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SNIKSOH EQUIPAGE HANK’S DAN-DE CHECKS IN THE MAIL (“Bounce”)

GFC/FC/AFC Sniksoh Spank's Hank ( Fld. Ch. & Amt. Fld. CH. Sniksoh Little Rascal x Amt. Fld. CH. Decan's Blazin Bye )X Dan De Katey Bar the Door JH ( NSTRA BBB's Lucky Strike x Spanky's Little Rascal My Pick Missy JH )puppies were born May 19, 2016!  AKC registered.   Breed by Jeff Hoskins and Dan and Denise Collins, Dan-De Brittanys.  Hank is pure class on the ground and on point. Great hunting and trial dog that was easily trained/handled by his amateur owner. His pups are very stylish with strong noses and point, back, and retrieving instincts.  We are finding Bouce to be very stylish and with a great nose.  She is the biggest snuggler we have ever seen in a Brittany.    Here's her mom:    Kate Kate    Hank    

By |February 3rd, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on SNIKSOH EQUIPAGE HANK’S DAN-DE CHECKS IN THE MAIL (“Bounce”)

NATO Rolex Watch Bands-Rolex Milsub

Don't schedule quality time.  Wear it! The Rolex Submariner Ref. 6538 in its most iconic scene in Bond history, Goldfinger.  For all the Bond watches check out this great site.  https://www.timepiecechronicle.com/features/2017/8/30/in-depth-all-the-watches-of-james-bond-casino-royale-to-spectre Rolex started their relationship with the military in 1954, when they supplied the British Royal Navy with around 50 examples of their ref. 6538, or, the Bond Submariner.  Enter the Rolex Milsub.  The Rolex Military Submariner is an incredibly rare watch that Sean Connery made famous in many James Bond Movies. The military's use of the watch suggested a redesign of the bezel, with its existing coin style edging proving difficult for Navy divers to turn while wearing gloves. And the second was the standard spring bars attaching the bracelet, a potentially disastrous point of weakness. Rolex addressed both issues, resulting in the A/6538 which was supplied only to the Royal Navy. These pieces, the first of what would become known as the Military Submariners, or Milsubs, were joined a few years later by the updated ref. 5512. Other than that, the only difference between the civilian and military issue watches were the fixed bars for the strap on the Navy’s model. In the 1970s, the MOD once again called on Rolex to supply their elite special forces personnel with a dive watch, to replace the Omega 300 Seamasters the SAS (Special Air Service) and SBS (Special Boat Service) had been using.  Between 1972 and 1979, around 1200 of these either modified or else specially created pieces made their way to the Royal Navy and British Army storerooms.  The first of the three references, the ref. 5513, was customized from the civilian version in some models by the addition of oversized sword or Gladiator hands to give greater

By |August 16th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on NATO Rolex Watch Bands-Rolex Milsub

Berbere (Ethiopian Seasoning Blend)

Berbere is the flavor backbone of Ethiopian cooking, a cuisine built around heavily seasoned meats and stews served with a spongy flatbread.  It translates well to Southwestern cooking and we just picked up a huge bag from Pasqual's in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Berbere works as dry rub for meats, a seasoning for stews, lentils and grains — even as a tableside condiment.  As with so many traditional seasoning blends, what goes into berbere varies from chef to chef but most versions begin with a base of ground chiles, ginger, fenugreek, cumin, cloves, coriander, cardamom, black pepper and salt. The good news is that you don’t need to know squat about Ethiopian food (though it’s totally worth getting to know) to enjoy berbere. Here are some of my favorite uses: • Blend a can of tomato paste with honey, salt and as much berbere as you can handle. It makes the best barbecue sauce. • Sprinkle just a bit into the cheese sauce of your favorite mac and cheese. The smoky, spicy change will blow you away. • Use it straight up as a dry rub for baby back ribs, steaks on the grill — even for oven-roasted chicken. • Sauté minced onions and garlic with vegetable oil, stirring in berbere. Thin with more oil or with broth, buy rhinocort online. • Blend with softened butter then spread over hot-off-the-grill corn on the cob. Or add minced garlic and use for garlic bread. • Add a bit to the pot when browning meat for a beef stew. Or sprinkle just a pinch over a bowl of chicken soup. • Mix just a bit into prepared pasta sauce, or mix it directly into meatballs. • Add a bit to

By |May 19th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Berbere (Ethiopian Seasoning Blend)

Types of Hay for Weight Gain in Horses and Vitalix

Earlier this decade, Colorado and the Western States were plaqued with wild fires and, after several years of drought, hay prices skyrocketed.  It was just a few years ago that most of Colorado hay went to other states which were rampent with fires, draught and tornados, such as Kansas and Oklahoma.   But now after two years of very wet summers, hay prices should have returned to normal, but that never seems to occur.  It seems that growers and suppliers get used taking higher profit margins, in part to make up for bad years and in part from lack of consumers to demand lower prices. There are many different forms of hay, the best of which are Mountain Grass and Timothy.  Alfalfa is great for putting weight on horses and is cheap to feed but we have buying phentermine online. The most common form of hay is the small square bale, which can weigh approximately 45 to 100 pounds each.  The weight depends on how they're baled, type of hay and moisture content.  Compressed bales are also increasingly seen. We have found All-Species Vitalix (125 lb. tub for $65 in 2016) to be great for putting weight on hunt horses or polo ponies in pasture, where feeding grain or pellets is often more difficult.  Feeding a scoop a day of pellets from ProAdvantage® Grass Formula Diet Balancer by Progressive Nutrition, topped with 1/2 cup of corn oil.

