| This is Clancy, who is part Border Collie and part something else. Clancy had two different homes before she came to live with us. She was continuously returned to the Humane Society for being too demanding. Clancy likes to chase the rabbits in the pasture, the gophers in the back yard and all the cats except for Binky. Clancy is now a senior citizen in doggy years...she is 11 years old. Clancy is an excellent ranch dog! |
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This is Binky, who is the queen of the Little H-Bar Ranch. Binky
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| This is Hannah, my very first horse. She's 27 years old, and has seen quite a few trails in her time. Right now she's comfortably enjoying the later years of her life in retirement, and occasionally giving rides to visiting children. Hannah is very good with children and seems to enjoy giving rides. Hannah is a registered Quarter Horse. |
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Hannah
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| This is my husband Garrett's first horse, Ziggy. Seven years ago, Ziggy broke his hip fighting over a mare with another gelding in the pasture. He has made a miraculous recovery, and is now back in training. We named him Ziggy because he would rather zig than travel in a straight line down the trail. Ziggy is part Morgan, and is twelve years old. |
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Ziggy
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| We bought Beau for Garrett to ride when we didn't know if Ziggy would recover from his hip injury. Beau is now eleven years old, and is Garrett's main riding horse. He is a registered Appendix, which means that he is half thoroughbred and half quarter horse. I guess that makes him only one-eighth of a horse! |
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Beau
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| Mr. Ed is a registered paint, who is Hannah's
son. I found him on the internet by sending e-mail to the American Paint Horse Association Registry His father is a champion working cow horse named Tommy's Doc Bar. Mr. Ed is thirteen years old and is my riding horse. He is not really paint-colored, as he only has a small patch of white near his right front leg. This makes him a "Breeding Stock Paint". But he is not doing any breeding either, as he is a gelding! He loves cows, however, and knows much more about them than I do! |
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Mr. Ed
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| Gizzy and Dragon are two of the original
barn cats who came with the ranch. They are both rather shy and hide in the rafters on top of the tack room, to avoid Clancy. Dragon has a bad eye, and is rarely seen in the daytime. Gizzy meows all the time and is a little more friendly. |
 
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| This is our most beautiful cat, Tracy.
Tracy was rescued by our friend Lauren Novatne, who was teaching in the city of Tracy at the time (although she and the cat were both living in Stockton.) He is a neutered 2 year old, purebred Siamese cat, with blue eyes. He is very affectionate and has adjusted well to ranch life. He is often seen hunting in the fields next door by the vineyard. Here he is in the hay stall, with his new bed. |
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| This is Smoky, the fence cat. He was abandoned
by the former neighbors, when they moved away. After two years as a feral cat, he showed up to eat one day by the fence, where I was putting food for Dragon. Now he lets me pet him, and is getting much friendlier. He even rubs on Clancy when we take our walks. |
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Created by Mark Fertig 03-18-2001. Last updated: 05-21-2001