Photo/s of the day.

[moonvoice]

Varda the Finnish Lapphund






Sadly though, no more dog pictures. Glen and I were more concerned with meeting the dogs, rather than taking photos of them.

The bushfire in the hills - as at 1.46pm it's still pretty bad. They're asking people to evacuate.









Water chopper.





They also bred performance horses (particularly show-jumping).

Comments

[ariestess]

The dog and the horses are gorgeous. The bushfires? Not so much...

[goddess_incarnate]

Your camera takes fantastic pictures! The images of the horses are so detailed and gorgeous!

[toeknuckles]

Aww, what a beautiful face!
ANd beautiful horses too. Looks like a nice place!

[darakat]

Dogs and Horses are awesome, bushfires can go away

[skyfiery]

Beautiful horses and dog!

I hope the fire dies down very very soon...

[allati]

Finnish Lapphunds make me happy! Adorabubble.

Also the colouration on that palominothing is amazing :o

[silverjackal]

The dog is of course charming, the fire alarming, and the horses very nice. I particularly like the head on that chestnut mare. For all it's a classic cold-blooded head, you can see she's sensitive and smart. Just from those photos I also like their horse-husbandry (though I'm by no means an expert). The animals are obviously well fed and well kept clear evidence that they really do care for their animals. (I'm periodically horrified by the condition of some horses here, even some very expensive ones. Underfed/overfed/ungroomed/not vetted/in desperate need of the farrier, etc. It's good to see animals being treated with the care they deserve.

[moonvoice]

The horses did look very well cared for, considering how many they had. Actually, three of their horses were rescues after the RSPCA found a farm nearby where the farmer literally just wasn't feeding his horses. My perspective of people always goes up a little when I find out they have rescue animals, and I don't imagine rescue horses are a cheap prospect.

Actually they had a good property. They made their own cold-pressed olive oil (olive trees grow particularly well in Western Australia, so along with all the wineries, we have a LOT of access to fresh extra virgin olive oil, and olive oil products; that + truffles that grow here, give WA a particularly mediterranean feel, oh, that and we have mediterranean weather, heh). They also grew their own hay.

And it's shocking what some people to do their horses (or don't do for their horses). :/ These horses, even though not all were able to be ridden, were friendly and approachable, gentle and sweet.

[drgnhlr]

Cute dog, scary fires.

YAY horses!

[etherealzephyr]

Yay puppy! And hooray horses. We get along so well. I miss them. I go out once a week or so now, but I just want to live in the barn.

Fires are terrifying in their power, you know? And int he utter powerlessness we have in the face of them. If we're lucky, we can control the burn so it doesn't spread, but nothing puts them out until they're ready to. Stay safe out there.

[nachtrabe]

I love that first picture with the lapphund in particular, just the expression and angle are great ^_^