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I think many of you know I have JRTs and it's for the purpose of rodent control. Well Troy decided to join their pack. Yesterday it was clear when I got home from work (I had all the JRTs with me) that Troy stomped a mouse (to death). Whether he was playing with it (most likely), accidental or out ...

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Lovely weather here. Don't hate me :D I was going to do lots of riding this week in preparation for a clinic on Saturday but then things went awry. I had a MRI with contrast yesterday for a wrist problem. The IV blew out during the contrast injection. I thought I was going to pass out from the pain....

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I am one of the rare individuals that has yet to get Covid. Or if I did, it was without symptoms. I count my blessings. My exercise regime is 3 days a week on the rowing machine for 30 minutes. Sometimes, I do intervals and sometimes I row for endurance. It appeals to me because I'm OCD about techni...

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I have been making some breakthroughs with my canter seat and not getting into a tug of war with Piggy when he wants to be a freight train. Also he's never been one to do a good stretchy trot. My trainer had a breakthrough with him this week and now that's all he wants to do. Today I got him tacked ...

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Mountaineer, a mare at my barn gets hives when we enter blanketing season. The vet thinks she has an allergy to a material in the blanket and suggested finding one with a cloth lining or double blanketing over a cloth sheet. I think it could be the detergent or the chemicals in a new blanket since s...

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Piggy got to do the obligatory pony ride. A family from Los Angeles has decamped to their parents house in NorCal next door to our barn. Trainer was trail riding Piggy through the vineyards and the grandkids saw the horses. Little girl met golden Barbie pony and it was all over. :D She got to sit on...

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3rd clip of the season finished today. I started on Friday after a good bath but his hair was so long and still filthy near the skin on top of his butt that it clogged my blades. After a few hours, I gave up and went home and opened a bottle of wine. Today was another bath and a finish job. Weather ...

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Blob, PM me your address and I'll send you some of the UltraCruz psyllium to try. I have lots left over from Junior and Piggy only gets it once a month. Did your vet check serum protein and serum albumin in the blood work? If low, that could indicate that her gut is leaky. I think a diet redo may be...

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Blob, Junior, the original Goldhorse, had a bout of right doral colitis when he was 5 (from bute). Forever more, he suffered with gut issues. I kept him on daily psyllium and a tablespoon of L-glutamine powder. The psyllium is supposed to help the gut cells build the mucus lining of the gut. The glu...

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Dropping in after a long hiatus. Glad to see 2024 in the rear view mirror. In chronological order, I lost a 6 yo cat to a mast cell cancer, a lovely lab mix to old age, my original Goldhorse to founder, and a best friend to a horrific traffic accident. So everything else pales in comparison. But we ...

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Normally, he wears a sheet or blanket but I took it off to lunge him. While I was closing the gate, the stinker dropped and rolled. He rolled again after his clip. In my defense, it was in the mid 60's. It was sunny. I had about 5 hours before sunset. He needed a second clip anyway although I was ho...

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Maybe this belongs in grooming. But I'm sure we've all been here. A single day gap in the rain so I free lunged him and he dropped and rolled. I took it as an opportunity to bathe him and do a second clip. Ugh, he is such a Pig.

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So he will be $250 for front shoes and $300 for hind shoes. He's always been on the pricier side but that's getting a little bit much. Wow, just wow. I pay $100 for fronts and pads. $150 for a full set. Another farrier charged me $135 for fronts and he's on the high end around here. And that's in p...

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Thank you for the replies. Unfortunately, I had to put him down yesterday.

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Thinking ahead for next year. Junior, my original goldhorse, has navicular changes, low ringbone, flat soles, and a host of other arthritic problems. Apparently, 4th of July this year was like a war zone. The day after, I pulled him out of pasture and he was stiff all over. Now he is very very foot ...

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

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Not posting goals, but I have to say I love my girls. Yesterday proved it. I took my dogs on the trail yesterday. One is a lab/pitbull mix that is fast and loves to chase. The other looks like mostly Dobie, but bigger, and some kind of giant hound because he loves to scent, and he is all about grab...

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It's got nothing to do with "tucking your pelvis under you." All that does is make you tighten your glutes and bounce around like an overinflated basketball. It has everything to do with opening your hips, riding up to the front of your saddle and carrying your upper body independent of y...

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I am so sorry Tanga. It hurts so bad.

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Congratulations Aleuronx! That is awesome. I have been struggling with the heat. Friday it hit over 100 and I felt my heart racing during my lesson and I couldn't continue. Getting old sucks and having reached 65, I no longer can tolerate the heat. This weekend was brutal (over 105) so I stayed home...

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Yeah Tanga! I am super impressed because 1) you rode 4 tests in a short time frame 2) you rode 2 horses that both needed warmups 3) you do this solo 4) THE HEAT!!! I hid inside today with the A/C. Yesterday, I almost fainted during my lesson. I couldn't even drink from my water bottle until I got my...

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Sorry to say but no. A western saddle may not allow you to get into the same ear-shoulder-hip-ankle alignment but it shouldn't affect your posture from the waist up. Unless your saddle is causing you to roll your butt under and round your back. You're going to have to concentrate again on shoulders ...

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Tanga wrote:
khall wrote:
Has anyone else used a band system before? Curious on your experiences.

I haven't used them, but some vet at my barn sold pretty much everyone on it.
Does that vet have the initials MK?

