Monthly Archives: April 2013
#besthorseever
| April 4, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m going to give you a hint about life. No matter what you do in life, no matter how much you love doing something, at some point, there will be a sort of fatigue. The excitement of what you once loved will escape you between the chores and the bills and the stark not-so-pretty reality […] more
Martin got a facelift
| April 4, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
My cousin Eleanor, budding artist extraordinaire, recently gave Martin (my walking treaddesk) a much needed face lift. Perhaps you remember the random white board that I grabbed from one of the lumber piles on the property? it was the right length and width. There wasn’t much beyond that when it came to my inclusion/exclusion criteria. […] more
CC – Farley! (and answer)
| April 4, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
So I’m cheating. This week it was a CC and I was the winner. :). I learned several important lessons this evening.1. Just like it is ALWAYS neoplasia in small animal medicine, it is ALWAYS thrush in horses.2. The horse is always right. Over the last couple of weeks Farley has been NQR on her […] more
Of widows and boots
| April 2, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I have a problem. There’s a black widow in my Ariat terrains. I know this because like any good country girl, I don’t put my hands (or feet) in places that I can’t see. And I saw it. It’s fat shiny body. Before it crawled back into the toe. This remainder of this post is […] more
Trail ride and odds & ends
| April 1, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
On Friday for some random reason I didn’t have school, so I decided to go up to Auburn and do a bit of Tevis trail riding on the last section. The original plan was to go to the river crossing and back. I had a brief regret on the way to the trail head that […] more
CC- Chester answer
| April 1, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
horsetech was spot on! (leave your email address in the comments or email me at [email protected] and I’ll get your mailing address and I’ll send you a little something for playing!) If you compare the right hock to the left hock, you will see diminished joint space, which is indicative of “arthritis” and is a […] more
