Spray Bottle lesson

Having neatly escaped a spray bottle lesson on *Sunday night, Monday I went out to the barn with renewed purpose. No tricks this time little Miss MerryLegs! We shall proceed with the lesson as planned! ——————————————————————————————————————————– Spray bottles are on the short list of things MerryLegs has objected to in the short time we have […] more

A Gray MerryLegs?

ML really really wants to be gray. The grey hairs on her face, body, and legs have multiplied as her winter coat grew in. Her baby pictures didn’t overwhelming suggest that she was going to be grey.  At two years old she doesn’t look like she’s going to be grey. But she’s a weird bay. […] more

MerryLegs, 2 years 8 months

MerryLegs is looking quite….recovered.   Last week I turned her and Farley out together, figuring that MerryLegs could finally handle being pushed around exercised and be reminded of social niceties. I think it will be awhile until I house them together again. There are both logistical reasons (medicated twice daily mashes) and herd dynamic reasons. […] more

Oct Link Luv

Most of these are from October, but since this is the first month I’ve made a concentrated effort to put this together, there are some oldies but goodies here too. Enjoy! I’m always very amused by lists like this (probably a horrible fault of mine). How to tell a hipster from a trail runner Anyone doing […] more

Oct IRL

October was definitely a month of sending carefully laid plans to the graveyard. MerryLegs LOTS of new stuff….starting with her first vet visit on Oct 1. *sigh*. Here’s a sampling of new stuff we did this month, some related to the illness and some not.   IV injections Headlamps and working in the dark leg […] more

Dear Mouse

Dear Effing Mouse, Yes you, the one that chewed little holes in my precisely pre-measured, medicated bags of feed. And then spread the feed all over the floor of my tack room last night. I hope you die a painful, terrible, TMS-autoimmune mediated death. That is all. Melinda more

Reader question: Hydration parameters

Sometimes I get a question from a reader or friend that is too good of a question not to share more broadly with you, My Dear Reader. What makes a good question? Sometimes it’s because it’s a subject I’m particularly passionate about, sometimes it’s a question I get frequently, and sometimes it’s a question that […] more

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