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new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading leave a comment posted in science zoos posted by terri may 17 2013 a good death rasta my 2nd horse my first horse was a lesson horse a well trained mare named princess chosen but rasta rasta was a gift when i was ready to learn rasta arrived he wasn t very socialized but over time we managed to grow close he started showing symptoms of that stupid disease dsld espa about 3 years ago so we quit riding he held his own so well i figured he d be around for years two weeks ago he tweaked his good leg we worked on it but it was time to go it was a beautiful day i had given myself time i had given him time i had confirmed with him that he was ready i spent my weekend with him and two evenings this week last night we were both in sync connected it was nice today i took off work to spend more time just sitting with him a storm arrived with the vet so that kept the whole process at a slower more comfortable pace as we awaited the front she could just observe during that time then a little later after the for sure for sure final decision was made the rain came down so we could wait a bit for it to pass through then the sun came out again it was a good day to die and rasta handled it like the champion he was he was a great horse he guarded the entire 80 acres of farm always knowing what was going on in every section he didn t like being futzed with but he always liked mechanical stuff he was interested in how things worked the manure spreader and the float valves fascinated him he thought they were cool he liked things neat and he loved fresh water a shout out to the farm who takes great care of that stuff he learned to kiss years ago and always had a kiss for me even on days when he had no interest in being caught to go do something he d just stretch his neck out a little farther for that kiss lest he get too close rasta also was a nice horse he was in charge of his field but he was not a field marshall he led quietly and let booger harass him to no end until he d finally have enough one little hey out of him and that would be that poco my old quarterhorse on senior feed needs to be separated into a pen two or three times a day to eat the other 3 have their places during this time and everyone knew where these places were rasta would often get slightly out of place just to give poco an excuse to lay down the law and feel powerful it was wonderful truly i will miss him i was blessed to have him in my life i was blessed with these last few weeks with him and i was blessed with how beautifully he left this world today update i can t believe i forgot his song princess see below had her song by wylie and the wild west on a good one rasta s song is manolito because rasta had heart and the beat of this song is his share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading 7 comments posted in my own pets posted by terri january 30 2013 socialization we all know how important socialization is in the life of our dogs now they are finding out just how socialization differs between dogs and wolves dogs and wolves share so many characteristics but they are in the end very different why click through here to see some of the latest research share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading leave a comment posted in wolves posted by terri november 15 2011 tap omg i love this dog he needed to move on tonight though and i have a stomach ache tap and his sister buffy came to live me while their owner worked in iraq i fell in love with them both but tap stole my whole heart when he left to go live with his dad well lets just say it was rough on me i like to think it was rough on him too we needed to live next door to each other but life doesn t always work the way we need it to does it let s talk tap sweet sweet dog always looking to be his best and make you happy he was joyous and thoughtful his sister is such a personality i think sometimes tap felt lost in it but he was always there being her rock he d keep an eye on her and support her in ways that let her shine fully by doing this he himself shone he was like the manager behind the famous actress who really got her where she is buffy going to be a sad sad girl as is his dad i m so sorry again we should live next door to each other i will never forget the first time i let tap off leash without his dad around the beautiful stretched out run of a shepherd lab as fast and as big as he could go with a beautiful arc way past where i thought i was going to lose him he turned and came circling right on back at 85 lbs he was a complete cuddle bunny crawling as close as he could get sometimes you d be watching tv or something and just feel love emanating from somewhere and you could look and there was tap enjoying just thinking about being near you his dad shared a story about him last week putting a paw on his arm he his dad felt that tap was saying thanks for taking such good care of me sadly it was good care but needed to end today and i know his dad made the right decision for tap because he would never make a wrong one his dad loves him dearly and oh my goodness did tap love his dad he used to come to colorado during his leave one time myself and the dogs met him in downtown denver buffy saw her dad and was happy tap didn t notice until dad was right there oh my goodness the dog screaming that could be heard was amazing i wish i had taken some video of that he could scream with such joy i keep seeing him running panting waiting cuddling hiking tap and buffy lived with me for a year and a half i had to keep a wall between us so that i could do that temporary job as that time passed it became more and more impossible especially with tap sheesh this is rough and this dang blog is becoming the go to place to spew when an animal breaks my heart tap has done it to me again after my own dog merlin died i liked to think of him running through a field of flowers so i add this flower photo of tap i know you re in heaven i don t know what s there but since you are there i suspect all your favorites including unlimited kibble piles of snow your grandpa merlin and tons of love you will be sorely missed tap please drop in and visit whenever you can i love you share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading 11 comments posted in my own pets posted by terri august 12 2011 wildlife viewing we humans don t always recognize what a threat we are to wildlife in a study done with macaques at a national park in morocco scientists looked for specific evidence of stress these animals felt from humans they looked at both obvious signs of nerves and physiological signs of stress they studied how the macaques reacted in three different situations during feeding during normal human tourist behavior such as taking photos and during aggressive human behavior such as someone throwing something at the macaques continue share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading leave a comment posted in uncategorized posted by terri may 15 2011 bees they see above their heads some things are just cool unlike humans bees have a dorsal visual field that enables them to avoid