Hey! Decorum!
Nov 18 2007
Did you guys manage to get that little QH-Morgan colt? Inquiring minds all want an update!
If it’s in my 263 unread e-mails, just post it here anyway, would you please? It’s momentarily not raining and that means I’ve got to go do real life horsey stuff instead of blogging!
Also, the rescue that was going to try to get the mare who fell out of the trailer…any update on that?
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I remember seeing a diagram where you basically draw an X between the eyes and the base of the ears and shoot right at the middle of the X. I’m sure that is online somewhere.
While it’s a gruesome thing to think about, honestly, I’d like to take some shooting lessons and feel comfortable with a gun. We have many elderly horses here and if someone shatters a leg on the ice, I do not want to have to wait for the vet, either. We are out in the country and that could take a while. It’s definitely being responsible to learn to do it yourself in an emergency.
On the poop issue- Boxer farts after eating Pedigree brand dog food- I can’t even begin to tell you… But I can say the dog will live outside until all of the food clears their system.
Visually and smelly? Feed a baby (human child) mashed squash. Holy F%ckinnnnnn SH$T! And there is NO way to avoid the smell while you hose the child off. Usually they are squirmy too, so you need help. Yippee!
Bad mealtime topics- You are all invited to our house. With both of us having been around horses for years and years, training, foaling, coaching, rescueing, hauling, vet tech-ing- large and small animal, we have seen just about every ugly side of what people can and will do to animals of all sizes breeds and species.
Combine that with family & extended family who are not so animal immersed, and it is understandable why our names are often not on the guest lists.
fuglyhorseoftheday said…
“I remember seeing a diagram where you basically draw an X between the eyes and the base of the ears and shoot right at the middle of the X. I’m sure that is online somewhere.”
I keep a copy of the diagram on the following page in my barn in case of accident or emergency so that even if I am not there to do it anyone with a gun can relieve my babies of their suffering.
http://www.netposse.com/equineeuthanasia.htm
IncognitoMosquito, thanks for that link! It’s excellent information.
I often wonder if those people who proclaim “I’ll never buy a mare!” Think about this part of gelding ownership. I know my hubby didn’t! He never even rode a horse before he met me, but I soon had him riding. When I went shopping for his current horse, he said he wanted a gelding (I have all mares) so I got him one. Should have seen his face when I handed him a bottle of Excaliber and explained the new part of his grooming routine. LOL! Priceless! (I know I’ll end up doing it, fortunately his boy is very neat and clean under there)
*almost choked*
The Sheath Cleaning Song should have come with a disclaimer to SWALLOW prior to mentally singing it in your head while reading along. I’m going to have to print it off and sing it to my boys the next time the ‘job’ needs to be done. Maybe it will incent them to drop for me?
I guess I keep company with horse people far too much to make me fit dinner company with the non-horse owning public. With my horsey friends, we talk about pretty much every health malady we’ve encountered in the past thirty days when we get together. Unfortunately, this skill doesn’t transfer well to those not blessed with equines. I once cleared a table just by talking about an abcess. What’s the big deal? It was just a little bit of pus and seepage, and once it opened up – problem solved!
I had no troubles cleaning my plate. Sadly, my sisters kept to their diets.
*evil grin*
IncognitoMosquito
I still haven’t forgotten the baked bean reference you made. I am pretty sure that there will be baked beans at the (100+ people, pot-luck) Thanksgiving get-together we are going to…. I hope I can temporarily banish that thought from my mind.
The Friends of Barbaro were able to get the $1 mare from Oregon. They picked her up yesterday and she will be going to S.CA. They said other than being very thin she seems to be okay. She has a pulled, groomed main, like a hunter/jumper barn my have had her previously. Or maybe someone into showing. Definitely not been a backyard ornament, but maybe a throwaway from a stable? All speculation of course.
4Horses&Holding said…
“IncognitoMosquito
I still haven’t forgotten the baked bean reference you made. I am pretty sure that there will be baked beans at the (100+ people, pot-luck) Thanksgiving get-together we are going to…. I hope I can temporarily banish that thought from my mind.”
My apologies. ~chuckle~
For some reason that seems to effect people more strongly even than the abscesses and other disgusting topics like sheath cleaning and thrush and bowel issues.
I think it’s because we all (horse owners) have probably had to see and deal with thrush, bowel movements, and sheath cleaning. I would probably pass out or have hysterics if I ever found a pile of bot eggs in my pasture. (I have seen pictures of them, and the biggest problem lies with the fact that you were 100% correct in your observation.)
haha, and we don’t compare it to how it looks like our food. (food that we once found yummy, lol)
cutthecrap said…
The Friends of Barbaro were able to get the $1 mare from Oregon. They picked her up yesterday and she will be going to S.CA. They said other than being very thin she seems to be okay. She has a pulled, groomed main, like a hunter/jumper barn my have had her previously. Or maybe someone into showing. Definitely not been a backyard ornament, but maybe a throwaway from a stable? All speculation of course.
I’m happy to hear that the mare found a home. Some of the FOB people may be in lala land but there are times when they do come through.