Hey, I made a blog!

[earlybp]

I'm working on my animal communication website, and it's not up yet, but I've started my blog, and hope to put up a new article every other day.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

petsaretalking.typepad.com/pets_are_talking/

[gratefulknits]

Really neat, and you couldn't have hit on a more appropriate topic! I have 3 cats and have come to the conclusion that I will never ever be able to invite anyone into my home again: I have 2 major sprayers (one male, one female). I suspect if I could get Hobbes to stop, then Ella would probably stop, too. He's the main culprit. So far, swearing hasn't worked, but I'll try the talking out loud (without swearing!) and see if it helps. Thanks!

[Admin]

NICE JOB! ;D

I'll be sure to pass it along!

[earlybp]

Thanks you two!
Spraying is the worst! I have a cat that likes to spray things that he thinks smell bad. It doesn't help!
I'm sorry that your cats are spraying. It's true, when one stops, the other does too.
I met a cat that sprayed because he was trying to protect his human mom's stuff. She seemed so concerned about it, and was always spraying it with cleaner, so he thought he needed to protect it too, and let everybody know that her furniture wasn't to be messed with. That cracked me up!
So, I told him that his spray really smells, and that if he wanted to protect the house, he should patrol it to make sure all of the windows are closed at night. He's since switched to this approach, and stopped spraying. His Mom also stopped using a spray bottle to clean.

[countrygirl]

I love your blog. I look forward to seeing what other articles your write.

Here is a great rescipe for getting rid of odors or stains (any type) in your carpet. It works really well.

1 cup hydrogen peroxide
1 Teaspoon Baking soda
1 drop dawn liquid detergent

Mix well and pour onto the spot. Let the spot fully dry and the odor will be gone. If it is a small spot you don't need to use the entire cup. But whenever you make the mix you must use it within a few minutes or it won't work properly.

[earlybp]

Thanks Countrygirl!

[tireddog]

Bridg, your blog is fantastic! I love it. You are working so hard, and I am so proud of you. Your gift really found you, huh?

Countrygirl's recipe works great on dogs that have been skunked, too, although I have not found anything (but time) that removes all the stench a skunk can produce.

Keep up the good work, Bridg. SO many creatures - two-legged and four-legged - are benefitting from the gifts and talents you are sharing. Thank you.

[heatherwoodfarm]

Great Blog! I have it bookmarked and I am looking forward to more stories!
I want to let everyone know that Bridget is a great animal communicator. She was right on with my rescue horse Codi (CBER Precious). I didn't think she had any problems except for her being insecure but she found a couple of things and sure enough after I looked into them she had some medical problems that we needed to address. Bridget let her know that her life now is going to be great. Thanks Bridget for everything. Codi is doing well and is in her second month of training where everyone loves her.

[calypso]

I have a story to tell too. I hope Bridget puts it in her blog!

Last weekend Scott and I were out visiting the girls. We weren't working them, just out in the pasture hanging out. Gyp, the #1 gelding who "protects" my girls was acting completely weird. He's usually in your pocket - but this day he was acting like I was going to beat him any time I got near him. He has a lot of foot problems and I was wondering if it was pain, but he wasn't acting like that at all. Fearful, not painful.

As we were leaving, I shot a pic of him with my cell and emailed it to earlybp. She got it and text'd back right away, but we'd already left.

B: "Well, he's not making a lot of sense, Caly. He's dehydrated. He's got a headache. He wants you to put water in a bucket for him instead of his stock tank. Something about the stock tank is making him upset. Check to see if it's electrified or something? He's not talking much, so try that, and I'll try to connect with him again later."

C: "Wow, that was fast! We've left, but will go back. Stock tank is not electrified."

We finished driving home, picked up a big bucket (only have puny ones at the ranch) and drove back. Both of us feeling a tad silly. I mean, what could possibly be wrong with a stock tank? And, we weren't anywhere near the stock tank when he was acting wacko. But, if there is ANY chance there is a problem with water - and Bridget has been on the money with some of our cats - well....we'll risk a late dinner and a little foolishness, right?

It's pitch black when we get back there. We grab the lantern and walk out to the stock tank and holy sh*t, it's possessed!! We stood and stared. There was water everywhere. The ground around was saturated and was like quicksand. As we stood there staring with our mouths hanging open, Angel walked up to get a drink. She didn't like the mud, so she stopped at a distance and dropped her head in for a sip and JUMPED back like she'd been bit.

I said, "whoa! Well, there is no electricity out here, so it can't be electrified."
Scott said, "well something is pumping that water up."

I was wearing rubber boots and was calculating the odds of getting shocked - or electrocuted - when Angel made another attempt. This time she was okay and I realized she jumped cause she didn't expect the water to be at the rim - it's usually a good 6-8" down from the rim cause the refill is controlled by a float.

And that was the problem. The grate that protects the float is locked on by wires, and they had been cut. The float bobbed up to the surface doing no good at all and the water had been running continuously since who knew when and turned the entire area into a marsh.

So, we moved the float down and moved the grate back into position and anchored it best we could.

Then, we pulled the big barrels out of the holding paddocks and pulled them inside the gate and filled them up so the (scared) horses could drink while the ground dried out. After we made sure everyone was okay we drove back home. The whole way back we were going "omg, can you believe that?"

When I talked with earlybp later asking her to explain how the HELL I was supposed to figure out the stock tank was the problem from THAT behavior. She said, he was "just really upset about the stock tank cause he thought it was alive."

Totally cracked me up (in a Twilight Zone kinda way) cause each time I'd referred to the tank I said it was "possessed."

The next day Gyp was back in our pockets.

[quatzie]

Great Blog.. was reading about the horses...
Annie said to say Hi..

[earlybp]

Hi Annie, beautiful girl!

Well, that Gyp cracked me up. He didn't want to talk. There was just something wrong with his water! The way he was acting, I thought it was electrified. He wasn't going anywhere near it. Poor fella.

It's funny how horses think that things are possessed. We have a plastic bag on a fence post near Ed's pasture. He's getting used to it, but at first, it was, like, "Whoa! What is that? Is it going to eat me?"

[calypso]

Yeah, he was pretty darn alarmed! And, several of the other horses were freaked out too.

We told him what a good boy he was, taking care of his herd, protecting them from the scary, bad stock tank.

He is the nicest boy - it was so hard to see him so fearful of me. I'm glad that's all it was. (although it was a pretty big deal to him!)