The problem could be that I regularly lose my car in parking lots because it in no way resembles a white pickup truck. Unfortunately the problem is bigger. Much bigger. Apparently the definition of “sufficient” time off for a tendon injury is as follows: Horse will lose all signs of previous conditioning and assume a […] more

Hi there! Remember me? Your resident vet student? That person who used to entertain you daily, or if not accomplishing that much, at least provided a somewhat amusing annoyance? And then vet school happened. Ah yes – vet school. I believe it’s been almost 2 weeks since I gave you a REAL update of vet […] more

One of the greatest things about having a blog and an endurance related business is the new people I get to meet. One of those friends that I regularly correspond with commented that at her last endurance ride she spent so much time worrying about various things during the ride it was hard to enjoy […] more

Yes, this is a post that is entirely based on pictures of Tess. We had a social BBQ at school yesterday afternoon, and a classmate took a ton of pictures of the dogs present, including Tess. Tess did well – especially considering she’s just 5 months old. I did let her off leash to play, […] more

Have your opinions changed over the years about certain products or technologies? I think that the endurance rider, perhaps more than equestrians in other disciplines, has a responsibility to educate themselves, and then continue that education as time goes by, even on subjects they think they have “figured out”. There’s many things I’ve changed my […] more

[edited: Can I just put a disclaimer here and then you guys can mentally copy and paste this into the start of every post? As of August 15th my brain is dead. It’s a bonafide miracle that these posts are even getting written. So I apologize for the grammer, the sentence structure, the spelling, and […] more