All the Creatures

It will be soon the full blown flu season for us humans. For us pet owners that can sometimes mean struggling to take care of our pets and livestock especially if we have to venture outside several times a day to take care of them.

If you know someone who is a pet or livestock owner and they are sick, instead of taking them a get well basket of goodness, offer to help them for a few days with their pets until they feel better. It may mean a bit of time on your part but I guarantee that your actions will speak louder than a get well card any day of the week.

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This has got to be on of my biggest beefs with city folk who move into the houses for rent way out here in the country. They move in and visit the local feed store and say “how cute” to the day old chicks that are for sale. They get the idea that they can have fresh eggs when the chickens get older.

Now here is what they don’t understand: we live in the foothills where we have coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats and other assorted predators. They get the foolish idea that they can let the chickens free range (otherwise known as letting them wander all over the place including all the neighbors properties) because keeping them in a chicken coop is cruel. Then they complain to their neighbors that their chickens are missing. Us country folk just shake our heads in disbelief.

The latest nut job of a neighbor let her broody mother hen free range on my property (they have 20 acres of their own) with at least 20 chicks around her. She told me that she thinks one of my barn cats got 2 of her chicks since she can’t find them.  Sorry lady but keep your chickens off of my property and penned up so they don’t go “missing.”

Too bad common sense did not go along with the farm they rented. Welcome to the country folks, get educated.

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The freedom of being able to trailer your horse to horse shows, trail heads and going camping with them does have one major drawback. That is what do you do if your towing vehicle breaks down or gets a flat tire? This happened to me about 8 years ago. I was coming back from a horse show and had just gotten off of the freeway to make the last leg of my journey towards my ranch. At the bottom of the freeway exit ramp my truck stalled and would not start again. I had enough momentum to get the truck and trailer off of the main roadway and onto the shoulder.

I had AAA at the time and gave them a call. The tow truck driver arrived and could not jump start or get the truck started. The driver said he could tow the truck but I would have to leave the horse trailer and horse inside it, on the shoulder of the road…………..nope that would not work for me. I contacted a neighbor who came to my rescue with his truck. My truck got towed and my neighbor took the horse trailer with my horse in it to my house. I learned that day that not all breakdown services are the same.

There are several towing companies in the USA that cater to horse owners that trailer their horses. One in US Rider. They will make sure that the horse and horse trailer are taken care of as well as your towing vehicle. The bottom line is, make sure your animals are taken care of in an emergency should you be traveling with them.

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