Monday, November 7, 2016

Weekly update

Well, I'm going to try and do a weekly update, we'll see if I can stick with it!

Saturday the 29th - I went to a horse show to watch my roommate ride. She took her two babies (3.5 year olds) to their first show and also her niece and pony. That pony was seriously the cutest thing ever. It was like a model Breyer pony. I had fun helping out and I was kinda glad I decided on not taking Jetta - not only were we not really prepared, the warm-up was absolutely awful and it was hectic enough already with two young horses and a pony!

Look at it's itty bitty dressage bridle!

That perfect little face!

Sunday the 30th - Jetta got her hooves soaked and I ended up cleaning her stall while I waited since I was bored (she's on full care). I love how Jetta doesn't care about having plastic bags strapped to her feet even if she does think they smell funny.

This smells funny...
The manure hill of death... uphill on slick rubber mats. Let the games begin
How 90% of the pitchforks look now

Tuesday the 1st - I went to this super awesome dinner talk put on by the NW Equine Practitioners Association. They do continuing education (CE) talks for veterinarians and it's free for students to go to. A lot of the veterinarians I know were there so it was nice to catch up, get a free catered dinner (and alcohol!) and learn about Bisphosphonates in treating Navicular Syndrome, specifically Osphos. I highly recommend you read up on it if you're interested! A lot of neat research has been done and hopefully more to come in the near future!

Wednesday the 2nd - It was actually sunny when I got out of class and when I got to the barn the arena was full... so we ran away and hit the trails! I've been wanting to go really badly for the last couple weeks but never made it out. It was GORGEOUS. It was no longer sunny by the time we got to the trailhead, but it was still absolutely beautiful with all the fall foliage. We barely saw anyone and when we got to the top of the hill, the view was breathtaking. I'm a little bummed my phone died, but we spent a good 20 minutes soaking up the view (well, Jetta grazed). It was so clear you could see 3 different mountains in the distance and the sun was starting to set, casting a pink glow on them. Gorgeous.


We also got to test out Jetta's new "trail bridle" set up. It's a beta bridle in our color with rope reins and the second waterford bit I bought her. It works perfectly and it'll be nice that I can just hose it down when it gets all sweaty!





Thursday the 3rd - we had a short ride in the arena, nothing fancy but she was fairly good, she looked pretty fancy on the lunge line!



Saturday the 4th - I rode MS's horse Dundee. It's so fun to get to ride other horses, Dundee is so different from Jetta. He's got a HUGE, bouncy warmblood stride. He's pretty lazy but not too bad. He's doing rehab right now so he just started being able to canter a little bit. He was FRESH. For him at least. I had a fun time riding him even when he decided to take off in the canter the first time I asked for it. For the most part he's a really chill guy, plus adorable.

Jetta got a haircut. I was at a loss for what kind of clip I wanted to do this year. I usually really like doing a blanket clip on her, but I wanted to take off less hair this winter and then I saw what SprinklerBandits did to Courage... so we tried to copy. I don't think it turned out as nice as hers, but I think I like it.



Then today, Tuesday the 6th - Jetta just got lunged today while I was on my lunch break from school. I forgot my clippers since I wanted to fix up some of the lines on her clip job, but I guess that'll happen tomorrow. But we got a neat surprise... Chester's back!! I love this little pony. He's the sweetest little guy and he and Jetta love each other and they look like copies almost, one's just miniature!




That little nose!
Best friends
 So now you're all caught up!

13 comments:

  1. Your roommate boards at my barn. Snowy is the most adorable thing ever!

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    1. Yeah! Such a small world :) I almost died of the cuteness watching Snowy's tests. It was too much.

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  2. So what do you think of osphos? Would you use it on your horse?

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    1. I think I would. The study presented showed that 75% of horses with mild to moderate navicular went down at least 1, if not 2 lameness grades two months after treatment with no other change in therapy (no shoeing changes, NSAIDs, injections, etc). It only affects metabolically active bone (so growing or remodeling bone). It's usually only active for 6 months, so it's 2 injections per year typically. The drug is also cleared pretty rapidly from the plasma, but shouldn't be used in horses with low renal perfusion (older horses with kidney damage or horses that have been given bute/banamine). But otherwise seems like a great option to aid in management, mainly in addition to shoeing changes, possibly navicular bursa injections, etc. I'd like to read up on it more, but initially it seems like a very promising drug.

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  3. Jetta looks quite stunning in that haircut!

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    1. Thanks! Didn't do too bad for trying to do it freehand :)

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  4. Little gray pony looks like our Penny Pincher. Little kids on poines it the best ever. Love the update. Jetta looks fat and happy!

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    1. Definitely happy she's not getting worked very much right now!

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  5. I'm kinda in love with all the autumn leaves photos you ppl are posting. Jetta is a nice looking horse too 😊

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