Pleas & announcements
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Natural hoofcare workshop in Crete
Hello again! Andrea-Patrizia Wiener-Angelakis invites us to her farm “With Horses Here and Now”, where she will deliver a two-day seminar on looking after the equine foot. The course will take place between from 14 to 15 October 2017 and here follows the announcement: “Every horse comes into this world healthy and barefoot with the potential to follow the herd from day one into rocky trails and harsh grounds for many, many miles. So why is that your horse has to wear metal shoes? Usually, we put shoes on our horses when they become of age to be ridden or to start working. This happens out of habit or out…
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Event: Horsemanship experiential workshop “You Can Do That Too” in Crete
Who is up for learning in Crete this summer? There is a notable opportunity for those of you who want to spend some of their summertime developing their horsemanship skills. The farm “With Horses Here and Now” is hosting this summer the natural-horsemanship instructor from Australia Stavros Steve Vergis. The concept of the seminar Most of the problems that we face with equines derive from the fact that they don’t trust us, they don’t respect us or are afraid of us. To build an appropriate rapport with our horse, first of all we should follow some groundwork programme and once we have done that, follow our riding programme. We should…
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Help the Walk with Donkeys fix the weather damage!
This winter’s weather has been horrible in Ierapetra. Strong, cold winds, low temperatures and heavy rainfall have made us forget that we live just a few nautical miles far from North Africa. Last week we had a horrific storm that lasted two days. The winds were so strong, that my car was nearly blown away twice! Powercuts occurred everywhere in the province, public trash bins were turned over and scraps from roofs and fields were flying during the storm. The sea had turned white because of the wind. Our beloved Walk with Donkeys Sanctuary suffered heavy damage as well. Plastic and metal scraps were blown off their place -putting the…
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Happy New Year! (even if I’m late)
Hi, horsey world! I’d like to wish everyone happy new year, with loads of horsey activities and… health! And I’m saying health, because I’ve spent the holidays so far sleeping, coughing, blowing my nose and getting angry about it all. So, when people say to me “Happy New Year” and the traditional wish “next year as well” -which goes with everything- I reply with the other traditional, going-with-everything wish “and next year with health”, in its literal form. I wish myself -and everyone who has been ill these holidays- to be healthy next Christmas holidays, including New Year”s Day!
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Christmas advice to Cretans who live with their mother
Merry Christmas, everyone! This is you, who have been fasting for over a month This is a lovely bunch of buttery, sugary, traditional kourabiedes, to which you have been looking forward like crazy These might be your poor mother and grandmother, who have been preparing the house for the Christmas celebrations -on top of their day-work. And every little part of their body is hurting due to exhaustion. This is a plate, which you should hold under your chin while you are eating your kourabiedes, so that you don’t drop them -or parts of them- on the floor This is the carpet of your living room This is…
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Success! The Walk with Donkeys sanctuary achieve their fundraising goal!
Last week I wrote about the fundraising plea of the equine charity in Crete Walk with Donkeys. The charity have been in heavy and urgent need of water for the over 20 equines they protect. I am excited to see that they have exceeded their crowdfunding goal and that now they are expecting the tanks and fittings that they have ordered. A big thanks to everyone who has contributed, as those tanks will be a big relief! The charity are still raising money for their watering project, so there’s still the chance to support them here . If you would like to donate to the sanctuary for the rest of…