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Older kitties: joys and pains

Stella’s eyes are changing. Today her eyes are not very responsive to the light. When she opens them, the pupils stay wide and are slow to adjust to the light. The vet warned me on Friday that Stella might end up with detached retinas from the hypertension...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

How to Run Mac OS X in VirtualBox on Windows.. http://digg.com/d31WPz3 # Off to the barn to play with the horses. Joy! And then — more cleaning! Joy. (bleh) # The best thing about cleaning is when you've finished. Otherwise, it sucks. # Miffed kitty coming home...

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Isis feeling good

Last weekend the weather was gorgeous and Isis, who has trouble dealing with the heat, was feeling frisky. I free lunged her in the big ring and after a few minutes, the tail came up and she started snorting. The snort, the prance, and the bounce in...

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Lumps and bumps on Isis’ skin

Isis has always had skin issues: rain rot, fly bite allergies, scratches, etc. For the most part, these things last a little while, are treated, and then resolve. For the past two months or more, Isis has had lumps under her legs, right where the girth goes....

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Bragging rights on the Bay Wonder Mare

I’ve been trying to ride my mares more often. Today was a 2.5 hour trail ride on Prize. We baby sat my friend’s four year old gelding. He’s been ridden about the same number of times as Kasane, although is training is farther along. Here is Sylvana...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

Leaving work and going to the barn. Yay barn! # Check this out to WIN A FREE APPLE iPAD / CARBON FREE http://foodforthought.greenearthappeal.org/winanappleipad/ @greenearthapp # Excavations at the Mamertine Prison Find Evidence of Pre-Chr.. http://digg.com/d31VcEK # Conjure One has a new single out! #conjureone # Lovely. Bomb...

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A good feeling

I originally started this blog to write about the issues I’ve been having with my various medically challenged animals. Initially it was Basette with diabetes and Isis with insulin resistance. Over the years, I’ve written about every animal I’ve had because they have all had some kind...

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[2003] Dew poisoning on Isis’ legs

Just before I started this blog in 2004, Isis had a record year for Bad Things. Okay, not as bad as later years, but up until that time it was Bad. Laminitis, rain rot, sprained tendon, and dew poisoning. A reader asked a question about Isis’ February...

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Kasane’s first trot in the ring

Kasane now officially knows how to trot. 🙂 She picked up the cue immediately. We worked briefly in the round pend and then in the big ring. She was good for two times when I asked her to trot. On the third time, I asked her to...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27

Compared my #N900 to the iPhone 4G some of the fanbois here have. I like my N900 better. 🙂 # #FF @amethystdragon @spicycauldron @dancinghorse @vsmirk @djuggler # oOoO Sequel to The Dark Crystal! http://powerofthedarkcrystal.blogspot.com/ # One of the guys just got his iPhone and returned to work...

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Kasane conquers first trail ride

Wow. Two and a half hours worth of trail riding with 10 other horses and the Bay Wonder Mare Junior was amazing. I dismounted and mounted about four times. We went through our first water obstacle (BIG creek: wide but not deep), dealt with several bridges, water...

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Finger update

The cut on my finger has completely healed over on the large entrance wound and the smaller exit wound. My finger is still a little swollen and I don’t quite have full range of motion back. However, the finger flexes enough to hold reins, so that’s all...

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Tomorrow is the big day…

Kasane’s first trail ride. I’m nervous and worried and excited at the same time. We had a good ride today, even though this was the first time she gave me some grief while I was on her. At one point, we stopped near the gait and I...

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Kasane graduates to the big ring

Today, Kasane had her first ride in the big ring. I warmed her up in the round pen as usual, and then, while on her, opened the gate and rode to the big ring. She hesitated when stepping out the gate, as it some magical line had...