By |May 10th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Types of Hay for Weight Gain in Horses and Vitalix

Hope’s Equipage Kiddin Kisses “Zoé”

We have a new four legged friend joining us at the Equipage Kennels this week, Hope's Equipage Kiddin Kisses  "Zoé." Born December 24, 2013 GCH Magic Storm Of The Century "Ivan" x Ch. Hope's You've Got To Be Kiddin Me "Violet" [Click for combined pedigree] So we have quite the road ahead with not only the field training, but now the training again for stacking, posing, baiting, leading, and trotting of having a show quality Brittany once again, after forays into the field trial and meat for the table worlds.  It's another adventure along our sporting road.  We have the all the classes to look forward to from Puppy, 12-18 month, Novice, Bred by Exhibitor, American-Bred, Open and Best of Bred.  Get ready to run the fields, together with the Down and Back, the "L", the triangle and the all around.  After lots of questions about showing, field trialing and hunting potential, our daughter's only question for us to ask the breeder was, "Is she going to be a good dog for my daughter."  Welcome, Zoe, we are so excited for all of our adventures along the sporting road.

By |February 18th, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized, Wingshooting|Comments Off on Hope’s Equipage Kiddin Kisses “Zoé”

Your Horse Deserves a Healthy Rider-Vitamins and Supplements

This just in from our doctor, Jack England, MD on vitamin supplements that athletes such as polo players should consider and why. Vitamin Supplements for Athletes CoQ10 liquid from Qunol Plum Creek Medical: Promoting Healthy Living Adding vitamins and supplements to your diet Probiotics ↑ Immune System Pomegranate Very strong antioxidant—with a certain type of cantaloupe reduces arterial plaque better than high dose Crestor. Vitamin C-Take at least 1000 mg. daily. Great antioxidant, your body quickly eliminates any excess so try to spread out your dose throughout the day. Decreases inflammation as good as Crestor (CRP) Vitamin E-Take 400 to 800 IU daily. This should be taken with a meal because it is fat-soluble. The synthetic form, dl-alpha-tocopherol is not good. Try to find d-alpha-tocopherol (natural) + gamma. Beta-carotene (Vitamin A)-Take up to 20,000 IU daily. Beta-carotene is the safer form; the body converts it to vitamin A as needed. B Vitamins - Take a B 50 or B 100 complex at least twice a week. These turn your urine bright yellow. This is a family of vitamins involved in many metabolic processes throughout the body. Vitamin D-3.  Has many good properties and fights against cancers and bone loss. It is excellent for the brain as well. Good for patients with depression. Multivitamin.  Look for one with minerals, natural vitamin E and beta-carotene. Men and post menopausal women should take one without iron. Selenium.  Take 100-200 mcg daily. This works well with vitamin E to prevent atherosclerosis and help prevent cancer. Coenzyme Q-10.  Take 50-100 mg a daily. Patients on lipid lowering drugs (statins) should take between 100-200 mg daily. It has great antioxidant properties and is good for heart and gum health. Grape Seed Extract and Pycnogenol.  There are no set standards

By |October 14th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Your Horse Deserves a Healthy Rider-Vitamins and Supplements

Hunter’s Broth from Breakfast at Covertside

Those new to witnessing the grandeur and pageantry of a foxhunt are often transported back a century or more to a long lost time.  This is no more so than in France, where mounted followers still pursue stag, roebuck, wild boar, hare and rabbit with different packs of hounds.  Even the French hounds look a bit from a bygone era, as they still have a sliver of wolf-blood breed into many of the French breeds.  But the riders are in their full glory with sabers and French hunting horns, accompanying their long frock coats and boots turned up to protect the knee. Sometimes cooking also takes you back to a bygone era, an era when things were made simply and at home, before commercialization took over everything including much of our cooking.  This recipe takes us back not only to the era when soups didn’t come from a can or box, but for us, it also takes us back to Le Château de Champchevrier in the Loire valley where the Bizard family, who has lived in this grand palace in the forest, has been hunting stag there since 1728.  They serve a version of this hunter’s broth in a gathering room next to the stables after hunts where it can often be cold and damp, as a way of refreshing and warming the hunters who stand by the fire where it is kept warm in a hanging caldron. In French cooking, a consommé is a type of clear soup made from richly flavored stock that has been clarified, a process which uses egg whites to remove fat and sediment.   A broth is a liquid in which meat, fish or vegetables have cooked when the goal is also

By |October 14th, 2013|Categories: Foxhunting, Recipes, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Hunter’s Broth from Breakfast at Covertside