My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
Kroni is still sick. We don’t yet know what is making him ill, but we’ve been able to eliminate a few things. He does not have Lyme or Erlychiosis. That would explain why the antibiotics did not address all of his symptoms. In contrast, my Westie looked practically as good as new after just two […]
Read MoreI am a dirt magnet. I don’t understand how all those hunter princesses stay so immaculate when the go into the show ring. When I go to a hunt, I wear a sweat pants over my breeches and a sweater over my shirt. I don’t remove my outer garments until I’m ready to get on […]
Read MoreI know these photos have been posted elsewhere, but I have never seen anything like this before and just had to post them here. The horse was cut out of the tree with a chain saw and was fine. Anyone else think of Winnie the Pooh?
Read MoreFreedom, my TB, recently suffered from a bad abscess. A rock worked it’s way under his hoof pad and the abscess came out the heel bulb. It was swollen and painful. I can remember soaking a horse’s foot before Davis Soaking Boots were widely available. Often times the process was more painful than the injury, […]
Read MoreKroni’s initial blood work came back yesterday afternoon and the tentative diagnosis is either Lyme or Ehrlicchia, both diseases carried by ticks. That’s the second time this week one of my animals has been infected by one of these tiny blood suckers and frankly, I’m tired of it. Actually, my strong anti-tick feeling surfaced early […]
Read MoreThumbalina, the world’s smallest horse, has an important job: she visits with 20,000 – 30,000 children every year, many of them in hospitals. In the video below, you can see how much the children at Children’s Hospital, in Oakland, California, appreciate her visit. She is so gentle with them! No wonder it is said that […]
Read MoreKroni is still sick. He’s lethargic, shows signs of colic and has mild neurological symptoms. His temperature has been normal now since last night, but prior to that he’s been running a low-grade fever since Monday. It all came to a peak yesterday morning when I came to feed my horses. Kroni was standing outside […]
Read MoreOkay, maybe this isn’t all that horse related, but it came from an equine source and I find it interesting. According to one of the “foxes” at Old North Bridge Hounds, Dan LeBlanc , tonight is the full moon known as the Hunter’s Moon, or a Blood Moon. According to http://www.nightskyinfo.com, the Hunter’s Moon is […]
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