Somewhere in the nowhere ...

... but still in swedish Lapland is this beautiful place.

It´s real freedom. Here become your desire true, to break away from all pressure, constraints, deadlines and other obligations of our modern world ...

A relaxing place where the wolf and the fox say "good night" to each other.

A timeless place, where you can hear the grassland growing ... 

 ... and you know, when you get up in the morning with a smile in your face , 

that there are no news  ...

except 

a proud lady has got a new friend ... 

A gold brown beautiful horse ...

A friendly, social and open minded boy ...

and already prepared for a new challenge above the arctic circle

A clear and calm situation already after 10 minutes ...

Maybe a new friendship is born in this mini flock.

Maybe he thinks : "Let´s see what the dogs are doing" 

A smart but very friendly "gang" 

A respectful approach ...

 ... using nothing else than body language ... 

and ... everything went well ... no big deal for smart dogs.

A great afternoon, where dogs and horses have shown us 

 - very impressive - how simple you can rule the world !

And never forget :

Your horse knows when you are happy

Your horse knows when you are comfortable

Your horse knows when you are confident

And your horse  always knows when you have carrots in your pocket

Good luck :-)

Hälsn R@CR

Dead or alive ....

As many of you may have noticed, insects are out in full force this year. Although managing these pests can prove challenging.

Not only here in Europe , even the United States Farmers and their animals do suffer tough this humid summer. 

Amazing how a tiny insect can cause serious problems for a 1000-pound horse, but mosquitoes can do just that. 

They are in their habitat the perfect predators.

Not very helpful the the following statement but some of them are called "social stingers"

Bees, wasps, hornets and fire ants will vigorously attack in defense of their nests. The instant burning sensation from a sting is the insects’ foremost weapon in driving foreseen enemies away.

This is not valid for the horsefly and mosquitos.

But this picture shows the right way to show insects what horses think of them ;-)

Those pesky mosquitoes are more than just annoying.

This horse tries to catch a horsefly with the mouth ...

In most sting scenarios, pain and inflammation are primarily limited to a small area around the sting site, although dramatic swelling might occur if your horse receives a sting around the muzzle or eyes. 

In general, horses rarely exhibit serious reactions to a single insect sting.

 In fact, very often you will only learn that your horse has been stung when you stumble upon the small, soft swelling during a grooming session.

A smart horse shall come to pass in a group of people ...

People will do the work and fight the annoying and pesky insects in the name

of the horses ...

There are numerous reasons why a clean water supply is important for your horse,

 and just one of those is insect control. Keep your water barrel clean on a regular basis to avoid that the larvae of insects can develop in the warm broth. If you have a very big water trough an other  method of creating a clean water supply is to introduce a few fish into the water.  

That does not mean, that you have to implant a 10 kg pike in your 40 liters water barrel

That´s more something for farmers ...

One area of insect control that is often overlooked is the utilization of natural predators. 

Believe it or not, maintaining a population of bats on your farm can be a very effective way to minimize flying insects, such as mosquitos.

Bats will consume up to 1,000 flying insects in just one hour.

Maybe the Lapland climate is to tough for this little predators.

Hälsn R@CR