Plan C

Plan A was to go or a drive. (Above are rub marks from the wraps on the shafts – not painful or tender, but the hair is gone and the skin is flaky and that’s BAD). Onto plan B.  Which too bad she was a complete and total….. Plan C it is.  So instead there […] more

Hoof trim over time – 14 days

Oh the lure of leaving it another 7 days in order to get a picture that more fully documents the range of our average trim cycle (3ish weeks average)….or trim now. Very real risk of waiting – I could go into labor and then not be able to trim for a while.  (in which case […] more

September 2015 IRL – PREGNANCY edition part 2

Instead of 20 weeks in this month’s IRL of pregnancy adventures, it’s a mere 10. Mostly because the post was getting grumpy at how many pictures were required for weeks 21-30. You can expect weeks 31-40 to be October IRL post…which will include a guaranteed baby picture since one way or another she’ll be OUT […] more

Goals are good

I learned 3 things this week. 1. I will only prescribe QID medication to clients when I want poor compliance. Because if I can’t do it – a reasonably competent and informed medical professional – how the HECK can I expect my clients and patients with busier lives then me to remember to take a medication every […] more

Temporal Trim Project Update – Day 7

  Click to embiggin. My comments on day 7 are very much like my comments on day 2 – a little sole wants to come out on lateral quarter and toe but not bad enough to do anything exciting. On day 7 I tore off some loose flaps of frog with my fingers. Can you […] more

Continuing to Teach Old Dog New Tricks

We are in agreement. One does not learn how to drive in harness from Youtube. Or the internet. Or from forums. Or from random 4-H manuals posted out of New Hampshire. However, suppose that one actually has driving experience. A lot of it actually for a California girl – driving doesn’t seem as widely popular […] more

Passing the time

In honor of national dog day I posted this on my DVM facebook page, along with photos of Tess that I think would be fun to “redo” in a couple of years. And then I actually re-did a photo of Tess that I posted on her blog here. (Whew, that was a lot of links. […] more

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