Bonden i stan

GOTT NYTT ÅR ALLA GALNINGAR!!!

2011-12-31T14:47:00.009-06:00

Här kommer en hälsning från DÄNEMAK och från dagens nyårsritt!

Detta är sekunden innan Moneypenny exploderar för hon är vild och börjar galoppera runt mig i små cirklar så jag nästan tappar iPhonen...

Fin bild nere vid sjön

Innan vi ska gå

Vid granplantagen

Nej nu ska jag fortsätta hygge mig med mitt brända ris, Blossa glögg och importerade Kvibille ost, himla nice! E alldeles för lat att orka dra mig ut trots vänner som tjatar, det är kallt, fuktigt, dimmigt, molnigt o jävligt utanför, vem f-n orkar ge sig ut i det?!?!?! Jag hade helst grävt ner mig, helst så djupt så jag hamnat på andra sidan jordklotet, kanske vid Nya Zeeland nånstans, det hade varit perfekt! :)

Peace out!

Training for collection :)

2011-06-07T16:37:00.006-05:00

Duktiga duktiga häst!!! :D

Trotting

Trotting

Trotting

They way boys and girls are

2011-05-06T13:26:00.000-05:00

Laying down

2011-04-11T15:27:00.006-05:00

Working on laying down, this is how far we've gotten. We've so far not worked on getting up on command. Usually she lay still and I can scratch her belly, this time not. Can be dangerous, we'll improve that! The potential for 'sitting' is also there. :)

Collection by hand - progressing good in the academic art of riding (well in this photo - training by hand "ground work")

Cutting Back: Spain Hits Hard Times 9/29/2010

2011-01-22T17:30:00.000-06:00

The worst things about winter, it is - DARK - COLD - SNOWY - MISERABLE

2011-01-15T07:44:00.013-06:00

Actually a nice pic of the stable window:

I would rather have it like this.

Funny cat striking the printer

2011-01-09T11:21:00.001-06:00

Breakfast!

2010-12-21T19:20:00.003-06:00

This was a morning a couple of days ago, the horses had just gotten their hay in the pasture. The view is all gone due to the snowy fog, looks pretty neat.

Merry Christmas to you all and let us hope that the summertime will arrive any day soon!

Damn snow...

2010-12-03T11:08:00.000-06:00

Playing fetch continues

2010-11-02T04:46:00.002-05:00

Fetch the dish-brush

2010-10-28T15:01:00.006-05:00

Yesterday we started playing fetch with a dish-brush.
Since she has to stay in her box for 1.5 months after the surgery, I need to try to find out different ways to give her some mental stimulation. We've only had three sessions with fetching and this is how far we've gotten at the moment.

Moneypenny in the hospital

2010-10-04T11:51:00.010-05:00

While in hospital - Moneypenny has had colic two times. One postoperatively due to the anaesthetics, and the second time it was because of the sedation she had been given when changing her bandage. The first time it was in her ceacum (blind gut) and it took 1.5 days to resolve - it can take up to 4-5 days! Because the oil given orally is kind of shunted passed the caecum, just passing from the ileum to the colon - instead of going into the blind gut and helping in resolving the situation.
The second time it was in her small intestine, she rolled and was in pain. Of course she was given analgesic drugs and everything that comes with it.

The vet. had to sedate her because she didn't like to stand still, lifting her hoof under the entire procedure, and this in turn, is probably because she didn't like to be put in a small tight examination box during the procedure - in a very non-horse-atmospheric-futuristic-room. She tried to jump over the edges of the box (was over with her fore legs!) and reared and so on.

So, today I was going to be there in order to keep her calm (with one kg of carrots) and everything went fine. We didn't even step into the examination box since she gets so stressed (we were outside her own box). Everything went fine this time and we thereby managed to avoid administration of sedative drugs - so she won't have any more colic!!!!

The wound looked fine, there is granulation tissue covering most of it and there was only minimal bleeding. In a few days she'll most likely get a special shoe with a metal plate that is to be screwed on and off, after changing the tampons in her hole - and then she'll come home! :)

Has she only got one leg?

Difference in size!

While MP is in the hospital - a new house is being built for her which she can use as a shelter in her pasture whenever she gets well again:

Now they have surgically removed Moneypennys keratoma

2010-09-24T10:12:00.002-05:00

Everything went fine and so did the anaesthesia. She was anaesthetized for about one hour. It was enormously interesting to watch it and I have loads of pictures (coming soon) because I got to use one of the (three!) veterinarians Nikon D50 - because we all wanted pictures - both for educational purposes, and for my own private interest.

They have not diagnosed keratoma per se, because there obviously wasn't material enough to make a histological examination, but they say that there is a high probability that it is a keratoma, since it isn't very common with abscesses in that area of the hoof.

Moneypenny is a fighter and I'm sure she'll recover to be a nice and sound horse again! And let's hope that it doesn't reoccur!

Moneypenny will undergo surgery tomorrow

2010-09-23T08:20:00.008-05:00

As some of you already know, I discovered a strange structure in my horse's left front hoof that protruded out in a circular formation. I took the knife and cut it over and found this:

I hadn't seen anything like it before so I called my ferrier who came and told me that it might be a keratoma, which has to be removed surgically in a veterinary clinic.

She has now been diagnosed with keratoma and will be operated on tomorrow - read about the condition here:
http://www.cheshire-equinevets.com/?section=Keratoma

Furthermore, I found other problems in both hind feet which could be canker:
http://www.equipodiatry.com/canker1.htm

and:
http://www.cheshire-equinevets.com/?section=canker

They have not yet diagnosed this - but I'm just waiting for it to come, and it does not look that good in my opinion.

All of this because of a f*king wet rainy disastrous summer. Just another proof of why we will move south!

I loath our climate - it is eating my horse!

Beautiful animals part 2!

2010-09-19T12:04:00.006-05:00

HUGEN!
On the raft on the river

Took a shower...

Sunbathing

Life is wonderful

Hvor dejligt med sol!

Cleaning

Too hot!

Beautiful animals!

2010-09-19T09:34:00.007-05:00

BANNIEN!

Downtown Copenhagen

LINGI!

IGEN!

LINGI!

Elaine is the best

2010-08-31T04:19:00.000-05:00

The swedish ocean this morning - and the ponies

2010-08-30T05:12:00.006-05:00

När ska vi få gå och käka gräs i gräshagen EGENTLIGEN???

Hugo dog i cancer

2010-08-27T14:33:00.020-05:00

Tumörer på mjälte och lever, det var inget annat att göra än att ge en spruta när han låg i narkos på operation. Korven kommer bli saknad, men vi har haft mycket kul med honom under åren som varit! Här är lite bilder och filmer bara någon dag innan han blev dålig - som tur var gick det snabbt!

Hugo o Likör på stranden - klicka för förstoring

Blåsigt - bomullshunden far nästan iväg!

Överallt var Hugo med:

Men ibland var han svårfångad på bild:

Korven är dålig!

2010-08-26T13:27:00.007-05:00

Hugo har sedan i tisdags kväll varit hängig, ligger inte med huvudet på tassarna som han brukar när han ska sova - håller upp huvudet när han ligger ner. Hade lite ljusare slemhinnor och ev. lite långsam kapillärfyllnadstid (CRT).