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Piggy was officially discharged from UC Davis today!!! The lameness vet said that he is as sound as he's ever seen him (6+ years). He tried to nitpick the xrays (2 weeks past the last shoeing) and couldn't find a single thing to tell my farrier. The endocrinologist gave me some advice for going forw...

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I would love to go around with your "birder". Piggy has shown a low tolerance for sharing his space. At the previous boarding barn, there were a lot of peafowl. He would "herd" them in the arena and would even go out of his way to attack them if they crossed his space. He once wa...

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The original goldhorse, Junior, has just turned 23. He's been retired for a very long time due to navicular, low ringbone, and arthritis everywhere. He recently lost his roommate so I've been spending more time with him. A new trainer approached me about using Piggy for some low level lessons. I ste...

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I think this may be the same bird that built a nest in Piggy's stall last spring. It was very territorial then. Right now there is peace between the two.

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I beg to differ with Mountaineer's advice. I think it is important to stress the tissue during the rehab so that the new tissue fibers are laid down in the correct orientation instead of amorphous mess. I have seen many rehabs done too gingerly and the new tissue isn't strong enough and gets reinjur...

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Yee-hah!
https://youtu.be/CN_wbOit964

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My old retiree's roommate, Woody, was put down today. Junior was always alpha over Woody and I didn't think he was very bonded to him. Woody, however, bellowed nonstop whenever Junior left their paddock. Today, Junior watched the euthanasia from afar. Later I walked him past the body but not near an...

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I am well endowed. My current go to sports bra is this one https://knix.com/collections/activewear/products/catalyst-sports-bra-circuit I like that the straps are easily adjustable, no underwire, and the cups are lined with some kind of foam material so it keeps the girls in place without having to ...

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No more dressage shows. Nannette retired from that after 25 years. She is moving into Working Equitation and there will be 3 shoes for that. Also many clinics. Come to those!

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Yahooey! Usually starting canter work in the wettest winter in 160 years would not be cause for celebration, but yeah, woohoo! I am very fortunate that the footing at my facility drains quickly. At least one arena is ride-able 1 day after a storm. You just have to get your ride in before they roll ...

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We have canter!!!! He's very out of shape and can't hold it for a full lap of a dressage court but he's willing to try when he's asked for a depart. So willing that there's a lot of "can we canter now? how about now? you shifted a seatbone so how about now?" Now to build up endurance and s...

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Blood work came back. His insulin is almost in the normal range :D :D However, his Cushings stimulation test was mildly positive so he's to start on Prascend. The current thinking is that this bout of laminitis was started by having mild PPID. One more week of trot and then we start canter. He's alr...

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Excellent vet recheck today. Xrays show that everything is stable in his feet and they like what my farrier is doing. We have made it to 10 minutes of trot work this week and he's staying sound (as sound as a horse with laminitis will be). So we are allowed to add 2 more minutes of trot per week and...

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The strangles outbreak is officially over. Insert happy dance gif here :lol: Piggy got it on 11/27 and got a negative PCR test this week. No new cases since 12/19 so I think we're clear. But I'm keeping my old retired gelding under semi-quarantine conditions for a few more weeks just to be safe. Dur...

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I have a bunch of LeMieux pads. They are the best pad that I've tried. My dark purple one has faded in the sun but then everything fades in the California sun.

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Well we got up to 2 minutes of trot work which was going great and then Strangles. It was brought in by a mare that went to a renowned private vet hospital for a colic and was there for 5 days. She came back and then developed symptoms. This sh!t spreads like wildfire. I have a Ph.D in a biological ...

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Welcome Starrynight. I hope you enjoy it here.

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Vet said nothing about icing. He is insistent though that all work be done on arena footing.

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Yeah Piggy! Are you going to change his name since he “lost the excess weight”? :lol: . Also congratulations to you for all your work (and worry). Piggy is short for Piglet of the Winnie-the-Pooh books and was never intended to be derogatory. It has morphed into Pig, Piggy, Piggly-Wiggly, and curre...

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Had a recheck yesterday. Trotted sound on the pavement. Lost his excess weight.
CLEARED TO BEGIN TROTTING!!!!
Starting with a whopping 1 minute and adding 1 minute per week.
Next recheck in 3 months.

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Chisamba, I hope your healing is going well. I had a total knee replacement done in 2016. It was life changing. I hope your new hip gives you as much happiness as my new knee has given me. Praise be to modern medicine and going bionic.

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Chisamba, I hope your mare is doing better. Please keep us updated.

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He is looking quite svelte. Well done Looks are deceiving. He has put on 20 kilos since this all started. :shock: I think the scale at the vet hospital needs to be recalibrated because I don't believe it. Ribs are now easily seen. Neck is skinnier. Fat pads by his tail are gone. It's on my list to ...

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Sacrificial trainer up for the first ride. Turns out that was totally unnecessary as we predicted.

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Clipping wet is great. My barn manager does it after a bath with a conditioning shampoo. E3 Argan OIl shampoo puts a nice finish on the coat and the clippers really slide right through it.

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Cleared to start walking under saddle after the next set of shoes. So maybe 3 weeks-ish.
Sound at the trot at his vet recheck yesterday.

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We got shoes on him and he's very very happy. I had a long discussion with my farrier, Moses Gonzales, Jr., who is the son of one of the best farriers in N. Calif. Quelah should recognize the name. We decided to go with Natural Balance with a pad and packing. Moses was adamant that the toes had to b...

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