Yearly Archives: 2014
Knots you ought to know
| February 18, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I like knots. I’m just not any good at remembering any of them that I don’t use regularly. So, when faced with a novel situation and a rope I often muddle about haphazardly putting together something that works, while knowing that there was the perfect knot in existence that would have elegantly solved my dilemma […] more
Monday Ears
| February 17, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Today I filled my day with ears. And friends, and horses, and sunshine. It was needed and well deserved. I’ve had 2 horse related falls in the last 2 weeks (ever had whiplash from a bucking horse?), got the sh*t kicked out of my leg by a cow during a surgical procedure last week, and […] more
Acid-Base in real life
| February 15, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
Today I try to apply a real life endurance scenario to the acid base concepts we’ve been discussing. Do you ever wonder how blood work reference ranges are determined? Did you know that it can be problematic to use “regular” intervals on an endurance horse, or an endurance horse during a race? And yes, this […] more
IRL – January 2014
| February 13, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
These “In Real Life” posts are designed to show how a conditioning program is being applied “real life”. It’s one thing to talk about the ideal program – it’s quite another thing to see how an actual person is applying it real life horse. Maybe you are a new rider that is trying to find […] more
Exhaustion thoughts
| February 10, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m not a fan of posts where I whine about how tired I am. Or how busy I’ve been. I feel like if I’m here writing than I should buck up and give you something to make the time you spend reading my blog worth something. But I AM tired. and exhausted. and a bit […] more
5 year anniversary gift – new URL
| February 7, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
You may have noticed that the blog looks a little bit different and you were directed to a new URL (www.bootsandsaddles4mel.com/blog). I’ve finally gotten around to doing what I’ve meant to do for years – get my blog off of blogger and onto the my main webpage. Increasing problems with blogger (such as the search […] more
Selfie
| February 7, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Was planning on writing a cute little story about how me and Farley went on a lovely little ride this afternoon since it would take too much brain power to write about Tig and a very interesting Farley/Tig ponying ride earlier this week. I even took selfies of us prior to ride. See how thrilled […] more
