Thanks all! He is looking better this morning - his limp at the walk is almost gone. He still has a hitch when he tries to run - which slows him down. That is probably a good thing. The wound looks like it is healing well and he isn't licking it at all any more. I think he is going to live to get un...

A day and a half ago my 8 year old 70+ pound Cattle/boarder collie dog mix got stepped on by my horse - across his toes on his left front foot. It was bad enough that it took a layer of skin off over his middle toe. He is limping - he will put weight on it, but not for long. He still walks to/from t...

In my opinion all the bling gets lost on his/her lovely gray head. The bling (if any) needs to be set off by something dark closest to his face. That is why I like what he/she is wearing in the photo.

Thanks everyone!! Off to buy all the Camp Dry I can get from Amazon!!

Does anyone wash their own blankets and/or sheets? I have a standard High Efficiency front loading washing machine and I'm debating washing at least the sheets in there... Good or bad idea??

I never thought I would have blankets stay in one piece until their waterproof quit working, but with the advent of the 1200 denier blankets I have finally done it! I have seen several products in the online tack stores, one was a spray on, the other you washed the blanket with. Which is best? I nee...

I live about 40 minutes north and west of Richmond - and the first flakes are just starting to fall... We are forecast to get 24+ inches. This will cripple our area for at least a week! No joke - the schools are already cancelled for today, and I bet it will be a week or more before they open again....

I wondered about that concern re the sink in the wash bay area as far as scrambling horses, but wasn't sure if it was a real worry. Both the tack/feed room and wash bay areas work out to be about 11'x18' so the wash bay is pretty substantial and I don't want to waste space. (No it doesn't work to m...

I still think he is a plant. By whom I don't know but he seems hell bent on attracting the wing nuts and espousing such vitriol that he surely won't get the official party nomination. Now that he's making noises he might go independent again he stands the chance of being a real spoiler. Perhaps an ...

I rarely get participate in the political discussions here, but I have a "conspiracy theory" about Trump that I want to throw out... I think he was enticed to run for president by the Democratic party with the instructions to showcase the nutcase extremism in the Republican party and show ...

Thanks to all for the responses. I think I will give Pentosan a try. First because of my anxiety giving IV injections and second for the cost. I'll let you know how it works!

I currently give my horse IV Legend injections every month. And Legend does work - really, really well. As long as I keep it up monthly - he does great, but if I let it slip a week or two beyond a month, I quickly have difficulties getting him to connect and he is often braced against the bit. He do...

Weigh and write down everything you eat every day for a week. Then go back and add up the calories, just to give you some idea of whether it's a metabolism problem, or an excess calories problem. Eating healthy is one thing, but cutting enough calories to lose weight is another entirely. I don't ha...

I tend to tip forward with my shoulders when I ride - which I know makes my seat ineffective. My trainer and I have been very carefully evaluating what fixes the tip, and we think it is in part a weakness in my scapular area. I need to pull that area more down and into my core to avoid the tip. If I...

Well I think I am going to give this bridle a try! MC, i appreciate your posting this! I just bought a new horse. An 11 year Swedish horse who I adore. He is a lovely mover but is pretty fussy in the bridle. He has a couple of face issues which I am working to resolve piece by piece: 1. He needed s...

One more vote for the soaker tub! I LOVE mine - it is my retreat! I have tried the tubs with jets and the noise bothers me, and I agree with what others have said, they never get or stay hot enough. I just love soaking up to my neck in hot water listening to the wonderful sounds of silence - or my a...

Racetrackreject wrote:I believe Janet is an official (TD?), so she can probably shed some light on the rule change.

If you are referring to me, I am not an official - or a TD. I don't even compete any more, so I am afraid I can't help with the legality - I just want to try one.

Another place to look for used tack are the various Facebook groups. English Tack Trader is one, there's also one for Horseware products only. I see more listed on those nowadays than on Ebay. It's a bit of a leap of faith to purchase that way, but I think PayPal offers a bit of protection. I've bo...

Janet, I rarely go to ebay, so not much help on the best way to use it. Using the right key words in google always helps me find what I'm looking for. Here is a used Miklem horse size on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micklem-Multibridle-Full-Size-Brown-/121790677956?hash=item1c5b4a43c4:g:Q1cAAOSwA4...

I managed to find a barely used one on Ebay for a really good price. I got a good deal on it from eBay from UK. I hope this isn't too off topic, because I don't mean to derail this very interesting discussion, but how do you find these deals on ebay? I am always overwhelmed when I go to ebay and a ...

musical comedy wrote:"The organism can exist in a quiescent form within the epidermis until infection is exacerbated by climatic conditions."

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/integ ... losis.html

Great article!! Thanks so much for posting. I didn't know it could be transmitted to humans!

Very impressive! I'm still at the stage where I'm just trying to turn the wakeboard without face planting! :shock: I can get up now in either direction and turn from bad side to good side...but going from good side to other - wham - face first. :x Ugh! The face plants are the worst! I once fell so ...

I am really enjoying hearing what everyone does for fun besides horses! So many neat hobbies. I think I could really enjoy spinning. I have done just a little bit with some lambs wool and found it to be so relaxing - and I loved the way the lanolin made my hands feel! As I don't knit I could never f...

I am at a stage in my life where I think "reinventing" is appropriate. My only daughter left for college this fall, so I am an empty nester. I hadn't really given it the term "reinventing" rather I have been calling it "refocusing". Before my DD was born, horses were my...

Thanks so much for the replies. I thought I had read somewhere that the scabs needed to come off. I have already isolated the brushes (and washed them each time the horses got a bath) and will continue to do so until this mess is cleaned up. I will try to get the Hibiclens today; however the weather...

I am sure this was discussed to death on UDBB and I would have just searched for my answers there, but.... After the mid-atlantic 10 days and nights of rain and high humidity a couple of weeks ago, two of my three horses have developed ugly cases of rain rot. Strangely - the third horse only has a f...

I did a bit of a bio and posted a picture on an earlier thread, but I will put something here as this seems to be where everyone is catching up with each other. I was Janet on UDBB - so no change there. I rarely posted there (just over 700 posts since January 2000) I have vowed to do better here. I ...

OK - I did post much on UDBB - just over 700 posts in 15 years. I will try to do better here. By way of re-introduction, I have 3 horses, a 12 year old appy (who is looking for a new home!), a 25 year old Holsteiner who is enjoying semi-retirement, and my current dressage horse, Theo a 16 year old W...

I was one of the very early members of the UDBB - even if I didn't post much - so I wanted to join here right away too.

Thanks so much for giving me a new home.