If you are sending photos via email, please send  pictures for one horse or item in separate emails and put the information that pertains to that animal/item in the same email so I won't get anything mixed up.

Please do not send me eight pictures of one animal/item and ask ME to pick out the best picture.  These are your animals/items and you need to be the one to decide which pictures portray your animal/item in its best light.

If you are sending a CD or disk of photos, tell me the name of the file you want me to use and where--don't make me sort through the entire CD and try to guess which photo you want me to use by saying, for example,  "it's the one with the horse trotting and the dog sitting there."  A sample file name would be DSC0019.jpg or toby-new.jpg .

Since we are all not on high-speed internet connections, most photos need to be between 20-50KB in size.  Digital cameras today can take photos with high resolution and be well over 8 megabytes in size (many times the required size!).  If you cannot resize your photos, it is best to send a CD with these large files in regular mail and I can resize them for you; otherwise, it will clog up my email where nothing can get through and they may have to be deleted.

Always remember to tell me on which page you want your information and/or photo(s) to appear.

If you are sending photos through regular mail, do not paperclip your pictures to the sheet of paper with information about the animal/item.  Paperclips leave grooves in the pictures, which scanners pick up.  Write the name of the animal on the back of the photo (with a fine-tipped permanent marker, like a Sharpie--don't use ball-point pens or felt-tip markers as the ink will bleed or smear onto any other photos you may be sending) or put the information to identify the photo on a post-it note and stick it to the back of the photo.

Please DO NOT send photo copies or printed versions of pictures you have on your computer.  These turn out very fuzzy and blurry when rescanned.  Please either send a copy of the computer file attached to an email or send original photos (which will be returned to you as soon as possible).

If you want to use a photo that is copyrighted, please be sure you have permission from the photographer to use the photo.

If you are sending updates to your website, send it in a format such as this with each item separated into paragraphs:

Be sure you don't use nicknames for any animal that isn't already on your website or I won't know who it is.

Make sure your information is legible and easy to decipher.  Remember, you may know exactly what you mean, but it is all new to me :)

The more you update, the more people will look and come back to visit.  There is nothing more maddening to go to a website that has not been updated for one or two years.  I do my best to present your information in its best possible light, but I do not make up things to put on your website--it is up to you to give me the information.

If you want your photos returned to you, whether CD or prints, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with appropriate postage.