På onsdagen bajsade han lite på morgonen. Senare åkte han med i bil till en kompis och inte förrän senare på dagen skulle vi gå 2 km som vi brukar - då gick han riktigt långsamt, svansen slokade och han verkade mycket sämre. Han ville inte dricka efter turen vilket aldrig har hänt förr. Förstoppning? Tveksamt då han bajsat på morgonen och en liten liten bit skinka slank utan tvekan ner. Lite undertempererad (37.3) och ljusa slemhinnor (anemi?). Jag rekommenderade DÄ att uppsöka veterinär asap, men far valde att avvakta lite. På kvällen åt han hälften av sitt sedvanligt uppblötta torrfoder med 1 tsk matolja i, ifall det vore stopp i tarmen.

På torsdagen var Hugo mkt sämre, porslinsvita slemhinnor (anemi?), lite förhöjd andningsfrekvens (pga anemi??? isf --> dålig syresättning--> ökad andningsfrekvens), undertempererad (37.4). Orkade inte riktigt gå och rör sig som vanligt. Senare på dagen åkte far in med Hugo till veterinären.
Det fanns nästan inget blod att tappa för blodprov - antagligen pga perifer vasokonstriktion och därmed mer koncentration till vitala organ som hjärta, hjärna, njurar och lever. Röntgen visade inget särskilt enligt far, ev. förstorad mjälte - ev. tumör på denna? Mjälten går ju att leva utan, men om en ev. tumör metastaserat är det nog inte mycket att be för. Hugo får blodtransfusion, de kan ej öppna upp innan Hugos tillstånd stabiliserats, om han blir piggare ikväll ska han opereras, annars i morgon.

Vidare rapport följer!

Horse... industry... harmony?

2010-08-17T17:21:00.002-05:00

Village People eftersøgt for vold...

2010-08-16T05:30:00.001-05:00

click to enlarge:

Good news in Catalonia, Spain!

2010-07-28T11:49:00.000-05:00

Bullfighting banned in Catalonia

Spinach soup with shrimps and eggs / Spenatsoppa med räkor och ägg

2010-07-21T12:12:00.007-05:00

A really good soup which I've tried for the very first time! (not much into cooking I'm not)

For 3 persons
15cm of leek (purjolök)
150g of leaf spinach (bladspenat)
1 vegetable bouillon cube/ stock cube (grönsaksbuljong)
1 white garlic (vitlök)
2.5 - 3 dl water (vatten)
1dl cream (grädde)
1.5dl creme fraîche
butter
peeled shrimps / fried king prawns for topping when served

English
Cut the leek into thin strips and chop the spinach a bit.
Fry the leeks in butter in a saucepan, without it taking on color, add garlic and spinach.
Fry about 5 minutes on low heat.
Crumble the stock cube and add the water - boil for a few minutes.
Pour in cream and creme fraiche, pour in the "shrimp water" (räkspad) and boil for about 10-15 minutes.

Then I ran everything through the stick blender as it became smoother (not necessary)
Pour in soup plates and add a handful of peeled shrimp or fried king prawns.
Split eggs also fits perfectly with spinach soup.

Swedish
Skär purjolöken i tunna strimlor samt hacka spenaten lite. Fräs purjon i smör i kastrull utan att det tar färg tillsätt pressad vitlök och spenaten. Fräs ca 5 min på låg värme. Smula i buljongtärning samt tillsätt vattnet låt koka ett par minuter. Häll i grädde och creme fraiche samt om du använt frysta räkor häll i räkspadet / spadet från kylda räkor. Låt koka ca 10-15 minuter.
Sen körde jag allt med stavmixer så den blev slätare (behövs ej)
Häll upp soppan i tallrikar och lägg på en näve skalade räkor eller tigerräkor.
Ägghalvor passar även perfekt till spenatsoppa.

Svensk text lånad och modifierad från Katrin Zytomierskas blogg

PHK 1988 nr4 sep 193-198

2010-05-28T06:02:00.007-05:00

Diskussionen vore fint och om det eventuellt står om KSS någon annan stans, du kan ju skumma igenom den. DETTA VAR DET SISTA!!! :D :D :D TUSIND TAK PIGE!!!!!!!! HUSK! att skriva vilken artikel det ær du øversætter så jag hittar sen =)
P.S Du måste klicka på OLDER POSTS før att se restan av artiklarna, det ær alltså alla artiklar som har postats under dagens datum. De tar slut vid ett ældre inlægg som ær daterat 20 maj, tillika de du øversatte førra gången.

PHK 2001 nr3 maj/juni Bd17

2010-05-28T05:53:00.002-05:00

Hann inte ladda upp hela artikeln (før ditt intresse alltså) men det ær stycket om diagnostisk lokalanastesi som behøver øversættas.

PHK 2007 nr5 Bd 23

2010-05-28T05:33:00.007-05:00

Endast diskussionen behøver øversættas hær :)

PHK 1997 nr3 maj/juni Bd13

2010-05-28T05:12:00.006-05:00

Hær ræcker det att øversætta stycket "Untersuchung unter Belastung" sid 217 till sida 218.

PHK 1993 nr4 juli/aug bd9

2010-05-28T04:46:00.012-05:00

Vi tror att det enda du behøver øversætta hær ær stycket Überreitende Dornfortsätze på sid 227 till sid 228. Ser du ngt annat relevant så kan du ta med det också, men det ska ju handla om KSS.

BMTW 2002 Nr 11 av 12 Bd 115

2010-05-28T04:30:00.005-05:00

Endast Diskussion av intresse, det borde stå i den att KSS kan existera utan att før den sakens skull ge utslag vid en palpation. =)

PHK 1993 nr5 sep/okt bd9

2010-05-28T03:52:00.015-05:00

Jætteintressant artikel, men vi ska inte skriva om ex. discus intervertebralis sid 276 eller annat irrelevant. Det ær endast KSS som ær intressant før oss.
Vill vi gærna ha mer æn bara diskussionen ur denna artikel, du ser ju sjælv vad som ær relevant. Sid 267, 268, 269 till delar av 270 verkar høgintressanta. Sen kommer då en del stycken om bl.a. discus intervertebralis, anulus fibrosus mm. som vi int behøver. Ngt om KSS finns i øversta stycket sid 277 - kika dær om det ær ngt av intresse, annars ær det då diskussionen utøver de næmnda sidor ovan.

PHK 1996 nr2 mars/april bd12

2010-05-28T03:19:00.007-05:00

Øversættning from. diskussionen sid. 81 ær intressant (dock scannat resten av egenintresse)

PHK 2002 nr1 jan/feb bd 18

2010-05-28T03:10:00.010-05:00

Scannade in allt, men det vi ønskar øversatt i denna ær DISKUSSIONEN som børjar på sida 28. Tycker det ær bæst att scanna in allt om det ær så att du/jag/vi i eget intresse vill ta del av hela artikeln.

No 1 från 1987

2010-05-20T04:08:00.011-05:00

Tack - vore jættesnællt om du orkade igenom dessa!!! Sæg vad du vill ha før det eller om det ær ngt annat vi kan gøra!!!

No 2 från 2002

2010-05-20T03:56:00.003-05:00

Michael Morrisseys tillkortakommanden eller Hur man får en häst att hoppa

2010-05-03T17:29:00.002-05:00

Text från C - hade inte kunnat säga det bättre själv!
""Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into one"

Ännu en ärorik händelse i ridsportens historia. Den amerikanska hoppryttaren Michael Morrissey stod för skammen den här gången när han under en uttagningstävling till det amerikanska hopplandslaget den 27 februari i Wellington visade sin häst Crelido var skåpet ska stå.
Det intressanta är att herr Morrissey inte blev avstängd trots att denna händelse utspelade sig på tävlingsbanan, han fick inte ens en varning. Inte förrän filmen läckte ut på internet blev Michael Morrissey avstängd från vidare tävlan i uttagningstävlingar. Vilket dock inte hindrade honom från att medverka på nästföljande som hölls den 3 mars. MM ströks dock i efterhand från alla start- och resultatlistor för att dölja detta faktum.

