26Apr 2014 by myexracer

Chip chip hooray!

Barn tales, Life with Circe, Life with Jezebel
[caption id="attachment_1231" align="alignleft" width="225"] Gettin' chipped[/caption] It was something I wanted to do before I moved but it didn't work out. My vet needed to get a new reader and it was going to have to be done after the big move. Yes, i'm talking about micro-chipping my horses. As animal owners we regularly chip our dogs and cats, its kinda a common practice but with horses not so much. It really should be for a few reasons but the most important is positive identification. If your horse is lost or stolen a microchip will almost always work as proof positive who the owner is. Nothing works better. Not a tattoo, registration papers or 100 photos of you smooching your horses face, nothing. A chip however can not be altered…
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21Mar 2014 by myexracer

Almost like spring

Barn tales
[caption id="attachment_1076" align="alignleft" width="292"] Good Morning ponies![/caption] I had to meet the vet early in the morning. So i was up before the sun. Just routine stuff like the remainder of their spring shots and micro chipping. There was a SNAFU on the chips but that will be corrected in the next couple of days. I'm getting them chipped before they move into the new place. I read all the horror stories about stolen or missing horses and one of the big things is positive identification of your animal. Photos are not proof positive. A tattoo number on your coggins can be helpful but not all law enforcement agencies will go with that if who ever has your horse tries to claim its their horse. Microchips however are solid proof.…
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