Visits by the Perverts

It's a big world out there and there are all kinds of people. It might be twisted, but I thought this was very funny.

Someone in San Bernardino California was using Google to search for child pornography. Their IP address is 71.103.217.#. They typed "4yo sex pics" into Google and landed in Selina's horse advertisements (HERE)

Well, I wish the world didn't have people in it like that and I hope that they realize the wrongness of their perversion. Maybe seeing some good horses will bring them to their senses. May it be so.

Hinny Whisperer's Horse Training Bookstore

Wouldn't a good horse training book help you get through the next month of slush and mud? Couldn't you really enjoy paging through a lovely coffee table book on horses? Don't you need to start improving the fundamental relationship with your horse before you dig into this year's conditioning program?

Well The Hinny Whisperer's Horsetraining Bookstore is just the place to go. It's only a click away:

Hinny Whisperer's Horsetraining Bookstore

West Nile Season Approaching

Last year, I didn't really think about what it was going to cost to get my animals vaccinated, I just called my vet and made an appointment. The equines all got West Nile and all the encephalitis shots and the canines and felines got rabies shots. When he was done, he sat in his truck and calculated the bill while I went to get the checkbook.

"How much should I make this out for, Doc?"

"$653."

I was sure I didn't hear him correctly, but he repeated the same number the second time. It just wouldn't register in my brain. I asked him to check the decimal placement. He confirmed that it was really a three figured number. It hurt to write that check.

This year, I don't have a spare six-hundred-dollar-bill so I have been thinking about what to do. Most of the people I know with horses just don't bother getting them vaccinated. If they die, so be it. That's just not my style. I believe in vaccinations. This year, as wet as it is now, could be mosquito boom-times. Even last fall, they were dreadful until the frost took them out. I was glad they were vaccinated.

You can order West Nile vaccine over the internet. In looking at prices, if the only thing you wanted to do was West Nile, it would cost about $14 plus shipping. If you want to do the whole thing, you can go with the West Nile Innovator w/VEWT for about $19 plus shipping. Last year I paid about $40/equine. The savings is going to be significant.

Here is the link to Fort Dodge West Nile Vaccination page. You have to go to companies that sell their products to purchase the vaccines such as United Vet Equine, or HorseVaccines4Less. United is cheaper.

It would be wonderful if no horses in the Four Corners died of these diseases this year, but that is probably not realistic. I can make sure that at least mine are safe.

Antonio wants you to think about it: being safe

Dear Patricia,
How are you ? Would like to have news from you?

Last month we had some bad news here. I had contracted an English woman to be manager in our school and take care of the horses. She fell off from one of the colts in training and broke her pelvis and a vertebrae and had to stay in hospital for almost a month.

I´m always saying our safety in riding is the golden rule:

1. First rides always in the round pen.


2. Always use one rein bending the horse inside, disengaging and not letting him use hind legs or to go with the spine strait on, in a position where it is possible for him to run, jump, and buck at last.


3. Never jerk or pull hard on the reins, this directly induces him to buck.


4. In the begining, hold the mane or saddle with the free hand to prevent our upperbody and head from hitting the ground first. When we have to get out from the horse in an emergency, it is our feet that must leave first and go to the ground because our hand is keeping our body near the horse´s body -- exactly the same that we do in vaulting. This procedure keeps you out of danger.

Think about it. Please spread the warning, this could be very interesting for everyone.

How is your training? Please send news.

Best regards,
Antonio
Portugal

Horse Scam Alert: Code Red

ALERT!!

My site statistics tell me where people have been visiting from and yesterday we had a visit from Nigeria. Now, there could be some very sincere horse buyers from Nigeria, but, in fact, most internet scam seems to be done from that impoverished nation, so they were probably looking for people to con. I hope they haven't tried anything with you. Ryan's Rescues did report some funny business going on from advertising elsewhere, so the they aren't above scamming rescue farms.

Here is how the scam goes. They are in a hurry to buy the horse and they can't come look at it. They will send you a cashiers check (fake but looks real) to pay for the horse and the shipping, you are to cash it and pay the shipper when they come to get the horse. It takes your bank a few days to find out that the Nigerian cashier's check (or other distant place) is fake. The horse is gone and you have paid someone to haul it away.

I would not sell a horse to someone that can't come look at it or that I can't check out very carefully. If you think they are legit, and for some reason they can only send one check and you want to see what happens, tell them to send the money to the shipper and have them pay you in cash when they pick it up. It wouldn't hurt to take a photo of the guys hauling your horse off and get their license plate info if you have a bad feeling. Make sure you have the buyers home phone number too.

I bought a mule, sight-unseen, on the internet. Chester was in Minnesota and I was stuck in NM. I decided that I could trust the sellers (I had a vet from an adjacent county do a vet check) and I sent them a check that cleared before the shipping date. I paid the shippers separately. The sellers became good friends and we have kept in touch over the years. Positive things can happen, but better be alert when evil is afoot.

EBAY: Ttouch video set

Horse Training The Ttouch-AS SEEN ON TV
Item number: 160080071293

End time: Feb-05-07 15:50:07 PST
Cortez, Colorado

EBAY: Cowboy-made Headstall

Fancy Cowboy Headstall, Working Cowboy Made
Item number: 230085613002

End time: Feb-06-07 18:00:00 PST
Bloomfield, NM