Här är filmen där Crelido vägrar framför vattenmattan. Notera hur ryttaren byter grepp på spöt för att få bättre slagkraft."

Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano

2010-04-23T09:39:00.001-05:00

AMAZING pictures!!!
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html

Amongst others - this one:

Dankort - VISA-kort i Danmark - Gränsgängarfrågor

2010-04-21T03:19:00.004-05:00

Text tagen från http://www.danska-svenska.se/fokus/?cat=8 Äntligen en text som sätter ord på de problem som danskarna inte är medvetna om när man berättar för dom. Danmark som enda land, vad jag erfarit, accepterar ej vanligt VISA-kort. Detta märker inte danskarna då deras kort fungerar världen över, men alla turister som kommer till Danmark undrar vad det är frågan om.

"Danska tonåringar löser Dankorts-problemet?
lördag, 13 februari, 2010

För den som vill shoppa i Danmark finns egentligen bara två alternativ: kontanter eller Dankort. Att handla med Dankortet är praktiskt; det accepteras överallt och är dessutom avgiftsfritt. I princip varenda dansk i vuxen ålder äger ett Dankort. Samtidigt som det fungerar smidigt för danskarna själva, har kortet blivit ett problem för utländska turister och gränsgångare. Det har nämligen i princip en monopolställning i Danmark. Oftast accepterar handlarna bara Dankortet – eller kontanter – och åtskilliga svenskar har därför fått vandra snopna och tomhänta ut ur danska butiker. För att få ett Dankort måste man ha ett danskt CPR-nummer, motsvarande svenskarnas personnummer, och ansökan måste göras i Danmark. Det är inte omöjligt att ordna ett CPR-nummer (det blir då ett fiktivt sådant), men det kan bara kopplas till ett danskt konto, och ett sådant är inte avgiftsfritt. Därför är det framför allt svenskar som arbetar i Danmark som skaffar sig ett Dankort.

På den svenska sidan sundet har man i många år hoppats på en lösning på problemet (eller ”gränshindret”, som det också kallats) och därför är det säkert många som gläder sig åt nyheten att allt fler danska handlare nu börjat acceptera internationella betalkort. Dock inte i första hand för att tillfredsställa svenskarna (och den svenska regeringen), utan för att danska tonåringar i allt större utsträckning skaffar sig betalkort, och då är det någon form av internationellt bankkort som gäller. För att få ett Dankort måste man nämligen ha fyllt 18 år. Ungdomarna är en viktig kundgrupp, och handeln har bara att anpassa sig. Tidningen Politiken berättar att ungdomskort som Visa Electron, Maestro och MasterCard Cash ”stormar fram”. Det blir alltså de danska tonåringarna som löser det problem som turister och affärsmän kämpat med i åratal, konstaterar tidningen."

Fox hunting in Copenhagen/Dyrehaven/The Deer Park

2010-04-15T04:20:00.059-05:00

Wikipedia says:Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of followers led by a master of foxhounds, who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.[1]

Fox hunting originated in its current form in the United Kingdom in the 16th century, but is practised all over the world, including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Russia, and the United States.[2][3] In Australia, the term also refers to the hunting of foxes with firearms similar to spotlighting or deer hunting.

The sport is controversial, particularly in the UK, where bans were introduced for Scotland in 2002, then for England and Wales in November 2004.[4] Proponents see it as an important part of rural culture, useful for conservation and pest control,[5][6][7] while opponents argue that it is cruel and unnecessary.

In Denmark, there are no foxes getting killed, here are som pictures from the 'hunting' that always occur the first sunday in november, these pictures are from 2009:

Friesians:

The Deer Park / Dyrehaven

The queens sister (I think it was!)

The warm up area, here you may many times spot quite poor riding. I know it's no dressage competition, nevertheless I do feel that it is important to have a good partnership with a horse no matter what type of riding one's into. What about feeling and hormony?

Horse for sale:

Look at the riders heels and hands and the horse's eyes, ears, mouth and the contracted dorsal muscles of the neck - ouch!!!

Behind the vertical, doesn't look comfortable for the horse:

First obstacle:

Next obstacle:

Another obstacle:

Another one...

If there is a will there is a way:

Tough on the horses landing:

Friesians:

People has gathered at the water obstacle:

Water obstacle:

A haflinger on the obstacle after the pond:

The castle:

The goal:

Waiting for the riders:

The masters followed by the rest of the horses on the home-stretch:

Afterwards came the ponies:

Haflinger on the home-stretch:

Distribution of prizes:

Not that nice, but it's good that the horse hasn't got a noseband since it seems to be uncomfortable with the bit, thus can ease the pain by opening it's mouth:

Sometimes it does not end very well, suddenly the horse fell down and died:

Going home:

Marius Schneider and Orfeu

2010-02-26T13:17:00.012-06:00

Hi there "M"! Here's the video I promised to show you:This is a good example of SOFT and supple riding in full harmony. Marcus Schneider is one of Bent Branderup's foremost students. Only 29 years old, he has his own training stable and practice expression ahead of perfection. Words from C.

Hi there "S"! These are the photos I talked about last time and now I'm posting them for you:Here are photos of a spanish horse. Actually a P - R - E. The owner told me that these horses are bred to have their hind legs camped under (positioned more under the body) in order to make it easier for the horse to step in under and carry the rider correctly. I have never heard about this before! In my opinion, it looks slightly camped under. The front legs looks like calf knees (sabelbenad) and the hind show sickle hocks (kohasighet). I have to read the race standard - anyone that knows if this is what we want to achieve in a P-R-E? (This was a very OLD stallion and apparently a bit underweight)

MORE SNOW!!! MÁS NIEVE!!!

2010-02-24T15:32:00.014-06:00

Photos taken by my mother / Fotos de mi madre
Please enlarge them to see how bad it really is! / Por favor, ampliar, para ver lo malo que es!
The road outside / La calle fuera
The fence surrounding the garden / La valla que rodea el jardín
The garden / El jardín

This is 'my' cow at the beach in the summer / 'Mi' vaca en el verano:

The very same place now / Lo mismo lugar ahora:

The ROAD (where you go by car) down to the beach:

The library is closed due to snow on the roof and the risk that the roof will collapse:

On of all the trucks that transport snow from the city:

Xose>> Por supuesto he tenía los caballitos dentro de la casa haha, que mala suerte no tengo fotos digitales en este situación. Aqui estan Igor y Likör (Liquor en inglés), se pueden subir las escaleras y entrar en la casa. Tienen su dehesa directamente en relación con la terraza y la puerta de la casa. Mi padre esta muy feliz tiene los caballitos tan cerca :)

Foto del verano:

On the road again

2010-02-15T16:41:00.003-06:00

Stopped to catch a bite to eat:

Regeneration of oil

2010-02-15T13:34:00.007-06:00

Scientist Vladimir Kutcherov at KTH, Stockholm, predict that we will have oil for the next 4 million years!

So stop whining already ;)

Clip, only 3 minutes!
http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter/nyhetskanalen?videoId=1.1423652

Poor dressage

2010-02-15T07:02:00.023-06:00

Dressage at it's best, no force what so ever on the reins. Suppleness. Harmony. This is what it should look like in my opinion. I don't know what's going on in modern dressage, I can't really say that it has "developed", at least not in a good way, take a look!

