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Post recommendation
| December 14, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I really enjoyed reading this post today. Andrea from Eventing-a-Gogo talks about breeding and buying in a very lucid, well thought out way. Enjoy! more
Pictures
| December 12, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’ve been picture-free on the blog for a while, which is ironic since one of the reasons I started blogging was to share pictures. Pictures were a way of distracting the reader from the poor writing skills of my blogging efforts! I’m not posting pics because in all honesty, I’m taking less pics. I’ve gotten […] more
Friends
| December 10, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
How many of you horsey people out there have real friends that don’t also participate in horses? While I find that having horses and participating in horse sports lets me meet lots of people and be social, I have very few real friends. I just don’t have time unless they want to visit while mucking […] more
You are my sunshine….
| December 7, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’ve been stuggling through each day. My head is full of wool and I wonder if people think I’m a drug addict because I can’t enunciate my words and my eyes won’t focus. On weekends I sleep until noon and am in bed by 6pm the following evening. It’s sheer torture to get out of […] more
Pigeon Fever Update
| December 3, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Culture came back negative, but vet still isn’t convinced it isn’t pigeon fever. As it has progressed, it looks less and less like pigeon fever and more like a bit combined with cellulitis, however I’m still taking precautions until a decision is made either way. Here’s a link to an information page about pigeon fever: […] more
A question of ethics
| December 1, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
A horse in your boarding stable has chest and belly abscesses that is indicative of pigeon fever. The vet is called and the abscess treated, in the meantime you are told to treat it like it is pigeon fever. Several months ago a boarder let you know that a different local boarder stable was having […] more
Website Preview
| November 30, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The next major update to my website is going to be a resource list for endurance riders on potential conditioning locations. I will write up reports on all the locations I regular condition at (mostly central California), and I’m open to accepting writeups from other riders in other states. Before I get too far into […] more
