LATEST FROM THE FARM
The most recent posts from The Daily Squeal.
Make It! Meet Your Mutt
We asked our friend and contributor, Danielle Ash, to help us celebrate the mutt by sculpting some unique mixed-breed dogs out of Sculpey clay. Give it a try! The possibilities are endless!
Tagen Yardley: Saving Elephants One Kid at a Time
Doing Unto Animals: Taegen Yardley - By Laurel Neme Saving Elephants one Kid at a Time As a writer, I’ve met children from Hong Kong to Vermont who are transforming attitudes about elephant ivory ...
Get Involved: 12 Easy DIY Pet Toys to Donate to Your Local Shelter
Animal shelters are in need of donations that their animals need to stay happy and healthy. You and your kids can make a difference by crafting to drop off at the shelter as gifts for the animals.
LATEST FROM THE FARM
The most recent posts from The Daily Squeal.
Make It! Meet Your Mutt
We asked our friend and contributor, Danielle Ash, to help us celebrate the mutt by sculpting some unique mixed-breed dogs out of Sculpey clay. Give it a try! The possibilities are endless!
Tagen Yardley: Saving Elephants One Kid at a Time
Doing Unto Animals: Taegen Yardley - By Laurel Neme Saving Elephants one Kid at a Time As a writer, I’ve met children from Hong Kong to Vermont who are transforming attitudes about elephant ivory ...
Get Involved: 12 Easy DIY Pet Toys to Donate to Your Local Shelter
Animal shelters are in need of donations that their animals need to stay happy and healthy. You and your kids can make a difference by crafting to drop off at the shelter as gifts for the animals.
YOUNG LEARNERS
Fun crafts and activities that promote kindness and support our animal fiends.
Make It! Bradded Cat & Dog
Dog-ese & Cat-ese: Learn To Speak Their Language Do you want to practice dog-ese and cat-ese? Use our bradded dog and bradded cat templates to cut, assemble and bring these cuties to life. Just like humans, each animal has his own way of communicating. In Do Unto Animals, Tracey teaches ...
FILL YOUR BELLY
Some of our favorite vegan recipes to support your plant-based diet.
RESOURCES FOR A PLANT-BASED DIET
Making the switch to a plant-based lifestyle can be challenging. Here are our favorite books, websites, podcasts, movies, and videos to help you make the transition and stick with it.
FARM TO TABLE
Read all of the latest coming from the Hockhockson Farm Foundation including heartwarming stories, animal rescues, what’s happening around the farm, and more.
THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
There’s a lot happening at the farm! Read all of our latest updates including heartwarming stories, animal rescues, and more.
Anna and Maybelle Update: Happy To Be Large and In Charge
One thing we pride ourselves on is always providing excellent care for our rescued animals. Sometimes this means recognizing that there may be a better experience for an individual animal than the one we ...
Rescuing Westley: You Have to Get Your Dates in When You Can
My husband Jon will joke that he is not going to get in the way of the wave that is me. He pretends that I am the one influencing the tides. Truth be told, he is in denial of his role in the madness.
Happy Halloween Animals
Keeping Animals Safe on Halloween We’re all for a little scare this time of year, except when it comes to our animal friends. Here are some quick tips to keep everyone safe as you celebrate this frightful holiday.
Maggie’s Corner: Anna & Maybelle Inspire Halloween Fun
Anna and Maybelle Inspire Holiday Fun Last week I made a presentation to my class to show them how awesome pigs are. I used photos of our pigs Anna and Maybelle. After the presentation I gave the class a coloring sheet of Anna and asked everyone to draw the costume they think she would wear for Halloween. Everyone in my class loved it! They couldn’t believe how smart and cool pigs were. They also had some funny costume ideas.
How to Drink Wine, Make Friends, and Catch Cats: Raising Feral Cat Awareness
Luckily for all, when we purchased Hockhockson Farm we got more than we paid for. Their names are Dr. White Pants, Missy Gray, Greg, Tetley, Ernie, Queen Frostine, Steely ...
Maggie’s Corner: Mini Horse Heroes Delivering Smiles to Ground Zero
On, September 11th I went with Laurie Tietjen, my dad and mini horses Hamlet and Honor to visit the police and fire departments of New York and New Jersey. Our ...
Reading to Levi
Reading to Levi Levi joined The Daily Squeal family after quite mysteriously escaping a slaughterhouse. It’s no mystery that he’d want to escape, but to this day we still wonder how the heck he did it. Levi is a fainting goat, a.k.a. Myotonic. Myotonics faint when stressed. How did our boy keep from fainting long enough to make his bid for freedom? We don’t know, but all we can say is, “Go Levi. Go!!!!!"
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