Pictures from the group Blue Tongue world cup warm up video on facebook, most pictures courtesy of Matilde Goul Dueholm.

Depicted is Moorlands Totilas:
Comment from FB around the pic, I couldn't have said it better myself: "The neck is short and tight, where is the extended frame required at extended trot?, why is the rider and saddle half way up his neck? why is there a big hollow behind the saddle?, why is the horse sweating so profusely?, why is the rider in waterski position?
We need to learn to look at the whole picture - all of this shows us he is trained using rollkur, not just whether or not he is in this actual moment.
This is an extremely talented rider on an extremely talented horse but nevertheless many of the signs are still there and all of them are signs of incorrect work according to the FEIs own rules-and yet this horse is being marked with 9s and 10s."

Another dressage equipage:

Depicted is a danish warmblood stallion, diagonal pairs not matching, weight on forehand. Look at the hocks!

The pictures speak for themselves:

It's truly awful and quite amazing how this is allowed to proceed!

Entire weight on the pelham bit. I actually read that a famous danish woman competing in show jumping, teaches to tighten the noseband tight enought - so the horse can't breath properly, which makes it easier to turn the horse around. GREAT!

Ring pulling the corners of the mouth upward.

"Depicted a horse in the warm up arena, show jumping. Gas pedal in the side, brakes in the front. Good ol show jumpers with their ever more inventive bits to elicit furthur control on a horse they've never bothered to school correctly....as bad as anky leaning back on her curb bit horizontal to the ground." - couldn't have said it better myself!

Sad!

Snow!

2010-02-01T13:51:00.006-06:00

We have had A LOT of snow here in Denmark! It was another snowstorm and in one evening it fell ca 10-20cm!!! We had just shoveled the snow away and the next morning we had almost as much AGAIN!

I am SO tired of this shit!

Hey Xose! Digame! Quiero vivir en España, quizas en el norte, creo que no es tán caro comprar una casa y un poquito de tierra por dos caballos allí - pero no sé nada de esto!!! ¿Que piensas? ¿Conoces algo de esto? En la costa en el este, pienso que hay muchas turistas y las ciudades están cerca del agua y la costa, y por eso no creo que es posible comprar una casa sin que sea muy caro. Me gustaría tener una granja(casa) en el país, pero preferiblemente no muy lejos de la costa y que, por lo tanto, pensé que podría encajar el norte de España. Dime, ¿cómo es la zona costera en el norte? ¿Hay playas de arena (por montando en la playa!!!) o hay más rocas y piedras? Este verano iré a el norte de España, para aprender más español y ver cómo es allí!!! Saludos de Copenhague!

Lady Moneypenny and I dancing and playing

2010-01-08T14:19:00.030-06:00

Hola Xose! Prospero año!!! He visto tú mensaje, voy a responder más un otro vez, tengo que dormir ahora - iré a un reunión de caballos mañana temprano =)

JAG o Manniebannie:
Me and my horsie:

Exhaling

Working long and low

EN: Quarter in from the ground / DK: traversade fra jorden/ SE: sluta från marken

EN: Quarter in / DK: traversade / SE: sluta

EN: Quarter in / DK: traversade / SE: sluta

Smells GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Så här fint klarade numera knalltränade 'polishästen' lady Moneypenny av Köpenhamns-fyrverkerierna:

2009-12-31T19:50:00.042-06:00

Bästa nyårsafton på många år!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-12-31T16:49:00.007-06:00

Jag har inte gjort ett enda jota detta nyår och jag är så nöjd!!! Nyårsaftnar har i många år varit matta antiklimax efter julhelgen - förväntningar på antingen millenniumskifte eller decenniumskifte gör det svårt för firandet att leva upp till.

I år har jag varit ENSAM hemma och pluggat ETOLOGI!!! och iakttagit hästarna i hagen som habituerats så fint till alla smällar och lysande fyrverkerier här i krokarna av Köpenhamn den senaste veckan. Det är inte helt fel - snart har jag en polishäst haha.

Jag har dessutom läst tre kapitel ikväll - härligt! Lyssnat på Michael Jackson och annan dancemusik på högsta driv (allt folk på gården är borta och firar). Dancemusiken är kul för den får en att vilja ut o röja på dansgolven men det får bli en annan gång. Undrar just hur många som är ute o slänger dom lurviga på självaste nyårsafton?

Här är en bild innan jag aktivt började brassa på med extraelementet - jag har gått från 17.4 grader till 24.3 - NICE.

Medan fötterna hettas upp på elementet fick jag effektiv läsning gjord - planerna på boende söderut tar form allt eftersom temperaturen utanför sjunker. SKITVINTER!

Om fyra minuter är klockan tolv så jag ska gå ut och se hur hästarna hanterar det. Dom bryr sig inte ett dugg om knallarna numera och dom är fortfarande ute - jag tror dom hanterar det bättre än att vara instängda och lyssna på kriget bakom lyckta dörrar.

Gott nytt år med förhoppning om klimatUPPVÄRMNING för det här är för jävla kallt!!!

Lord Monckton - Greenpeace

2009-12-20T10:17:00.005-06:00

Hej LISA-TOMMY PAINTS! (o alla andra)
Ja du vet ju vem jag menar!

Kolla denna filmen! Alla borde se den - den norska greenpeace-kvinnan blir totalmosad! Hon säger att hon "tror" och inte vet, och att hon baserar hennes tro på det media och Greenpeace säger. När intervjuaren då presenterar massor med vetenskapliga fakta, bl.a. att jorden faktiskt kylts ner och att vi haft det lägsta antalet orkaner de senaste 30 åren, har hon ingenting att säga.

Fan pinsamt! Undersök fakta INNAN du släpar dig ner till klimatkonferencer i andra länder - SUCK!

James Balog - Time-laps proof of extreme ice loss

2009-12-13T11:19:00.001-06:00

I truly recommend this! Endure until 10 min, then you get to see the time-laps pictures from the northern hemisphere.

Tim i "mammas pojkar" - Blått skägg?

2009-12-11T18:05:00.005-06:00

HAHA fantastiskt!!! Segt med all reklam men det är VÄRT DET!!!

Elaine at the movie

2009-12-06T11:51:00.001-06:00

Fantastic Laleh with "Han tuggar kex"

2009-11-19T17:49:00.001-06:00

Correct piaff (from Gerd Heuschmanns book Tug of War)

2009-11-18T16:41:00.006-06:00

The reason some girls stay single

2009-11-13T15:21:00.002-06:00

http://melodymaker.posterous.com/the-reason-some-girls-stay-single-very-funny

Be sure to read the whole text before listening!

Vad ska det bli av dig?

2009-11-09T12:34:00.004-06:00

Patrick Kittel - "Blue tongue" World Cup

2009-10-27T13:40:00.004-05:00

Rollkür.. sorry, I mean DRESSAGE at it's best! In addition to the blue ischaemic tongue that's flapping out of the horses' mouth, notice how the horse is having trouble lifting it's right hind leg at 15s due to the rollkür it's subjected to. It also shows it's frustration when kicking at 3.38. I wouldn't call that riding in harmony! The whole point of dressage is to engage the hindquarters and make the horse carry itself and the rider correctly in order to avoid injuries due to the riders weight on its back. Here, the most weight is on its forehand all the time. Great work! (irony). It's a shame how top riders can behave like this!!! And if you follow the source link below, you will see that a person complained about it - but the Steward said: "it was not deemed necessary to comment or take action, because Kittel was no worse than other riders using the same method.". So that means that if a majority are animal tormentors - it's ok for me to act that way too?

