mindy r

last night someone deliberatly threw a packet of firecrackers into my outdoor arena as i was riding (it was a driveby). this caused my horse to spook bad. i fell and fractured 5 vertebra. why on earth would someone think thats funny or cute?

ok, have a running argument with a friend. do all standard breds have to be both tattoed and freezebranded in order to be registered? sounds simple but most standardbreds are born to race and to race they have to be at least tattoed but are both required, or what if you want to breed standardbreds for other purposes, do you have to tattoo/freezebrand? this is purely a hypothetical question, no-one is breeding anything but the usta rulebook is vague its says tattoo or freezebrand but are both nessacary? it also says nothing about id'ing to register but requires a dna test which is done by the tattooer. so im confused..any help?

i am interested in presenting a sport pony for registration with the american sport pony association ( division of american warmblood association) what is involved in presentation? my mare will get a vet waiver for the riding portion, but what about the in hand?

This is a vet who provides low cost/free spaying and neutering, who tests all animals for feline leukemia in order to properly sort them. The vet recommends euthanasia for all luke positive cats but wont tell you the results of the test unless you pay him $31. he will go ahead and let you pay to spay a positive cat but wont inform you of such unless you cough up the dough. my thought is if he is already doing the test without your knowledge and permission why should he withold the results. luke is very contagious and not saying anything could result in more infected cats. many of the cats he does are feral colonies, who is going to pay that kind of money on a stray, knowing these cats will be re-released isn't it unethical to refuse to tell whether the cat is infectious?