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Women of the Wild West

Meet “Poker Alice” by John Brand, Buckaroo Leather Products   “Praise the Lord and place your bets. I’ll take your money with no regrets.” This quote is not from the famous poker player Johnny Chan, but from Alice Ivers Tubbs or “Poker Alice.” Alice was born in Devonshire, England in …

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Beat the Heat

Help Your Horse Cope with Hot Weather by Laurie A. Cerny   The heat of summer can take its toll on horses. Rising temperatures and high humidity not only make it uncomfortable they also add stress, especially to equine seniors and horses with respiratory problems. There are several things horse …

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Performance Horse Care: Then and Now

Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence by James Bryant, DVM, Diplomate ACVS     Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital has entered its 50th year of service to the western Washington equine community. In that time, veterinary medicine has come a long way in how we diagnose, treat and manage our …

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Get Your Barn Ready for Hay

Five Tips to Prepare for and Manage Hay Storage by Laurie Cerny     First cutting is right around the corner in most parts of the country. For most of us this means our barns will need to be ready to store our hay in the next few weeks. There’s nothing …

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Scoot Your Boots to the 33rd Annual Mule Days!

    Hells Canyon Mule Days will be celebrating mules and muleskinners on the weekend after Labor Day, September 6th, 7th, & 8th. From its humble beginnings in 1981, it has progressed steadily and is the fastest growing mule show in the Northwest. This year’s mule show will be three …

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Playing with Magic

New Film Highlights the Gift of Horses   Emmy Award- winning filmmaker Wayne Ewing’s new film, Playing with Magic, premiered at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival recently and was wonderfully received. Playing with Magic explores how people are miraculously transformed by playing with horses. In the film (based …

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The New Normal

Protect Your Horse with Strategic, not Rotational, De-worming  by R. Paul Schwab, DVM   Recently the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) released their guidelines for parasite control in response to the development of resistance of some species of parasites to our common de-wormers. Their recommendations are based on the following …

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Riding Well Grounded

Understanding a Horse’s “Mind’s Eye” by Marilyn Pineda, Fire Mountain Trail Course   It’s just a puddle, dummy!” Most horses in the Pacific Northwest have heard this at one time or another. Meanwhile, the horse is thinking, “Is that watery hole going to swallow me up?” Understanding how horses see – …

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