Horses – Page 402 – Virtual Brush Box

Creative Hay Stacking

When I picked up a few bales last week, the front of the truck bed was still damp, so I asked the loading dude to keep everything towards the back. He was right. Nothing fell out. A hay dealer once loaded 50 bales on this truck (’89 F250 longbed). What is your record?

Impatient? Moi?

Waiting for the vet on Friday. I’m not worried. Mathilda is getting steadily if slowly better. This appointment is more in the way of a systems check to insure we are on the right track. No big deal. I am working at my computer. Cat on the desk. Dog at my feet. The gentle humContinue reading “Impatient? Moi?”

Foto Friday: Face Painting with Swat (R)

Non-horse folks: Swat is an insect-repellent goo useful for covering wounds & vertical surfaces. Horse folks: pink or clear? I favor original pink because I prefer seeing it to running my hand through it.

The Point of Worry

For those of us who are more ant than grasshopper, fussing over possibly futures has always come easily. We worry about what might happen and what we can do to prevent/mitigate it. I should have a working fire extinguisher in case of a kitchen fire. I should phrase the paragraph this way to avoid thoseContinue reading “The Point of Worry”

Courses For Horses

Have you ever wondered how your horse knows how to get along with people? Simple, he learned it in school. Through diligent research, we have obtained a peek at an equine course catalog: The Top 12 Most Popular Courses in Horse School Hydrodynamics – Calculating just the right angle to hold your head so theContinue reading “Courses For Horses”

It Hurts So Good

Don’t. Stop. Don’t stop. Seriously, I can’t tell. Since Mathilda’s left hind leg is sore [How?], she’s resting her weight on her right hip and leg, thereby overtightening the muscles in her croup and hindquarters. During Rodney’s heat therapy, I put the second heating pad on her Bai Hui point instead of his. [100] IContinue reading “It Hurts So Good”

Shadow Horse

Rodney wants to know where all the love has gone. Healthy siblings of chronically ill children are sometime known as shadow children*. All the attention and energy is focused on the sick one. While I do not support the child-substitute idiom, Rodney definitely feels marginalized. On Saturday evening, when Mathilda’s leg problems were manifesting andContinue reading “Shadow Horse”