Category Archives: Horse care

Updates on the actual care of my horses.

Run free sweet Dulce

Posted on June 19, 2018 by

Yesterday, when I arrived at the barn, Dulce was in extreme distress. She couldn’t breathe, was foaming at the mouth and was so agitated that she ran about or took to rolling. I called the vet and husband to come … Continue reading →

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moving horses

Posted on June 4, 2018 by

The property where I board is up for sale and the horses and I are looking for a new home. Because of that, I had turned this blog private for 24 hours as I was feeling out a few people. … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on November 20, 2017 by

The last four months have been difficult for various reasons and I see I haven’t been very good about updating here so let me do some news on everyone: Dulce: it took a while but she slowly gained weight back. … Continue reading →

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Dulce continues her decline

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

Dulce continues to not gain weight. She has me very worried at this point. I tried Equine Senior and she refused to eat it. So I stopped her Pergolide (which can suppress appetite) and went back to Grostrong 13 (which … Continue reading →

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Pergolide dosage for Cushings

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

Tomorrow both ponies go to full dosage on their Cushing’s medication, Prascend. I did a “loading” dose at half the prescription to hopefully avoid the Pergolide Veil (a kind of zoning out that horses on this medication can experience; see … Continue reading →

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Dealing with realities

Posted on June 23, 2017 by

I’m starting to have that overwhelmed, hopeless feeling again. Last week I ended up being sick and after a trip to the urgent care discovered I had walking pneumonia. That put me down and out for about 8 days and … Continue reading →

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Dulce’s Dental

Posted on June 21, 2017 by

Dulce got her dental today and the damage to my pocket book wasn’t too bad – under $200. She had a lot of hooks and two teeth just fell out and one is still wobbly but she should have a … Continue reading →

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