Yearly Archives: 2013
End of the week catch up
| March 23, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m using today to catch up on any little things that didn’t make it into last weeks posts, and respond to comments that are too involved to be constrained to one little box! (you can tell I’m a vet student when I had to double check the last 2 words of that sentence to make […] more
Buttercup CC Answer!
| March 22, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Good job anonymous! You guessed EHV-1, which was the correct answer. CJ – EEE was a good guess – that’s one reason I put a month and location – fever + neuro are very vague signs, however outbreaks that are occuring near you should be taken into consideration when trying to think of likely causes. […] more
Supplements
| March 22, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
According to Smart Pak, using their Supplement Wizard Farley should be getting: “Comprehensive support” = $5.78/day Gastric ulcer prevention supplement ($1.39/day) Joint supplements ($2.11/day) Multivitamin ($0.68/day) Insect control ($0.71/day) Essential fatty acids ($0.98/day) “Enhanced support” = $4.17/day Gastric ulcer prevention, joint supplement, multivitamin “Basic Support” = $3.50/day Gastric ulcer prevention, joint supplement […] more
CC #2: Buttercup
| March 21, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Get your answers in by Friday, before I post the answer and if you guess correctly you could be drawn for a (small) prize! Buttercup is a slightly pudgy bay arab who is being conditioned for endurance. He’s boarded at a public stable and often uses the public arena across the street, which is also […] more
Balance and soundness
| March 20, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Today is another convention post. Funder (visit her blog on the side bar) did a great job of writing up my overall convention experience on her blog…..she thought she was writing about HER experience, but in reality it was all about me. I too ended up sitting in a booth and visiting with people more […] more
Proper boundaries
| March 18, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Alternate title: How not to make endurance into a god. Much like the Lord of the Rings “ring of power” I find that any activity that comes to consume your life, has a way of perverting best intentions. Endurance is that activity for me. Endurance can come to occupy a place in my life in […] more
CC – Abby Answer!
| March 16, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
And the answer to this week’s CC is……Atrial Fibrillation! Congratulations to Dom who was at the writing of this post, the only commentor. Dom got very close to the answer because they identified it as an “arrhythmia” and pointed to low Potassium as a possible contributor. What is A fib? There are 2 phases in […] more
