PawPrints Photography Blog » outdoor http://pawprintsgallery.com/blog We Focus on Pets Tue, 22 May 2012 14:25:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Jack the Barn Cat http://pawprintsgallery.com/blog/2010/04/14/jack-the-barn-cat/ http://pawprintsgallery.com/blog/2010/04/14/jack-the-barn-cat/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:42:15 +0000 Robin http://pawprintsgallery.com/blog/?p=1496 I was hanging around a barn this weekend and met this handsome cat named Jack.

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He’s very playful and he loves being with people  . . .

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. . . but most of all, he loves watching over the barn to make sure everything runs smoothly.

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Nice to meet you, Jack.

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“You talking to ME?”

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Ivy testing out gravity . . .

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Feeling her oats . . .

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Her informant look . . .

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. . . and who can resist her camel impression.

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]]> http://pawprintsgallery.com/blog/2010/01/27/horse-images-in-the-field-part-ii/feed/ 1 Adopt a Wild Horse or Burro http://pawprintsgallery.com/blog/2009/09/27/adopt-a-wild-horse-or-burro/ http://pawprintsgallery.com/blog/2009/09/27/adopt-a-wild-horse-or-burro/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:20:42 +0000 Robin http://pawprintsgallery.com/blog/?p=259 I recently had the opportunity to see the unloading of wild horses and burros in Virginia with my friend, Kathy Winkler, who is a wonderful painter.  They were brought here by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) who rounded them up in Illinois.  They are all descendants of animals that were released or escaped from Spanish explorers, ranchers, miners, the U.S. Cavalry, and American Indians.  If it looks like they are at risk of not having enough food or water, the BLM gathers them and offers them for adoption to qualified applicants.  To find out more about the program, visit:  http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro.html

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We went to a longhorn ranch together one foggy morning.  Here is what it looked like:

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These guys were in the same field as a couple of horses.longhorns with horses

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