Work: day off. Over the last many months, I have been working to loosen an old scar on Rodney’s back. Forty-five minutes of heat results in less than a millimeter of progress. As I work on his back, he gives the usual happy horse signs of yawning and farting. On days when I have madeContinue reading “What A Stinker”
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Hay Is For Horses. But Why?
Work: as yesterday, with 30-minute lunch break between Rodney’s heating session and Mathilda’s walk. Report: Caught mare. Rodney eating hay. Rodney comes over to survey the carrot situation. As we pass the barn, he saunters in. After our first lap, he emerges, gives an abandoned foal scream, and goes back to the hay. Will continueContinue reading “Hay Is For Horses. But Why?”
Order, Order
Work: PM1 heat/PM2 groom. Report: Need to complete experiment before evaluating hypothesis. Ramblings: Tried a new plan. Usually, Rodney gets his heat therapy and walk and then Mathilda and I go for our pasture perambulation. Today, I wanted to try walking Mathilda in between. Rodney could relax over the break and I could prepare withContinue reading “Order, Order”
Hair Today, Not Gone Tomorrow
Work: EVE heat therapy & partial grooming. Report: weather, cold & overcast. Horse, ditto. Ramblings: Where does it all come from? Previous Horse, Mathilda, & Rodney all start(ed) shedding long before the formal start of shedding season. Earlier horses were not kept at home, so I may not have been as attentive to the calendar,Continue reading “Hair Today, Not Gone Tomorrow”
To Every Thing There Is A Season
(Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV) Work: rain. Ramblings: Fallow is fine if one’s harvest season has been busy. When I was in college, I loved to visit my grandmother. I’d lounge about. I’d read books. We’d play cards. I’d forget about papers, finals, the fact that I didn’t have a boyfriend, or whatever was troubling my sophomoricContinue reading “To Every Thing There Is A Season”
Tic, Tic, Tic
Work: PM heat therapy/EVE groom Report: same stuff, different day. Ramblings for the Day: The horse may be half full instead of half empty. As I have said before, when I catch the mare for her walk around the pasture, Rodney runs back to the barn. I had wondered if this was security-seeking behavior. TodayContinue reading “Tic, Tic, Tic”
Who Stand and Wait
Work: PM heat therapy & back massage/EVE groom. Report: I usually rub his back for a few minutes after each heating session. Today, I got carried away. It’s a nice, nonconfrontational activity with a near-guaranteed positive outcome. Ramblings: Despite my bragging yesterday, in truth I haven’t done much equine volunteering in a while. I usedContinue reading “Who Stand and Wait”
