spent today on and off a horse in the freezing wind &amp; rain. Will now soak in a tub of scary hot H2O to un-clench shoulders. No film at 11.

2012-02-19T06:25:54.000Z

Sounds like an adventure! I'm kinda envious.

2012-02-19T06:25:58.000Z

The results of today's work will be shared with a vengeance when it goes live. Stay tuned...

2012-02-19T06:26:35.000Z

The filming work, I mean, not the "soaking in the tub thing".

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2012-02-19T06:27:17.000Z

Gen, you need to come up for a visit sometime. I'll put you to work!

2012-02-19T06:27:55.000Z

YES PLEASE

2012-02-19T06:27:59.000Z

CAN I RIDE HORSIES?

2012-02-19T06:41:13.000Z

What did you think I'd put you to work doing?

2012-02-19T06:43:09.000Z

pfffff, I don't know

Tanarian

2012-02-19T09:05:13.000Z

Otenth says

2012-02-19T13:38:44.000Z

I'm sure the chicken coop needs regular mucking

Foggy

2012-02-20T03:26:07.000Z

And horsies require a certain amount of shoveling too, I understand

2012-02-20T03:31:34.000Z

Depends. If they're in stalls or small paddocks, yes.

2012-02-20T03:32:48.000Z

Larger paddocks and small pastures are best shoveled with a tractor and large pastures don't need shoveling at all.

2012-02-20T03:33:09.000Z

The manure tends to itself and just recycles into the dirt.

Foggy

2012-02-20T05:25:23.000Z

My parents lied!!! I coulda had a horse if we had a big enough pasture? runs off to call her mom

Foggy

2012-02-20T05:26:25.000Z

Momma says a suburban back yard did not qualify as a big enough pasture sigh

2012-02-20T05:34:14.000Z

Hahahaha, yeah, sorry. When I say "large pasture" I mean a couple of acres.

2012-02-20T15:23:52.000Z

I've been sortakinda thinking about a goat to help maintain the yard....

Jaelle

2012-02-20T15:28:05.000Z

lol

2012-02-20T17:51:14.000Z

Goats are actually good lawn mowers, though you have to make sure they can't get to anything you DON'T want them to eat.

2012-02-20T17:51:20.000Z

They WILL eat it!.

2012-02-20T17:52:24.000Z

And it would be better to buy them in pairs because they're herd animals just like horses. Or at least have another herd animal nearby.

2012-02-20T18:07:17.000Z

Has pack animals. How would I keep them away from the latexy toxic plants?

2012-02-20T18:09:03.000Z

Uhhh... keep them in an enclosed area that doesn't have latexy toxic plants?

2012-02-20T18:09:44.000Z

And pack animals aren't the same as herd animals. Has to be another goat or a sheep or horse or something. Goats are best, though.

Tanarian asks

2012-02-20T18:11:19.000Z

Even if they're Herding dogs? That's not close enough, huh. Anyway, the point would be free-range organic mowing, so enclosed = problem.

2012-02-20T18:12:36.000Z

Eeeek, especially not herding dogs! Herding dogs tend to stress livestock animals out.

2012-02-20T18:13:13.000Z

And yes, you'd have to keep them enclosed away from anything you don't want them munching on.

2012-02-20T18:13:15.000Z

Gemma's a friendly herding dog!

2012-02-20T18:13:33.000Z

Oh well. Probably can't get a license for them in the city anyway.

2012-02-20T18:14:30.000Z

I used to keep my horse at a ranch and when I was loading him up on a trailer to take him home, there was a little herding dog mix running

2012-02-20T18:14:53.000Z

around loose. Not even a purebred or anything. Sweetest dog in the world! He sensed that we were trying to get my horse to do something so

2012-02-20T18:15:10.000Z

he though he'd "help". He lunged forward and took a nip at Brego's ankle. Drew blood!

2012-02-20T18:15:20.000Z

Herding dogs around livestock = BAD.

2012-02-20T18:16:12.000Z

I mean, you can train them to stay away from the animals but there's always going to be that innate sense to "help" you herd them.