Why am I up at 4 in the freakin’ morning? That would be becuase of that gosh dang blankety blank rash on my arm. Remember when I sad that it was similar to a poison oak reaction? I said that because very few other contact dermatitis reactions (and trust me I’ve had a few….) are […] more

Home from the convention!!!! I had an AMAZING time, please consider going if you’ve never been. There’s nothing like being able to see and talk to all those people that you have an “internet relationship” with. I met several people for the “first time” after reading their blogs and corresponding on line for YEARS. It […] more

I have now been up for over 20 hours. I am exhausted. Why I am writing a blog post instead of sleeping or drinking beer with girls down stairs? Not sure. I got a piece of advice from a veterinarian at the last conference I went to: when going to a convention, chose one subject […] more

Or rather, 4 legs versus 6 and a leadrope. But first, I must share in my misery. Because of the lack of home internet this won’t post until later, thus unless I tell you, you won’t KNOW that it is currently 3:07am (I’m not exaggerating) and I’m contemplating such things like “really, the amount of […] more

Post vaccination – Farley has shown no signs of being foot sore!!!!!!! A little stiff in the hind for her trimming 2 days post vaccination but that’s it! I’m really hoping that I’ve found a protocol that works for keeping her comfortable working barefoot and allows me to protect her from infection with vaccination. So […] more

One good thing about an absence from the sport of endurance is that I’m revisiting some of my old protocols and evaluating whether they are really effective or not. If you’ve been a reader on this blog for a couple of years, you have probably seen a discussion of what I do post-ride to care […] more

Another tidbit from clas. Way back, last year, I learned an interesting thing about stress and physiological response to stress. There may be a beneficial physiological consequence of a flight or flight stress response ending in actual flight or fight!!!!! This is very relevant to our horses, since is seems like most of our interaction […] more