah Park

It may be starting to get a bit cold....but I thought I could share this with dog owners! A while ago my family and I decided to take our dogs on a walk in Nashotah Park here in Wisconsin. So, we went and had a nice walk and found out that there are these new dog "arenas" there (one for big dogs and one for small dogs). We got to take our dogs into there, and they had a lot of fun! You are able to go in there with a bunch of other dogs, and it was nice to get our dogs to socialize a little bit!!! :) Here is a link to tell you a bit more about the dog areas:

http://www.livinglakecountry.com/userstoriessubmitted/53422537.html

Hope this helps to get out some of your dog's energy!!! =]

Free kittens!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to say that today at Friends of Nature in Oconomowoc, there were two free kittens!!! They were the cutest little things, and I just wanted to let you all know if you were interested!!!!!! I know for sure one little brown and dark brown striped one was a boy (looked a bit like the kitten in the picture on the bottom, but more brown), and there was one that was gray and white striped (looked kind of like the one on the top, but with more white). As I know I would think they were still there, but I'm not totally sure. I was there this morning at probably around 11:00 or 11:30.

A story about Lacey

Hi!! I have a little story to tell you about our dog Lacey. She just got spayed not just this past Monday, but the Monday before. She had six stitches on her stomach from it, and we were going to make an appointment to take her to the vet to get her stitches removed (the vet said it should be 10-14 days after she was spayed). Well, today it was 10 days since she got spayed, and we thought that we could just take them out ourselves. We were wrong! We went to start to take them out, and we saw how tightly they were tied on. There were only a few that we could even cut off!!! We, then, got scared because one of the places where we got a stitch out looked like it was starting to open up!!! So, we called the vet and had to take her in. It turns out that she was fine but on Tuesday we are taking her back in to have the other stitches removed. So, my point after all of this is that you should NOT try to take your dog's stitches out!!!!! It is a lot better to just have a vet take them out and clean out where the incision was!!!!