I officially LOVE my new farrier.  He’s soft with the horse, and said all the right things – the importance of not taking away too much sole (only to the dirt line), the importance of the bevel, the function of the quarter, of leaving frog etc.  He explained everything he was doing, wants me to […] more

There is no better way to start the New Year’s than a brisk ride in the sunshine.  A local endurance vet that I admire and respect [not the least because he has a great sense of humor and can appreciate the Mcclellen saddle, even if he DID pull me TWICE in my first season :)] […] more

Found a new trimmer in the area that is coming by tomorrow to trim Farley’s feet.  Cross your fingers that it works out.  He has great references, talks well over the phone, is willing to teach me anything I want to learn, and just moved back here from Idaho and so is looking for new […] more

Make my life easy and read part 1 first.  That way I don’t have to recap why I’m breaking this post into 2 parts (or more).  (hint – it’s blogger’s fault).   A backpacking trip in January for my birthday A breaking of the elbow.  (oh how fun) and the running of a 1/2 marathon […] more

FINALLY!!!!  My New Year’s post. I rang in the New Year’s like I always do – on horseback – and discovered some really cool local trails (see Cache Creek in the Northern California trails section of my website).  It’s that time of year where we look back at 2011 and forward to 2012.  Now, in […] more

I had wanted my first post of the glorious year 2012 to be a rather whimsical, picture post from 2011, looking ahead to 2012.  But NOOOOOOOO…….UUUUUUUU had to be uncooperative.  I’m now on my FOURTH redoing of the post because of some random scripting error and I’m not happy.  And now my first post of […] more

Part of being a life long learner is to actively seek out new knowledge AND to critically evaluated the beliefs and opinions you currently hold and test them against the new information that you learn.  Vet school is a perfect environment for this.  Most of my animal knowledge is related to husbandry and performance, not […] more