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Decisions, Decisions
| December 5, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Book review of Dogs in Motion or prepare notes for tomorrow? The problem is I’m finding my “work” (studying school) just as facinating and rewarding as the other love in my life (endurance, Farley). How to chose? Considering I played hookey all morning to ride Farley on a thrilling (short) ride at endurance speed, […] more
Cool Vetmed facts
| December 4, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Last week I learned 2 things that are so amazing, I’m STILL having trouble wrapping my mind around them. Fascinating fact #1 – the forelimb of most of our pets (horses, dogs, cats etc.) is not attached to the body by a joint – it is held in place by muscles. I guess I technically […] more
Your assigned watching
| December 3, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
My brain is mush this morning as I recover from 45 hours (not including personal study time) of the appendicular skeleton, axial skeleton, and locomotion. One of the projects in this block is to look up really cool online learning resources, focusing on 3-D models, that will help us study and learn the material. We […] more
Beware of Growth Plates!
| November 30, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Had an osteology lecture this morning that included (among a plethora of other things) a radiograph (xray) of a young dog that had a injury to his *radial distal physis that caused the distal growth plate to close early…..while the ulna growth plates continued to remain open and elongate the ulna normally. So, the ulna […] more
EEK!
| November 28, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I knew I was going to die in this block – I just didn’t realize it would be by the second lecture. Reynold’s number? Von Karman Trailing Vortices? Where did I put that physics book? How did I get in with less than a year of physics and no lab? AHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Can we just agree […] more
A pet peeve
| November 27, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Excuse me while I step up to the soapbox. There are certain companies that continually use *statistics in a way that I feel is misleading and slightly ridiculous. I value transparency and disclosure, and running a business in a way that is above reproach. This is why, even though I think the average consumer […] more
Tess’s first trail ride
| November 26, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m scared to look at the number of unread posts in my google Reader so I’ve decided to avoid it. Tess went on her first trail ride today. At 8 1/2 months it’s time she started learning about her job as my trail dog. Was it possible to have a dog more stupid about horses? […] more