Source:http://epona.tv/uk/news/show/artikel/blue-tongues-at-world-cup-qualifier/

"KWPN Stallion Watermill Scandic ridden by Swedish Patrik Kittel during a two hour session of various degrees of hyperflexion at the World Cup dressage qualifier in Odense, Denmark. Early on in the session, the horse's tongue has turned blue and limp and flops out of the stallion's mouth. Stopping the horse, the rider leans forward and fixes the problem, using the hand furthest from the camera. After this, the session is continued for a minimum of 90 minutes in the same way. This pair is trained by Dutch chef d'equipe, Sjef Janssen, who was present at the warm up arena."

Rednecks

2009-10-24T17:17:00.002-05:00

Terre á terre

2009-10-19T12:57:00.003-05:00

I will, in the future time, discuss some issues around collection, hyper flexion (rollkür) etc. I'm looking forward to it, but from now on I will be a bit occupied.

Here is a nice video of a nice terre á terre, very relaxed horse and soft communication.

Icelandic horses - gaited training

2009-10-18T13:09:00.021-05:00

There is no wonder that these horses more than often get problems with kissing spines and spavin (spatt på svenska). Spavin is hereditary in icelandic horses and it is teached in swedish ferrier education that the icelandic horses got this as a frequent defect when breeding for pace. I know that the pace is considered a natural gait and maybe did this happen (if it's correct) when enhancing the pace by breeding? I did not know/heard anything about this before so tell me if this is questionable!

In my opinion, riding is for the horse - not the rider. I like the idea of training my horse in a way that's good for the horses' body, musculature, tendons and ligaments - actually everything in the horse. Because I want my horse to last. I do not like how many people train their horses more for their own sake than for the horses'. They get broken down. Especially in these gaited horses' training - it is absolutely impossible for the horse to move in a good and collected state. (See also previous blogging about Tennessee Walking Horses)

In for ex. tölt, one want the horses to walk in an extravagant gait with their forelegs lifted high, this means that their heads need to be high, and this is not really a problem unless the back at the same time lowers (which is really the consequence in a non collected horse). When speed is added and the hind end only acts through pushing the horse forward - it is impossible for the horse to collect itself. The hind end is further back pushing on - rather than getting in under the body and lift the back musculature and the rider.

This is a flying pace though, a two-beat lateral gait with a moment of suspension between footfalls; each side has both feet land almost simultaneously (left hind and left front, suspension, right hind and right front)

As a consequence the horses' back is lowered. The physiology say: hind end out, back lowers, head goes even higher, more weight is transferred to the fore end leading to decreased amount of collection.

I also question the thing about adults riding icelandic horses. I just want to know WHAT, really, it is that say that these small ponies are able to carry adults. The vikings were not very tall as most of us think, but on the contrary they wore a lot of heavy clothings, gear and packing. I'm also thinking whether or not the vikings had enough horses so they could shift the tired one out for another fresh one.

A swedish veterinarian who is a specialist in icelandic horses, said in an article that the discovery of a horse having spavin, is most often discovered AFTER the spavin has healed! Icelandic horses does not seem to show that much pain, which furthermore has been discussed a lot in articles. The icelandic horse has no natural enemies and thereby has no need to show for ex. fear in the same way as other horses do. There are a lot of text about this and other differences in expression. They act differently than other horses.
If this is so, how about carrying a too heavy rider - would they show that pain/exhaustion? Or is this the reason why they just go on until they eventually brake down, in either kissing spines or spavin?

This is why I'm a skeptic about this way of riding. I have NOTHING against icelandic horses at all! I've seen some been riding in the academic art of riding where they do collect the horse - and I guess that will increase their ability to carry a heavy rider - but that's specualtions. Here are some pictures showing this great collected state:

Katrin Wallberg, source: http://hem.fyristorg.com/ridkonst/

Unknown, source: http://www.pixbox.se/pic_show_id12671789.html

This is all for now. I don't see any harmony in the way of riding in the video above. I like seeing harmony, but all I see is a lot of tension and force.

Cheers!

Kapat från SvD - Läsvärt!

2009-10-16T07:30:00.002-05:00

Källa:
http://www.svd.se/opinion/brannpunkt/artikel_3655933.svd

"6/10 skrev vi en artikel med tre påpekanden: 1. Regering och myndigheter har fört oss bakom ljuset om ett avtal som har tvingat fram köp av 9–18 miljoner vaccindoser mot svininfluensan. 2. Köpet har sannolikt spelat en roll för den massvaccineringskampanj som gör att riskgrupper i andra länder blir utan vaccin. 3. Denna relativt lindriga influensa motiverar inte att hela svenska folket vaccineras.

På detta reagerade Smittskyddsinstitutet, Socialstyrelsen och två smittskyddsläkare (8/10). De skriver att vi går emot en enhällig expertkår och har dåliga kunskaper. Sedan gissar de att 1,5 miljoner svenskar kommer att insjukna i svininfluensan i vinter. Problemet är att det inte föreligger någon enighet bland experterna. Vi vet att kritikerna är tillsagda att hålla tyst, eftersom offentlig expertkritik kastar grus i maskineriet.

Av svininfluensans framfart på södra halvklotet ser vi att den bör betraktas som lindrigare än säsongsinfluensan. Färre dödsfall och färre insjuknade talar för att så är fallet. Av detta drar vi slutsatsen att vaccinering av riskgrupper är det adekvata och beprövade förhållningssättet. Vår uppfattning delas av resten av världen med få undantag.

Vi vet att riskgrupper i andra länder blir helt utan vaccin, eftersom Sverige avtalat sig före i kön. Det tycker vi är osolidariskt. Av dem som drabbas av svininfluensan kommer en del att bli allvarligt sjuka och några kommer att dö. Men de flesta kommer att ha en relativt lindrig sjukdom och immunologiskt stå starkare nästa gång influensan slår till. Forskning har visat att vaccinerade har ett sämre skydd än ovaccinerade som genomgått influensan.

Ingen kan på förhand veta vilka effekterna blir av massvaccineringen. Ingen har, vad vi vet, gjort en sådan i influensasammanhang tidigare. Därför tycker vi att det behövs en öppen diskussion.

BO ZACKRISSON

medicinjournalist HERMAN HOLM

överläkare i psykiatri UMAS, Malmö BJÖRN OLSSON

distriktsläkare Luleå, ordf i Svensk Förening för Allmänmedicin 1995–1999 META WIBORG

distriktsläkare, Luleå, ordf i Svensk Förening för Allmänmedicin 1999–2003 "

Me and Mona-Lisa on Strøget!!!!!

2009-10-10T16:31:00.010-05:00

Idag har jag o min bästa Finlandssvenska kompis "Mona-Lisa" (pseudonym) varit på Ströget och tittat på skor. OBS: TITTAT! Vi har ju inte råd med sånt, men fina skor har dom och snart måste man köpa nytt innan foten trillar ur det begynnande hålet nere vid sulan på stöveln.

Jag fick iaf köpt mig en över tre meter ascool "tunnel-halsduk". Den är alltså dubbel - svårt att förklara, man kan inte komma in i tunneln eller så, men den är sydd som en tub typ. Här nedan kommer några bilder. Jag köpte även en ny tröja som var rätt fin. Allt på H&M, halsduk 100DK, tillhörande vantar med snodd så man ej tappar bort dom (sån som barn har ni vet) 59DK och tröjan kostade typ 170DK. Jag försöker att inte tänka på valutan ibland hehe.

