Articles in: Dogs and Horses
Horse Soccer
October 4, 2011 | No comment
Some photos of me practicing equestrian soccer on Teddy. Teddy is Stacia’s 11-year old bay Appendix Quarter Horse and a natural at equestrian soccer.
Birdfreak Welcomes – Leo Tolstoy!!
August 31, 2011 | 1 comment
The Ohio Birdfreak clan Jennie, Dakota and Lily Nevada adopted a new family member: Leo Tolstoy. Leo comes from the Humane Society and SPCA of Hancock County and turns one on December 7th. Leo likes sleeping on the couch, gazing through the picture window and going for long walks. He is getting used to his [...]
Horse Days 2011 – Loving the Draft Horses
August 23, 2011 | 1 comment
We spent Saturday at Horse Days at the Boone County Fairgrounds in northern Illinois. Unfortunately, it rained hard for a solid hour and delayed/canceled a lot of the events we wanted to see. But we were still able to enjoy a few dog demonstrations, some equine-soccer demos, and my favorite part, admire the beautiful draft [...]
Puppies and Dog Training
August 16, 2011 | 1 comment
I’ve now been volunteering at TAILS Humane Society for nearly a month and have logged 15 hours of service. I am going twice a week: Wednesdays are “Puppy Class” where I bring an adoptable puppy to train and socialize with other pups and Saturdays where I do dog enrichment and obedience training class. A few [...]
TAILS Visit Number Two
July 29, 2011 | No comment
To continue my volunteering at TAILS Humane Society, I spent two more hours there on a rainy Saturday morning. As soon as I arrived I was put to work walking dogs! This is one of the main things I wanted to do when I volunteered so I was thrilled to get to on just my [...]
Volunteering at TAILS (Animal Shelter)
July 23, 2011 | 1 comment
I had been thinking of volunteering at an animal shelter for quite some time but didn’t want to commit until I was settled in to a more regular schedule. Now that I think I am, I decided to go for it and went to TAILS in DeKalb, Illinois to start volunteering. For the first three [...]
