Meet Jake: A Special Dog

By Erin Fenstermaker

Jake is a 9-year-old German Shepherd that has lived in a Dallas animal shelter for seven years.  That is not a typo.  He has lived in a shelter for SEVEN years.  Jake is not your typical “stray-dog-finds-a-forever-family-and-lives-happily-ever-after” kind of story.  Unfortunately not all animal stories end that way.  But Jake’s story [...]

Reuse, Recycle and Reduce…and Repurpose!

image courtesy of www.stmichaelsyork.org

By Lisa Herickhoff

We’ve heard the mantra before but how can we really do this in the barn?  I have found there are many items that I can keep from the landfill and in exchange have some very useful horse tools.

Old push brooms These can be hung on cemented posts to provide a ‘horse [...]

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