Det var förresten fullt med fotbollsfans över hela Köpenhamn, det kryllade av både svenska och danska supportrar, så jag antar att det måste vara Spanien mot Portugal som ska spela! HAHAHA! SKOJJA! Jag tyckte mest det var bra att jag inte ska röra mig runt dom människorna på kvällstid hehe. Jag pratade med en engländare som stod och sålde supporterhalsdukar vid Rådhusplatsen. Det var tydligen det enda han gjorde, han åkte alltid runt till olika match-städer och sålde halsdukar. Han undrade om jag ville ha en, men han hade redan fattat att jag sket i vilket haha!

ENGLISH
Me and my best Finland-Swedish friend went to Strøget (literally "the stroke") today. This is a carfree zone in Copenhagen, Denmark. This popular tourist attraction in the centre of town is the longest pedestrian shopping area in Europe. [Wikipedia]

We looked at all the (expensive) shoes, and found out that we'd rather buy shoes in Sweden or Finland the next time we'll go there. All because of the change rate. I have swedish money and she has finnish money. Anyway, I found an awesome knitted scarf with matching mittens and also a sweater. Check out the pictures below! Copenhagen was also filled with fotball supporters because of the game between Denmark and Sweden. I'm just glad I'm not going to be around those people later in the evening

KLICKA för större - CLICK to enlarge

KLICKA för större - CLICK to enlarge

Jo tack och frugan mår bra?

2009-10-08T13:41:00.011-05:00

Idag har jag helt omedvetet lyckats snyta mig i de tunna fina pappersnäsdukarna i laboratoriet - som var ägnade åt att torka av mikroskåplinsen!!!!!!! HA HA HA!!! Dom var så tunna o fina att jag fick ta TVÅ varje gång ;) Upptäckte det först när asken började ta slut oooooooooops :P Men det fanns fler kvar i botten såg jag sen... lade tillbaka den fint o prydligt o gick därifrån visslandes med händerna på ryggen o låtsades som ingenting.

IN ENGLISH
Today in the laboratory, I've blown my nose in the fine handkerchiefs which, I discovered, were supposed to be used to wipe off the microscope-lenses with... ooops. I didn't realize it until the box started to look empty. Furthermore I used two at a time due to their thinness he he heeeeeeee.

From one thing to another.
I do not like the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. The gaits are FLAT WALK, RUNNING WALK and CANTER. Some, so called, trainers sore their horses' feet = applying blistering chemicals such as diesel fuel, oil or kerosene. Then wrapping the leg with plastic to drive the chemicals in. The process causes soreness and a lot of pain. Horses are then ridden wearing metal chains around each ankle and every step the horse takes is agonizing. So they lift their front legs even higher in the showring getting more applause from the crowd. This often cause open lesions and scars that stay with the horse throughout it's life.

In training barns where soring takes place, it is common to see horses lying down in their stalls, moaning in pain. Intimidation, harassment and threats from industry participants have kept inspectors from examining horses outside of a designated inspection area, directly before entering the show ring. This system gives trainers ample opportunity to attempt to conceal soring before the horse is inspected.

In an effort to mask soring, some trainers will apply numbing agents to their horses' legs prior to inspection so the horse won't react. Others "steward" their horses at home, putting them through mock inspections wherein if the horse reacts to palpation, he is beaten with a whip, bat or other blunt instrument. The horse learns to be more fearful of the beating than the pain in his legs, and learns to stand quietly. Other trainers will attach alligator clips and other pain-inducing objects to sensitive parts of the horse prior to inspection, causing him to focus on the new source of pain rather than his legs and feet.

This is (unfortunately) nothing new to me and the rest of the world. The sad thing is that it has been observed as early as in the eighties - AND NOTHING HAS YET CHANGED!!!!!!!!

Check out these videos (news coverage):

Here's a news coverage from the eighties showing that nothing has changed since then :(

And these are pictures I've made from the videos at the canter and one at the running walk:

Source:
http://www.hsus.org/horses_equines/tn_walking_horses/what_is_soring_fact_sheet_.html

Road trip!

2009-09-29T16:31:00.004-05:00

Hey y'all, long time no see!!!!!!! I've been terribly busy! And it seems to get worse as time goes by!

Summer picture in Sweden, it's lovely isn't it, but can you tell what's wrong with the picture? Click to enlarge!

Hej alla! Det var länge sedan! Jag har haft sjukt mycket att göra och det verkar bara bli värre med åldern!
Sommarbild i Sverige, härligt eller hur! Men kan du/ni se vad som är fel med bilden? Klicka för större!HAHA

Tomorrow we'll start a three day exam! We have been writing reports EVERY DAY (approximately 5-8 pages!!!) for the last two and a half weeks! And now we'll have the final exam, during three days! The course is "Basal Nutrition".

Imon ska vår grupp börja med en tre dagar lång tenta! Vi har skrivit rapporter på ca 5-8 sidor VARJE DAG i två och en halv veckor! Vi har gjort 10 rapporter och ska nu börja med själva examensrapporten som sträcker sig över tre långa dagar. Det är tre timmar per dag, vi har alla hjälpmedel och det finns handledare som man eventuellt kan få någon hjälp av, typ om man inte förstår frågan eller liknande. Kursen är "Basal Näringslära" - vi räknar på foderstater och liknande.

Signs found along the road in Sweden

2009-08-26T08:02:00.004-05:00

At work I travel 450-500km/day by car - sometimes I get to see cool signs.

This one was found someplace close to Kode, Sweden.
"Warning 50-year-old"

Here's another one, I can't recall where it was.

En bild säger mer än tusen ord!

2009-07-24T10:08:00.005-05:00

A picture tells you more than a thousand words!

Here I am posing in front of a christian sign saying "want, dare, faith" - behind me you can see where some of these people live. Since I'm not very religious - now I know where not to move!

Cheers!

Sommarlov

2009-06-22T15:28:00.007-05:00

Ja den här filmen lägger ju rolighetsnivån på mitt sommarlov:

En tenta kvar!
Det som syns är viruspartiklar som närmar sig en B-cell, varpå de fastnar på B-cellens yt-antikroppar. En annan viruspartikel blir sedan "fångad" av fria antikroppar som producerats av B-cellen, den fagocyteras (äts) sedan upp av en cytotoxisk T-cell (Tc-cell = giftig T-cell som dödar).

Här är en bra bild:

Beautiful Copenhagen

2009-06-19T15:11:00.007-05:00

It has been raining a lot the last 24 hours in Denmark

2009-06-13T05:29:00.003-05:00

100mm in total! That's 100 liters per square meter!

Just some ordinary animal cruelty on a tuesday afternoon...

2009-06-09T16:34:00.006-05:00

Trotting, trotting, trotting - what an incredibly awful "sport". In my opinion, all sport events that harm animals in either way, should be stopped. These poor animals are just a means to an end. CA$H, CA$H and CA$H rule the world!

Horses with cool colour patterns:

2009-06-03T11:41:00.002-05:00

Good information about the different colour patterns of American Paint Horses, such as Overo, Tobiano, Tovero, Splashed White and Sabino:
http://www.cactusroseranch.com/paint.html

Tell me my friends, isn't it a lot of disadvantages breeding too much on colour (or any other kind of "in line" breeding)? I'm specifically thinking about the more "extreme" colourig as splashed white. It doesn't look like a natural colour, and as in all breeding (for ex. a dog with brains too big for its cranium, "kicked in" noses and so on) there are usually some negative side effects. For ex. the OLWS-syndrome where completely white foals are born with uncompleted development of the colon, resulting in death. Are there side effects like that also in Tobianos?

