Awareness of the outside world. CNN: What you need to know ahead of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Ramsay, July 19, 2023. Runs from July 20 to August 20.
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We bought cattle ear tags to use tick repellent. [Tag You’re It]
I braided one tag into Rodney’s mane and one into his tail. A few days later, the tail tag had fallen out. A few days after that, I found a tick in his tail. Still none in his mane.
Causation? Coincidence?
Coach Kate attaches hers to the fly masks. We don’t use them, so that option is out. [Tag, comment]
Since one of the goals is to keep ticks out of their ears, the ideal would be to have the tag attached to the forelock. I am concerned that this would upset the horse, causing head shaking, causing the tag to go clunk, causing more head shaking. Cue hysteria cycle.
A person in the driving world (waves hi!) has the tag braided into the forelock. I can only assume they have a more amenable equine than we do.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
Do you have Lyme Disease there?
“Although tick-borne illnesses are less common in the Southeast than they are in the Northeast, they have been on the rise. Alabama usually records a small number of Lyme Disease cases.” 2022. https://www.al.com/news/2022/06/tick-borne-illness-on-the-rise-in-alabama-what-to-know-as-summer-arrives.html
I know someone local who had it.