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Hi Scott! Perhaps you can help me with Hi Jean. Now, I enjoy a good blonde joke

some challenges I have with my blonde as much as the next guy, but the fact of the
(Palomino) mare. She is such a beauti- matter is that the vast majority of blondes

ful horse and very kind, but I am a bit worried about that I know are much, much smarter than me. It’s

her “intellectual capacity.” The other day, she saw entirely possible that your mare is simply a dunce. I
the other horses on the other side of my pond and think the real issue here is the fact that your pasture

could not igure out how to get to the other side, even is apparently overrun with Canadian geese, who are

though the pond is right in the center of the pasture. not only loud and smelly, but are also known for
She attempted to swim across but was undone by the being very mean. If they are intimidating and confus-

Canadian geese in her path, and rather than swim ing your poor horse, that’s a real problem. You either

around them, she turned back and was most upset. need to swiftly move your horse to a new facility
Frankly, I worry about her getting into trouble or dif- (preferably by bolting in the night, to avoid being

iculty on a daily basis. she doesn’t seem to igure spotted by the geese) or rig up some sort of elaborate

things out very efectively. Any suggestions? – Jean
netting system over the entire pasture to keep the
from Tennessee
geese out of the pond. It’s up to you, but something

has to be done: your horse is confused enough as it

is, without having to worry about a lock of Canadian
troublemakers making her life diicult.
ST

Jean and her beautiful, oft-confused mare.

This child has no idea what he’s up against.
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