Why Wear a Helmet? My helmet story begins back in the days before there were helmets. We rode in little black hardhats that came with an elastic strap. Mine was retrofitted with a “safety” chinstrap. Ironically, it often fell off the hard hat at inconvenient moments.The chinstrap made [...]
Re-riding with the Pony Express The Pony Express, for all its short lifespan, holds a mythical place in western history. For eighteen months, riders for the Pony Express carried mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California and back, in ten days, galloping their way across the [...]
Animal Evacuation In light of the evacuation that took place two days ago, I thought it was time to write up a quick guide to Animal Evacuation. This is based on information from Albany County (Wyoming) Emergency Management. This will cover horses and dogs because that is [...]
Mouse: 1 Three Humans and Two Pit Bulls: 0 Two things to know - first it is fall in Wyoming which means the mice are looking for winter digs. Second, I loathe mice. It has to do with a dozen white lab mice, the movie Old Yeller, and [...]
Kenneling Your Dog In Naughty Dogs, I discuss many philosophies behind dog training and training methods. One topic I did not cover was kennel or crate training. There are two basic schools of thought surrounding crate training. One is that it is a useful tool, the other [...]
Swimming with Sharks We left behind a brutal winter for our family Christmas present – diving in the Cayman Islands. Our teenagers had just become certified open-water divers and were ready to try out waters well above the freezing blue hole at Santa Rosa, New Mexico.We slipped into [...]