obstacles above their heads until now it was not known whether this helped them to control their flight speed recent research by biorobotics specialists at the institut des sciences du mouvement cnrs université de la méditerranée confirms that it does bees have been shown to adjust their speed according to obstacle proximity whether such obstacles are in the horizontal or vertical plane they achieve this through perceived optic flow especially from overhead share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading leave a comment posted in uncategorized posted by terri april 6 2011 goodbye mrs princess goodbye mrs princess my princess i ll never forget the day i first met her after a trip to australia with my sister where i convinced her to go horseback riding i decided that was what i wanted to do when i returned home the city s recreation department offered horseback riding lessons excellent i signed up the first day the instructor mentioned that within 6 months 60 of us would have a horse i knew i was not one of those people hah 6 months later i drove into the farm and saw a horse and her foal standing in a pen i thought to myself self if you ever get a horse get one that color then as i went in for my lesson the instructor pulled me aside and said i have just the horse for you and she directed me out to that mare with that right color she picked me i know that she trained me i know that too i would go out to the farm and just stare at her in her pen and hope she d look my way after i first got her it was amazing to be a horse owner i loved it it took a while to be comfortable with it but i remember once being told that princess can t do that get into a canter from a standstill oh really princess had as big a stubborn streak as i do and by george we did it princess was definitely a challenge if i didn t do things right she d tell me we fought a lot now when i m crying i don t remember why she d want to go home and i d want to go forward she d want to run from mosquitos and i d want a quiet horse she d suggest i was looking at her wrong and i just wanted to pet her we also got along great she could be a cuddle bunny of a horse and friendship training really brought that out in her it was hard to trust a kiss from her knowing that she had a past that included nipping but just three days ago after having been gone a whole week i went out to the farm i had missed her and suggested a little ride she let me hug on her neck as we cruised down the driveway it felt great she had missed me too a few years ago one of her old owners who had grown up on her found us she came out to visit and princess definitely delighted in seeing her yet princess kept looking at me i don t have to leave right she was happy at shady lawn farm with her boyfriend rasta i remember when i first moved her to the farm she had spent her time in a small paddock with 10 other mares at night she d go into a stall i wasn t real sure how life would work with 5 acres to roam and just a 3 sided shed for shelter ooh she loved life this new way i don t believe i ever saw her happy until she moved to shady lawn she had been born in kentucky so hopefully she got some time on blue grass but by the time i came along she hadn t known the freedom of pasture i cannot picture having a horse any other way now oh boy did princess love rasta sometimes he found her annoying when she d be in heat and would not leave him alone she liked to lean into his side and just touch him i wonder if i missed a sign of illness she hadn t been in heat in quite a while when she started really crashing tonight she whinnied her goodbyes to rasta that sound will remain in my ears forever you always wonder with your pets did i do all i could for them did i exercise her enough was she happy with our relationship tonight should i have been able to tell it was time earlier should i have attempted to get her in the trailer should i have called the doctor earlier i hope mrs princess knows how much i owe her and while i m pretty sure she doesn t know all the things i hope she knows how much she was loved cripes even those she wasn t all that fond of had a very soft spot in their heart for mrs princess she was all character all the time a one of a kind gem who will be terribly missed i love you princess rest in peace sweet as pie but with her moments too update i didn t mention what a good horse princess could be for a few years post carol pre fly quarantine she was the go to solid horse of the ranch that s why this is her song share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading 4 comments posted in my own pets posted by terri february 28 2011 dominance theory behavioral training this link is to a page of position statements put out by the american veterinary society of animal behavior the one on dominance has a bad link but might be better by the time you read this it is a position statement on the use of dominance theory to modify behavior in pets in basic terms it says quit listening to those people on tv who need to prove in one hour that they can modify your pet s behavior for the better the paper actually says a lot more than that and is well worth your time to read it discusses the difference between dominance which sets up a relationship that will need to be continually retested and or a relationship that can increase aggressive behaviors due to fear issues and leadership which sets up a relationship of willing partners the paper discusses how dominance submission might work in the animal kingdom one animal may be dominant or alpha but when that animal s back is turned a lower ranking animal will do whatever he she wants or needs to do their example included a herd of cattle the alpha bull will not allow the beta bulls a chance to mate however when alpha is out of sight or far away the subordinate animals will go ahead and mate in other words you may clearly be the alpha of your pack at home but when your back is turned the furniture is fair game this position statement is a fantastic new tool for animal communicators to keep close at hand often times we are asked about bad or inappropriate behaviors there can be many reasons for such behaviors including medical animals who take on their owners stuff hear mary savage tibbitts or some event that happens when we re not at home but a common reason for inappropriate behavior is the positive reinforcement pets receive from us without us even being aware of what we are doing examples are everywhere counter surfers will often end up with a treat of some sort that we accidentally left out just that one time jumpers can get closest to their loved one by getting nearest to their face leash pullers have more and longer access to interesting smells and barkers eventually get someone to talk with them even if it is in a loud voice it s tricky because our pets and our dogs especially watch us so closely that we don t even know what it is that they are learning from us i go and visit my horses daily before i go i use the restroom check the lock on the front door put on my boots ask the dog about going outside grab some carrots and a dog cookie ask the dog to kennel up leave the cookie and then leave i no longer need to ask the dog to k...