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He's adorable! I hope your daughter has many fun years with him!

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I'm so sorry to hear about your loss

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Hooray! Thanks so much for sharing!

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He sounds lovely! Looking forward to hearing more!

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The language group I work with grows and roasts its own coffee to sell locally to support language development and local widows or families in need. It's been a fascinating learning curve as we've been learning the ins and outs of roasting, especially because I'm not a coffee drinker! (We only start...

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I just want to second the clicker training. In high school, my sister had this monstrous tank of a moon-jumping OTTB who was also the most unconfident horse imaginable (and he was supposed to be her event horse...ha! that didn't work out). Anyway, she ended up using clicker training to do all sorts ...

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Hooray!!

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Well, I keep failing on the making goals route, after so many months of doing well. I shall chant to myself "my goal is to make goals, my goal is to make goals..." We've had incredible monsoon rains here for February (record rainfall...and it's already a hugely rainy month...go figure afte...

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Depending on how you define "vacation" you could also go the short-term working student route somewhere. I did that last year and it worked well. Just be upfront and clear about expectations and such! This year, on my travels back to the US, I'm going on a couple-day horse trek in New Zeal...

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metal drums, a bit larger than 55 gallon, are the only things that keep our cat-sized rats at bay (and even then, they will work on chewing where the metal is thinning/rusting)

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I do what Mountaineer does. A few other tips--toss the pill into the back of the throat/back of the tongue. If you need to use the eraser end of a pencil to flick it further back (just don't shove it down too far!). Once you close the mouth with the head tilted up, if the cat is refusing to swallow,...

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Ooo, exciting!

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I second the thought on checking out his teeth. Definitely only change one thing at a time with bits (my horses tend to like the french-link as well), and since you want him chewing and relaxing, I'd maybe even forgo the noseband entirely in the beginning (esp. if he's more accustomed to a western b...

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He's so pretty! I'm excited to hear updates!

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Lovely!

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We had an older horse with heaves; it made a big difference for him to live out on pasture 24/7 (we lived on the prairie so it was windy, but that didn't bother him so much) than to be in even a barn with decent ventilation or a stall. He was an old retired showhorse, so he wasn't working hard anymo...

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I've rehabbed about 7 dog-aggressive dogs here in PNG (people have large GSD-type guard dogs that never get socialized, so when the family leaves for a year to go to their home country, often the dog ends up at my house where he gets a year of diet, training and socialization and then goes back to t...

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kande50 wrote:One big advantage to soft ground is that there's no dilemma about how much to take off, as there often is with horses who might, or might not be ridden on abrasive surfaces between trims.

Hehe, true! I'll take my perks wherever I can get them!!

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For one of my students who has a hard time with her pony running into the canter, I have her aid from a trot going up a hill. It helps them organize themselves, and she gets a nice prompt transition every single time. Then, once that is solid, we move back to flat ground, and they have the muscle me...

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How cute!

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She's due to be trimmed tomorrow and yes, will be taken back short. Horses' feet grow very fast here, because they are in soft pastures and ridden on grass; there's no natural trimming on rock or gravel (so knowing who trimmed her last time, the wall has probably grown to double or even 70% more in ...

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Okay here are some photos of the sole. Alas, it was rather muddy...These are 3 weeks post-trim (the chunks missing were a lot worse before. Sigh). I realized after I got to the barn I was rather confused about the non-weight bearing heel shots...after I've picked up her foot, you want a photo from t...

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Thanks so much for taking the time with this to write all that out! I've been trying to do lots of reading and watching videos to improve my skills in hoof-interpreting and care, but it's definitely an area that I know I need to learn more, esp. in diagnosing and treating problems rather than just m...

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I don't know how I missed this the first time around, but love the update!

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Ugh, I'm so sorry!!

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Good to know about the the muscles in the shoulder and ribcage for front-end lameness. That's helpful to know! So last night, Jazzi started off sound when walking and trotting in hand. I hoof-tested all four feet and there was no reaction anywhere. When I flexion-tested, though, I got a lameness/hea...

