It's Human here.... I try to keep the true world realities away from my lovely, darling 'Silly Ponies' so they won't be discussing this particular topic today, but it's of great importance to all of the Humans who own "Silly Ponies" of their own.

Horse Abuse...Actually any kind of Animal Abuse.

Today, a forward step was made in the conviction of Dean Marie Solomon...

To read the full story please follow the following link: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/northwest/story/655646.html

I would like to ad a personal note. Ms. Solomon has threatened me personally in the past and others I know with law suites anytime anyone publicly spoke or posted photos of the horrendous conditions of the animals in her care. I personally am hoping that people will carefully investigate ALL purported animal rescue organizations before handing an animal or funds over to them to ensure that they are indeed legitimate, reputable organizations.

Thank you for your time, Human and adoring Slave to the 3 "Silly Ponies" Dancer, Emmerson and Elle.

Rain Coat or Mud Jacket?

Human drug out my rain coat last night because of the torrential rains that started falling yesterday and are supposed to fall again today and perhaps the next several days.

She calls these things 'blankets' but really they're rain coats, as they keep us from being wet when we're out at pasture.

As she put them on, she told me to keep mine clean because she'd just spent 3 days repairing it and cleaning it and waterproofing it. Well, that's all nice but really, clean? I mean rain coats are for keeping my dry while I do things I want to do, and ONE of the things I enjoy doing is rolling on the nice squishy ground, so sorry Human, CLEAN is not going to happen.

Hurry, Build that Dam!

Hurry Human, HURRRY~! You PROMISED you'd build a drainage ditch in front of our stalls and the weather forecast is calling for rains of FLOOD POTENTIAL tomorrow and Friday.

I don't get it, why doesn't Human get out here and dig that ditch RIGHT NOW??? I mean, it was horrible yesterday when the stalls flooded, just horrible. I think I might be scared for life from yesterday's flood...

Oooooh wait, look.. There's Human, FINALLY! Ahhhhhhhh she's got the pick ax and is working out front of the stalls. Good! It's about time Human. I do not want to deal with lakes in front of my stall this weekend, I might dirty my pretty little hooves!!

Well I better go supervise and make certain Human doesn't slack off and mess this project up! Stay dry over the next few days fans!

If Horses Could Vote....

OK, first, GEE Elle, are you a silly pony drama queen or what? A wee bit of rain falls from the sky and you are screaming for a life boat... Take a chill pill baby sis.

NOW onto more IMPORTANT stuff like politics... WHAT? Well of COURSE I follow politics, I mean I am a Gelding and we males of all species tend to enjoy politics ya know?

Human came down to the barn today to make me practice balancing her on my back. It was actually not a bad day, she stayed up there and did not make me work too hard, although I have to say, it was kind of distracting with the kids that came to watch sitting in the bleachers... I'm not so sure kids need to be watching me, but we got through it.

Human was talking to Trainer and said she was dragging her feet at making the trip home because there wasn't going to be much to watch on TV besides the election results.

MAN how can she NOT want to watch those things? I tried to vote but no one would send me a ballot, sigh... Human said she voted and that it looked like her candidate for President was going to win. I wanted to vote. I vote for 24/7 access to good grazing and hay. I also vote for a full bucket of carrots and apples daily.

Did the humans vote for smart stuff like that? I hope so, I'll be waiting to see what fills my feed buckets in the days to come.

S.O.S.... LIFE RAFT PLEASE!

HELLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP....... HURRY PLEASE HURRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're flooded in our stall and can't get out because the entrance has a HUGE LAKE and there is NO WAY I'm going to cross it, uh no, not, nada... Horses don't swim!

Oh Elle, you're being such a drama queen. Granted it has gotten a wee bit wet at the entrance of the stall and there is a large puddle in front, it's not exactly life boat 9-1-1 time just yet.

But MOM, it IS 9-1-1!!!!!!!! Really,mom, how can you be so nonchalant about this. This is TERRIBLE. Cinder and I are NOT coming out of our stall until Human fixes this mess.

Well Elle, Human has a flooded basement to contend with, and humans usually panic when the inside of THEIR Stalls get wet, so I would plan on getting a bit hungry if I were you and Cinder and you're truly waiting for Human to make the mud puddle go away.

Well FINE, if Human is SO self-absorbed that she won't come SAVE Cinder and I, then she'll be EXTRA SORRY when we STARVE to death!

Oh Elle, you ARE a silly goose... I'm going out to pasture to eat, you can come with me or sit inside complaining, the choice is yours.

Mom??? MOM??? MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM????????? Cinder, she LEFT us, HURRY, JUMP.... See it's not hard , JUMP the lake! MOMMY, here we come... Yum this pasture tastes great!

Standard Time?

You know, Human is really a pretty good person most of the time, but this morning she was behind the eight ball on her maid service duties and in opening the gateway to our delicious breakfast pastures.

Normally 7am is when we get our morning room service taken care of and the gateway to breakfast opened up. Once in awhile it's before 7am and more rarely after 7am. Well this morning she was more then an hour late!

She said it was 7:30am but she's wrong, it was 8:30am and we were HUNGRY. I was a bit curt with Human this morning because I was so hungry, but this afternoon when she came out to attend to our lunch room service, she explained that she had forgotten about changing over from Daylight Savings to Standard time.

I am not sure what Standard time is, but if it means that breakfast is an hour late every day, I know I don't like it and I want Human to switch back to Daylight Savings Time!

Humans are from Venus, Geldings are from Mars

I kind of think Human may be mad at me. Yesterday she came down to practice me balancing her on my back (she calls it riding, I call it work, which is, a four letter word, sigh).

Things were going OK on Friday although I was noticing a lot of Ghosts in various corners of the arena, I guess they were out in full force for Halloween. Human kind of got mad at me about the 5th time I spooked at a Ghost she can't see. She told me "QUIT" in her annoyed voice. Well that hurt my feelings.

How can I be held responsible for not liking Ghosts? It is NOT my fault she's blind to them and it is NOT my fault that she won't listen to me when I try to tell her with my body language getting tense that the ghosts are indeed real and present.

We practiced loping but I was tense and frustrated and upset that she'd dared to yell at me over ghosts, I mean gee, EXCCCCUUUUUSEEEEE ME for finding Ghosts to be a bit unsettling. Like there is NOTHING in the universe that spooks her?

We did not have the most fun on our 'ride' yesterday and today I noticed Human did NOT come to practice 'riding' me, Trainer did instead. Trainer said I was a good boy, so that was nice, but now I'm worried Human is still upset with me.

I actually really like Human when she's not being mean about ghosts, so I hope she's not going to stay away. Trainer said Human will come play with me tomorrow and also practice me balancing her on her back. Maybe I'll try doing things Human's way and not acting afraid of the Ghosts that live in the arena... Just to get Human happy again, they're such emotional creatures these humans of ours.