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From Stable to Trail: Staying Safe Around Horses

When it comes to riding lessons and trail riding, there are a lot of rules that can help you stay safe around horses. Horses are, after all, a lot bigger than we are. The following tips are designed to help you make the most out of your barn and trail time and most of all to help you not get hurt. Avoid Getting Stepped On While this tip may seem obvious, after all, you wouldn’t put your foot under your lawn mower, a lot of people forget how large a horse really is. If a horse steps on your foot, … Continue reading →

Do Your Cables and Wires Have You Tied up?

Cableorganizer.com Inc. offers a wide variety of, well, cable organizers. What else? If you have cats or dogs, you know that they love to chomp on things. Wires and cables are something that pets and babies discover at some point and decide to chew on them. This can be unsafe, as well as destructive to your cables and wires. There needs to be a way to hide or cover them to keep babies and pets from gnawing on them. Getting them out of sight will not only make it safer for your babies and pets, but it will also make … Continue reading →

Teaching Your Child How to Protect Themselves

Many parents, including myself, worry about what their child would do if they were confronted by an attacker, kidnapper, etc. To ease your worst fears, I have some advice and tips for you that you and your child can do together. I practice this often with my 6-year-old daughter, Samantha, and she enjoys it. It also eases her fears if she were confronted by someone that could hurt her. I use some of what I learned in Tae Kwon Do lessons, and some of the street smarts my fiancé learned growing up in a large city. This is my role … Continue reading →