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I'm sorry it wasn't the answer that you were looking for, but I'm glad you're at peace with it and he has such a wonderful home to go to. At least you have some answers as to what is going on and a good plan to manage it. (And your photo is priceless!)

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Yes, it will be fun to hear your updates with her. Thanks for sharing!!

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Sorry, I've been out a few days. Thanks for all your thoughts! The update since the OP is that the mare is now sound again when moving (it was only a few days of off-steps, thankfully)--but feet issue remains. I did flexion tests in the initial injury and it was obviously left elbow/shoulder, but I ...

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Congratulations!!

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So fun! Does he go crazy over frisbees too?

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lovely boy!

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Hm, now that's a thought!

Our semi-optimistic update is that after daily topical application of ivermectin the lumps in the neck appear to be diminishing slightly and hair seems to be growing back on the belly, so maybe that's the trick! We'll keep going and see what happens.

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Yes, my first guess (after the rainrot was ruled out) was ringworm, and we treated it accordingly, but it never changed (though didn't try Clorox). It seemed fungal, so we've since tried a couple other creams, but it doesn't seem to be responding.

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Hmm, I think I've got some DMSO somewhere. kande--yes, I've not seen anything like this either. Some of our horses get hives or insect bites, but this isn't that... Tea tree oil with aloe is a good idea; we've used it on some other horses, but I didn't think to put it on her. And I have the listerin...

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beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

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I hadn't thought of putting ivermectin on it topically; I've got some extra paste lying around, so we'll try that. Thanks for the idea!

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Welcome armchair vets! I'm seeking ideas on another lameness The mare is 20 years old, give or take, Arab/QH pony named Jazzi. She has bad legs/feet in general (her front feet are angled compared to the bones of her leg so that she naturally wears higher on the outside of the hoof wall than on the i...

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Yes, we just dewormed with ivermectin again, and back when this first arose I treated her for neck threadworms (one of our other mares here has those and ivermectin is the only thing that controls her itchiness.) It made no difference.

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I have a mare with a strange skin ailment that we can't seem to beat, so having exhausted most of my options, I once again turn to my trusty armchair vets :) (For those of you who don't know yet...here's my disclaimer: I live in Papua New Guinea, a third world tropical island nation north of Austral...

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Oh these photos are gorgeous! I ride a 5 year old 14.2 grade PNG stock pony that definitely has Appaloosa blood (you can't see it in the photo, but she's a varnish strawberry roan/marble). We just hit our one-year anniversary of being under saddle and working on confirming 1st! Snapshot 10 (12-19-20...

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Yeah, I hear you. I'm celiac (with a few other minor intolerances), and sometimes I feel like a vulture, I'm so protective over the food that I bring. Thankfully, I've got a supportive extended family, and we have a separate table for the gluten-filled stuff, and color-coded serving utensils and lab...

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Oh, fun! My sister used to run a Great Pyrenees/Malamute in agility...he weighed more than she did and moved like this dog. She said it was like maneuvering an aircraft carrier!

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Zevida, you're right--she's not quite appropriate, and I've been encouraging some changes to be made, but it's not likely to happen until mid next year when some other horses become free (our situation is not ideal here, with a high student to horse ratio, and limited horse choices at that--our enti...

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Thanks for all your encouragement. I just walked away from that lesson feeling so bleh and telling it all to the dog just didn't cut it :) Thankfully, the owner isn't here right now and won't be for a few months, and I only hop on on rare occasions, so it really is just the three girls, but still--t...

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I realized I never gave an update so for those who care...but here, over a month later of lots of trotting up hills, she now will regularly canter up one or two and will even hand-gallop. I just greatly underestimated how much strength she needed (and how long it would take to get there)!

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Exactly! I think I would have been so distracted myself...so good for both of you!

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I smile whenever I read this thread and see the photos...he's one solid boy!

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