A reining horse from New South Wales - splashed white

What to do with a retired reiner:

Source: http://www.reiningnsw.com/Gallery.html

No pants - Improv Everywhere

2009-06-02T15:41:00.000-05:00

Improv everywhere - high five escalator

2009-05-22T15:31:00.002-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANNIBANNIE!!!

2009-05-04T16:56:00.008-05:00

GREAT MONEYPENNY aka. MANNIBANNIE turn four years old today!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS MONEY!!! this horse is not a typical horse - she's more like a dog!)

(Today she got four new shoes for 150 EUROS!!! OUCH, expensive! But hey, what wouldn't I do for a lady like her?!?!?)

George Carlin - religion is bullshit

2009-04-25T12:40:00.005-05:00

Extraordinary!!!

Especially 03:12 - 03:23

Fits me too, I'm totally a sun worshiper - the only negative shit is the cancer risk, but hey - we get cancer from carrots, chips, bicycles or whatever... so who cares!

"Skrot-Nisse and his friends"

2009-04-22T14:01:00.004-05:00

Today I saw a man on the S-tog train who looked EXACTLY like Bertil Enstöring!!!!!

from the Swedish childrens' TV series Skrot-Nisse och hans vänner.

Från Wikipedia:

Skrot-Nisse och hans son Kalle driver en skrotgård i en svensk stad. Deras vän, universalgeniet Bertil Enstöring, som lever i ett fyrtorn utanför staden, förföljs av den ondskefulle stadsingenjören Ture Björkman, som är ute efter Bertils bok med uppfinningar. Andra viktiga biroller är Tures dominanta mamma, en poliskommissarie och en magiker i Sahara.

Ta en god titt vid 1:25 och se vad man visade barn förr!!! På bästa barnsändningstid!!!

Det där var huvudet på spiken!

2009-03-31T17:07:00.001-05:00

En sanning:

The Marwari horse

2009-03-26T16:32:00.004-05:00

All text and pictures are taken from the blog http://simplymarvelous.wordpress.com/2007/09/

"The Marwari horse of today is descended from the splendid war horses that have served the ruling families and warriors of feudal India. Then, and throughout most of India’s history, their status was unparalleled."

They were declared divine, and superior to all men, including those of royal blood.

The Marwari horse is native to the Marwar region of India, and its origins are entwined with local folklore.

The Rathores, a warrior clan of the Raiputs, were driven from their kingdom of Kannaju around the 12th century.

The harsh and desolate land in which they resettled was known as “Maru Pradesh,” the land of death, and it required a rugged horse.

The native Marwari horse proved well suited for both the desert and its role in battle for the Rathore cavalry.

With their long history as warrior horses in the desert, the Marwari are adaptable and agreeable in a variety of rugged environments.

In the desert, their smaller frame and light weight help them negotiate uneven and soft desert sand.

The Marwari breed has long been noted for its exceptional hearing: allowing both horse and rider early warning of impending danger.

The Marwari horses have several distinctive physical characteristics.

They have an extremely proud bearing, distinctive aquiline head and deeply expressive eyes.

Perhaps most noticeable are the ears with their unusual lyre-shape which often appear to meet at the tips.

This is unique to the breed. They are noted for their graceful, active gait and their good nature.

Look at these resemblances - daughter - parents

2009-03-22T16:04:00.025-05:00

Great Moneypenny - my gee-gee, soon four years old

Her father (picture borrowed from www.two-w.se)

Her grandfather

Her beautiful mother

Moneypenny face (photo grat. C - though flipped horizontally)

Her father face (picture borrowed from www.two-w.se)

Very stout (muscular) father (picture borrowed from www.two-w.se)

Happy mother

Moneypenny foal

Beautiful white socks - "excellent" in dressage HAHA!

CIAO!!!

Four ways to mount a horse bareback

2009-03-18T20:01:00.001-05:00

New pics - mountain goat!!!

2009-03-18T04:23:00.002-05:00

The best stretching a horse can get after riding!

One day at the beach

2009-03-17T15:55:00.007-05:00

Mountain goat

2009-03-15T05:11:00.000-05:00

My horse has now learned to stand as a mountain goat when I ask her. These pictures are not the best ones since they were taken before this was well established! Now she can stand with her hind feet close up to her front feet - more pictures will come soon!!!!!!!!

This is just one step forward on the way on how to make the horse lay down. She can already stand on her knees, and when she can do that long enough one just put these two exercises together. Go down on knees, ask to step forward with her hind legs, ask her to bend her head to one side (which is a thing we practice when she's in the mouantain goat) - and then you're practically there!

Riding Catherines horse

2009-03-14T07:29:00.000-05:00

Hi there folks!

I've not been able to post anything lately because I haven't had internet - now times have changed!!!!! =)=)=)

The other day I was at a friends' place, we can call her Catherine as a pseudonym. It was a really nice stay, we were talking some training methods and stuff like that and I wathced her ride and even I got to ride a bit =)

Here's the video! In this video I'm trying to make a collected trotting departure which succeeded quite good considering our previous efforts where she kind of pulled her head up in the departure and so on. So it is getting better, after the departure she unfortunately pulls her head in behind the vertical line, which is sad, but I do think it is because she tried to avoid the work load hehe :P That'll get better in time and Catherine has really got a good idea on what to work with!

Today I met SUCH A CUTE COW!!!

2009-01-29T15:44:00.001-06:00

WOW isn't she CUTE!!! She's three years old! She's of the breed Charolais! you HAVE TO click to enlarge!

Look at the soft soft fur on her head =) (The red on her nose is from the ground)

Yesterday we had a man from the governments' register unit in the car. He was nice, and talked some about what it's like on his meeting in Brussels five times a year, where everyone follows the "Brusselian" dresscode with a gray suit, blue coat and the only various thing a tie! Him and another man from Sweden went with the elevator and in it was already two italian men - DRESSED IN THE SAME WAY! They just looked at each other finding it a bit surrealistic. Usually he sits in his office so he told us that this trip out on the country was one of his first in his duty and that the fresh air would last until 2012 (joking)!

What small horses do for food:

2009-01-05T03:11:00.000-06:00

Vad små hästar gör för lite mat:

And this is what dogs do for food - absolutely nothing :p
Detta är vad hundar gör - absolut ingenting hehe:

Wulffmorgenthaler

2008-12-27T16:58:00.000-06:00

http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/

Merry X-mas - Here's "For the birds"

2008-12-23T16:19:00.001-06:00

My brother gave me a tip about this fantastic vid some time ago!

Chile - a magnificent country!

2008-12-18T17:27:00.001-06:00

Chile boarders the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean (and Polynesia) to the west. It was in the Andes an airplane crashed and the story is known as ALIVE

Chile's unusual, ribbon-like shape — 4,300 km (2,672 mi or 430 Swedish mil) long and on average 175 km (109 mi or 17 Swedish mil) wide — has given it a hugely varied climate, ranging from the world's driest desert — the Atacama — in the north, through a Mediterranean climate in the centre, to a snow-prone Alpine climate in the south, with glaciers, fjords and lakes. Source: Wikipedia

Parinacota Volcano in northern Chile

Lake Conguillío in Conguillío National Park in south-central Chile.

A glacier at the Beagle Channel in southern Chile

Grey Glacier in southern Chile.

It's incredible what a various country this is!

Here's the real deal!

