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Episode 8, Dakota and the Big Apple, NYC!

Cowgirlboots — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:53:48 +0000

Dakota Lee is in New York City and she is on a quest to find some horses in the Big Apple! In this episode of Horsetalk, she finds out how New York City got it’s nickname, The Big Apple. Why there is Big Apple Jazz, Big Apple Corner, and even what a PURSE is. Watch to see if you can identify the name of the famous horse featured in this episode of HorseTalk and then comment back the name of who you think it is. Hint, there was a movie about this famous horse from the 1930′s starring Toby Maguire. Stay tuned for more episodes of HorseTalk from NYC where Dakota just may find the horses she is looking for.
Oh, Dakota also stopped to visit a school classroom during her trip. Stay tuned for shoutouts to the students there. Be sure to comment and Dakota will answer your questions and comments.

So…why is New York called The Big Apple?

Episode 3-All about Manure!! Teen Author, Dakota Lee

Cowgirlboots — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:32:04 +0000

Dakota Lee, teen author of Flash of Freedom, tells it like it is about horse manure! Be VERY glad this isn’t smell-a-vision!There are some very interesting facts about manure. Where does all the manure of a barn go? In a muck heap! Actually horses have a gross factor. They will NOT step in a fresh pile of poop! They won’t even eat grass that has been growing from a pile of manure. They can tell the difference! Horses do not like the long, tall, skinny grass. Another factoid about horses…when they get off of a trailer, they would have pooped in the trailer…it’s a stress thing. Who knew? Horses do NOT want you to know this factoid–they CAN walk, trot, canter AND POOP at the same time! They use pooping as an excuse to slow down, stop, take a break, and poop. What is amazing is that horse poop in the muck heap is dried and doesn’t stink anything like cat or dog poop. I can actually pick it up and it doesn’t stick to my hands! Wow! Hey, come help me muck out stalls in the barn. You have to get the big piles and then you are not done. All the little bits have to be cleaned out too! It’s a long and hard and gross job. Oh well!

Welcome to HorseTalk with Dakota

Cowgirlboots — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:07:19 +0000

Dakota Lee welcomes new HorseTalk viewers to her latest video blogs.

In each episode of HorseTalk, Dakota teaches viewers all the things they’ve ever wanted to know about horses, and some of the things they didn’t.

At age 13, this young author published her first book, Flash of Freedom, which spawned this video diary. She encourages all viewers to post questions and comments on her blog. This year, Dakota will be traveling to schools, sharing her book and teaching students how to live their dream no matter their age.