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"break"!
| May 3, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
You know you aren’t spending enough time with your horse when you start giving your horse dog commands. “break”! I said as a took off her halter tonight. *facepalm* I’m pretty sure that I’ve never said “break” to Farley in my life. She took it to mean she could walk off and eat her hay. […] more
Wow!
| May 1, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Over 3 years ago Minx died and I STILL cannot talk about the incident –> even briefly and in passing without getting very anxious and emotional. Wow! The depth of the heart that our animals can touch is absolutely amazing. Let me never forget as a vet the power of the human-animal bond. more
What I learned….
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
…in vet school today. Fat+sugar (specifically fructose from sucrose) = fatness. Would share with you the mechanism of the whole thing but it’s a blur on the slide……something about activating, lack of feedback inhibition, excess of acetly CoA –> fat blah blah blah blah. Apparently Fructose is more lipogenic than glucose. Why this applies to […] more
Commando
| April 25, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
To go commando….or not?On the spelling – one “m” or two? Definitely not something I’m googling during class, so we’ll go with 2! Edit, after seeing comments on facebook and a realize that the beginning of this post is rather non-specific…..: I’m specifically referring to endurance riding!!!! But feel free to take it any direction […] more
It only looks easy
| April 25, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Something monumental has happened. For the first time EVER, Tess’s blog has made more $ in adsense this month than this blog. Come on people!!!! Are you going to let boots and saddles play second fiddle to Tess? NO!!!!! Of course not!!!!!! With almost 1000 posts, 10,000 views, and more than 3 years worth of […] more
Really cool paper!
| April 23, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Shetland pony as the origination of the speed gene in thoroughbreds? Read this and I’m off to go look up the original paper. I’ll post it in the Mendeley journal club on the sidebar when I find it. Err….right after I study for and take the test on Monday. And did you know that I […] more
Post ’round up 4/21
| April 22, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I have over 250 freakin’ unread posts in my Reader people! Where do you find the time to post all that?????????? If you aren’t a member of one of these organizations, than you probably won’t get this post – but it’s a great look at the differences between the different “distance riding” organizations. They are […] more