2008-12-17T16:26:00.001-06:00

Baroque riding is the way to go! This is the FÜRSTLICHE HOFREITSCHULE in Germany

Click this link to see the video:

http://www.hofreitschule.de/page/page_ID/159?PHPSESSID=486b54e6a61f71fdc233a4a58c0e8666

Pictures below courtesy of http://www.hofreitschule.de/

Knabstrupper stallion - I really like the conformation of this horse!

Lusitano stallion - the color reminds me of Merlin Orphéo.

Pura Raza Española (PRE)

Andalusian stallion

Lipizzaner stallion

Another Knabstrupper stallion

Summertime

2008-11-13T06:48:00.000-06:00

Michael Jackson walrus dance

2008-11-07T14:31:00.001-06:00

A swedish children's programme gets out of hand

2008-11-06T13:18:00.002-06:00

Och så lite HASSAN:

I went to the "fox hunting" in Dyrehaven CPH...

2008-11-04T14:55:00.000-06:00

...with my friend Rebecka.
The first sunday in November there is a traditional fox hunting called "Hubertusjagten" in Dyrehaven (or The Deer Garden/Jægersborg Deer Park) in Copenhagen. Nowadays the hunting exclude the foxes and the first two master riders wears a little fox tail on their jackets in order to simulate foxes. The event attracts around 40000 people!!! television choppers circle the air.

Dyrehaven is an incredible hughe area only 12 km from Copenhagen central station that covers 11 square kilometres. There are 2000 deer and the area was enclosed a long time ago by some king or something who wanted a hunting area. The nature is beautiful with lots of beech forests!

Beech forest from somewhere else

In the northern part of the park there is a hughe plain called Eremitagesletten which is encircled by forest. In the middle of Eremitagesletten is the Eremitageslottet or Eremitage Hunting Lodge that was built during the reign of Christian the VI.

"The palace is a fine example of the late Baroque period in Danish architecture.
Now, as it was then, the Eremitage is used for royal hunting parties, mainly in Jægersborg Deer Park. The small, compact palace on the top of the Eremitage plain is also known to many from the annual Hubertus hunts." SOURCE

Eremitagesletten

Some more pictures of the palace in the middle of the plain

Every year the sister of the danish queen comes in a four-horse team to watch the event escorted by riding policemen. There are also a lot of other fancy wagons pulled by horses.

Here are some pictures of the event:

Warm up before the event starts (year 2003)

Picture from 2003

During the event the deer get scared out of the forest, this is a pic I found on the net but we could also se a deer bouncing around when we were there

2008 in Magasindammen or the Magasin pond

A Haflinger attended the event 2008, I think they are magnificent these horses, this one was really powerful cantering up the hills with the big rump muscles giving loads of energy - resembling the power of a Quarter or Paint Horse

The pond once again

LINK to beautiful pictures from Dyrehaven, it's worth a visit!!!

A man and his rhinoceros

2008-10-25T17:38:00.000-05:00

The magic between man and animal click HERE for short film

"To me, he's like my baby," Muriithi explains. "He sleeps next to our house ... Even if I'm going out I have to make sure I leave my radio on so he thinks I am in the house."

Patrick Muriithi and his rhinoceros Max, article from msnbc.com

Genetics is quite wearying...

2008-08-28T14:35:00.001-05:00

...and here's how to illustrate that!

But Ingolf does look nice in pictures too...

...when his face is hidden in the mane ;)

Yes, that's my foot...

The pictures were taken April 15 2008

Old school or new school?

2008-08-10T10:28:00.000-05:00

There are those who claim that a horse shouldn't be too soft end flexed at the poll during a sliding stop. In my opinion that was the case in the 1990's and today that has changed, just like fashion changes over the years I guess. Watch these pictures:

Old school:

Modern sliding stop:

Mallorca Western Festival 2006

The release of the horses on the island!!!

2008-08-05T03:43:00.000-05:00

Due to the fact that Lingeling has some troubles with insects and allergies they are now released on an island and here are some pictures where they after two weeks stay are getting released on the entire area along with the other two horses, sheep and Red Angus cattle that roam the island. The other two, in this case GIANT, horses are around 20 years old and one of them is a former trotting horse and the stout one is a native North Swedish Horse

My horses got there on this "flatboat" or barge or what you may call it in english

Here's me and my miniatures with the sea and mainland in the background

Before the release:

Nice and easy:

Ingolf is hunting some sheep...

...hunt 'em down n kill 'em

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!! (hehehe)

Just kidding we're friends!

Where are we?

YEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!!!!!!!

Full speed faster than F1-cars!!!

Some of them in a glade...

Finding some minerals...

Beautiful LINGELING

Equine dentistry???

2008-07-21T10:57:00.001-05:00

Some of you might not know that there actually exists equine dentists? Now you know! Today me and my 3-year-old horsie Moneypenny (yes she's a 007-babe and yes that's spelled without a space cause we don't like "space-writing" here in Sweden!!!) went to the best dentist in the world, well, at least in Sweden as many folks claim =) Despite his awesome craftmanship he is also a very nice and humble person to be around and that's also an important aspect when leaving my dearest horse's life in his hands! (well it's not that hazardous really)

Do remember that the pictures are "clickable"!

Now Moneypenny is three years and two months old, and it was time for her first teeth-examination! After injecting a sedative substance it was time to start.

This is her sedated and all, leaning her head on a head stand, do you think she looks happy? Hmm I doubt that, maybe tired if anything at that moment:

Here is Moneypenny wearing a mouth speculum

Here you can see the red arrow pointing at a little wound due to the sharp upper tooth which the blue arrow points out, this will be scraped down with a rasp. The other spots/particles in the mouth are remainders of grass:

This is her right side:

The equine dentist saw that the first milk-teeth (also called temporary-teeth, baby-teeth etc) of the upper premolars had been released as supposed to, but he would have to pull out the second premolar milk-teeth by hand because they wouldn't let go fully by themselves. To show what I'm talking about I found a picture on the internet. The first three pairs of teeth are called PREMOLARS (upper and lower) and the last three pairs of teeth are called MOLARS (upper and lower). I've made a red arrow pointing at the teeth that already had dropped and a blue arrow pointing at the ones we had to pull out (yes the same procedure on both sides of the upper cheek)

Here you can see the dentist gripping one tooth, looks kind of brutal in my opinion but she's in safe hands!

And here it is!!! It somewhat reminds me of the teeth I occasionally found in the feeding area where the dairy cows ate when working at the dairy-farm. The tooth should have been shed some time ago and because of that it was partially rotten!!!

Unfortunately I forgot the teeth which I wanted to save but I called the dentist and he was willing to keep them for me until next time I see him! THANKS MATE!!!

And here I am posing to the camera when smelling on one tooth, well I must say that I've smelled worse in school like guts and stomachs and stuff like that! So I seem quite happy anyway haha. Due to the fact that ALL pictures on the internet get stolen and manipulated in photoshop to be used in pornographic purposes I naturally had to edit in my major glasses to protect my integrity, well you know it's a freaky world we live in nowadays, you can't trust NO ONE! If you didn't know that already you do now! Call me paranoid or whatever but as y'all know I'm not willing to give one single opportunity for stalkers to track me down and sneak around outside my house hehehe!!!

I'm actually wearing my infamous genuine 1970's Christian Dior glasses on my head!!! They used to belong to my mum =)

By the way, I also edited out my equine dentist in one photo so neither him nor me will be hunted down by creapy low-lives sneaking around our houses late at night!

Over n out

Adam and Eve

2008-07-20T11:42:00.003-05:00