This Week's Featured Horse Art

This week's featured art is Abby by Julia Shepherd

"This young filly is named Abby. She is a Sabino paint foal out of a Tennessee Walking Mare and a Missouri Fox Trotter Stallion. The original portrait is an oil on acrylic. Abby was playing in the pasture and just getting ready to explode into a full-tilt gallop when I snapped the picture from which I developed her portrait."

That is how artist Julia Shepherd describes this beautiful painting. Buy something unique for your home or office. This painting is sold with a variety of framing and matting styles or as an unframed print. You can select the artist's recommendations or choose your own frame, with or without matting. Or frame it yourself when your print arrives.

This artist has other horse artwork available. Visit her online gallery to see what she is up to.

Abby by Julia Shepherd

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Blister Beetle Poisoning in Alabama

Reports of blister beetle poisoning in Alabama are true. All cases believed to have come from a common hay source/broker that appears to have originated in Eastern Colorado. Blister beetles unfortunately go with alfalfa. This outbreak reminds us to watch hay carefully & buy from reputable sources. Good hay growers handle the problem well. The current shortage of local hay in the region leads to alfalfa that may have originally been intended for cattle consumption winding up in the horse markets. Also hay may get diverted in transit via broker trades due to local shortage/demand. A toxin carried by the beetles causes painful blisters when it touches skin or mucous membranes. Symptoms of blister beetle poisoning are salivation, colic, diarrhea, frequent urination, shock and death. It only takes a small number of dead beetles in a bale of hay to kill a horse or other livestock. The poison has no antidote. The beetles are easy to see in hay, so livestock owners are encouraged to be vigilant.

I Just Found My Ex-husband's Next T-shirt

I just came across this design and it says a lot. For those men who aren't horse lovers and can't deal with a wife who is, here's the shirt for you. "My next wife won't own horses"

So Ladies, step up and get that former non-horse-loving husband a great gift for his birthday, Father's Day, Fourth of July...you get the idea.

Valentine's Day Designs for Horse and Mule Lovers

We have new Valentine's Day designs for horse lovers. Now you can let everyone know that your favorite gaited horse is right at the top of your sweetheart list. We have several designs available for Tennessee Walking Horse, Paso Fino, Peruvian Horse, Spotted Saddle Horse, American Saddlebred, Gaited Mule, Rocky Mountain Horse, Missouri Fox Trotting Horse, Icelandic Horse, your favorite horse and some of your favorite horse people, too.

Get your favorite horse Valentine's Day design on T-shirt, Keepsakes, Sweatshirts, Gifts, buttons, magnets and more.