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Bot Fly Control Tips
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HorseGirl eNews
Posted
7 months ago
HorseGirl Blog
As always , consult your veterinarian or local agriculture extension to determine your areas best practices for bot fly control. Effective control requires breaking the Bot Fly’s life cycle Bot Fly eggs can be stimulated to hatch by wiping...
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Thank Goodness For Delectable Leftover Turkey (or Chicken) Chili!
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HorseGirl eNews
Posted
8 months ago
HorseGirl Blog
Take your turkey or chicken leftovers from dull to delectable with this beyond easy chili recipe. INGREDIENTS 1/2 tablespoon butter or olive oil 1 pound turkey (or chicken), white and dark combined 1 cups coarsely chopped onions 1 tablespoons...
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Pumpkin Apple Horse Cookies Recipe
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HorseGirl eNews
Posted
8 months ago
HorseGirl Blog
It's the pumpkin spice time of year. Don't forget about your horse! Enjoy this Pumpkin Apple Horse Cookies recipe because your horse will LOVE these but so will you! These human and horse friendly pumpkin apple cookies are a delight to eat and...
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Come See Us At THESE Events!
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8 months ago
HorseGirl Blog
We love getting out on the road and seeing customers that have been with us for years as well as meeting folks that are brand new to us! We so enjoy chatting with you and determining how we can help you get fewer and fewer flies at your place each year...
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Don't Wait! Get Prepared for Winter
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HorseGirl eNews
Posted
9 months ago
HorseGirl Blog
Winter Preparedness is key both at home and at your stable. Early fall is a great time to get prepared and work out all the kinks to your management system well advance of the first truly cold winter day! You remember those?.. Cold winter days! Burr!...
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Two Simple Steps To Mitigate Cluster Flies
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HorseGirl eNews
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10 months ago
HorseGirl Blog
Don't let Cluster Flies move in and overwinter in your home! Follow these Two Simple Steps To Mitigate Cluster Flies now and avoid these unwanted “guests” in your house. Cluster flies do not present a health hazard because they do not...
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Tick Facts, Myth, and Prevention
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HorseGirl eNews
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11 months ago
HorseGirl Blog
Tick Facts, Myths, and Prevention Ticks can carry a variety of diseases that pose a risk to humans and their livestock and pets. Because of their variable life cycle, ticks can be hard to control, and no single method will eliminate the possibility...
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It's Christmas in July!
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HorseGirl eNews
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11 months ago
HorseGirl Blog
Tis the season to be jolly. Fa, la, la, la,.. wait! What? It was just Christmas? Yes, that's right. It was Cowboy Christmas to be exact. It's a term coined by rodeo riders as a two week period spanning the end of June and top of July. It's...
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Imprint Training Across the Globe
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
Having been on every continent to teach equine behavior (except for Antarctica, which has a very low equine population), there has been a variable response to my presentations. These invitations have been the result of the training technique I stumbled...
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Two Fly Control Culprits & Their Solutions
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HorseGirl eNews
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over 1 year ago
HorseGirl Blog
The bulk of flies will be breeding in the initial layers of manure pile, in pastures, wet ground near water troughs, grass clippings, etc rather than in the stable where manure is generally mucked daily. Here’s a two simple property management tips...
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Best Summer Holiday Galette Recipe - Strawberry Rhubarb
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HorseGirl eNews
Posted
over 1 year ago
HorseGirl Blog
Galettes are like a rustic pie with only the bottom crust. One folds the bottom crust around the edges to create the look pictured below. They were "invented" to make amateur bakers feel like pros. Ok so not really but they truly are super easy...
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Advances in Imprint Training
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
Although Imprint Training of the newborn foal has been described in several books and videos since I stumbled upon the method in 1959, it was the Western Horseman book with that title (Imprint Training of the Newborn Foal) that has been the major factor...
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Five Tips For Reducing Your Foot & Hoof Prints This April Earth Day
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HorseGirl eNews
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over 1 year ago
HorseGirl Blog
Give yourself a pat on the back!!! As a Fly Predator customer you are ALREADY helping reduce annoying flies in a most sustainable manner! Thank you for being a customer and for all your do for our Earth and your animals! Also, if you don’t already...
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Book Review: The Butchering Art
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
I just finished reading a book I could not out down, not only because I am a veterinarian, one of the medical arts, but because it is a sensational view of how far human knowledge has progressed in only a century and a half. The Butchering Art , by...
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More Ranch Stories
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
Posted
over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
It was Fall Roundup time on the Mulkins ranch. A few calves had been missed during the Spring branding, so now that the cattle had all been gathered and corralled it was time to brand. This was November in 1950. Brahman cattle had been introduced into...
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Clear Up Winter BO (barn odors) With These Four Tips
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HorseGirl eNews
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over 1 year ago
HorseGirl Blog
Many of us have battened down the hatches in preparation for a long chilly, or downright cold, winter many months ago. Combining sweaty saddle pads, urine, moist leather, and manure inside stables overwinter is a recipe for some serious BO (AKA “barn...
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“Cowboy” Clients
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
I was the first veterinarian to reside and to practice in the Conejo Valley of Southern California. Sparsely populated by people, it had an enormous animal population. Thousands of beef cattle grazed the valley back then. The ranchers, of course, had...
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TEN Stocking Stuffer Ideas For Horses And Equestrians
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HorseGirl eNews
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over 1 year ago
HorseGirl Blog
There’s ONLY ten more shopping days until December 25th! Here’s TEN stocking stuffer ideas for the horses and equestrians in your life! candy canes or peppermint candies gift certificates from your favorite tack store or bottles...
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Sheath Cleaning
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
Posted
over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
A task which should be regularly performed upon geldings (twice a year or more), but which many horse owners refer to their veterinarian to do, or simply ignore until the situation becomes critical, is cleaning of the prepuce (the sheath of the penis...
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Wonderful Books by Vets
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
Posted
over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
In 1947 I was a freshman student at the University of Arizona, majoring in Animal Husbandry under the G.I. Bill. One of our required courses was Introductory Veterinary Science, taught by Dr. William Pistor. During the second week of the course Dr...
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How I Met Debby
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
Posted
over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
I was twenty-nine years of age and a senior at Colorado A&M School of Veterinary Medicine. A classmate, student Resnick and I were surveying the minority of female students in the school cafeteria. There were not too many bachelors in our post-war...
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Pumpkin EVERYTHING in Moderation Please!
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HorseGirl eNews
Posted
over 1 year ago
HorseGirl Blog
It’s that pumpkin EVERYTHING time of year. Pumpkin is yummy. Pumpkins are fun to carve. Some folks still enjoy Pumpkin Spiced Lattes even or what about Pumpkin Spiced Donuts!? Yum. Anyway, you get the idea. There’s a lot of orange flying around...
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TREAT yourself, your horse, and ranch with these TRICKS to Get Rid of Scary Odors
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HorseGirl eNews
Posted
over 1 year ago
HorseGirl Blog
Bye Bye Odor is easy to use with a multitude of applications! 1. Start in your stalls! Muck out each stall, sweep where the urine spot was then spritz some Bye Bye Odor on that spot. You’ll be amazed at how much better your stable...
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A Rare Horseman
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
Posted
over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
I never started a colt under saddle until the summer of 1947. I was working for a ranch in Cochise County, Arizona. They had half a dozen colts to “break”, most of them four year olds, so they hired a “colt breaker”, also known...
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The Threat of Antibiotics
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
Posted
over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
In the spring of 1958, one year after I opened my practice in California, one of my new clients, the cow boss on the extensive Crummer Ranch told me that because of the torrential winter rains and the resulting waist high grass growth, that they were...
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