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Painting it white. Of course I have run into various issues that are slowing me down, but nearly done with the prep work. Handy guy is putting in the lights today (he's about to go out of town so I needed that done before he left, so I removed them and painted around where they will go, but failed t...

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I actually hate painting, which is why this is still overdue LOL! I guess I'll paint the ceiling white. There is no moulding, so it might look funny all one color.

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I am finally repainting my bathroom. The scratch marks on the drywall next to the door (former roommate's dog), the torn up mess that the door is now (my own dog), the dirty paint, the peeling sealant, the nasty med cab with the door that won't stay closed. . . All about to be a thing of the past! I...

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He's not been around donkeys, but I am all the time (as a hoof trimmer). I asked the vet about that (whatever that disease is that is carried by donks that I cannot now remember!) and he said he didn't think so. Things have settled down a bit. I have not given him the Tri-Hist, as I'm paranoid about...

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OK, thanks. The company told me M/L would fit. Fingers crossed, as they are expensive and not returnable!

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Anyone who has used the Guardian Masks--my large pony measures right on the border between small and med/large. I know that my mare's size large Cashel mask is HUGE on him--he wears the Arab Cashel mask. So I'm afraid that the med/large Guardian Mask will be way too big. But I'm also afraid that the...

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Another suggestion would be a Myler comfort snaffle. It's legal, and it's sort of a combo between a jointed snaffle and a Mullen. Like a Mullen, it's very stable. But you can use each side more independently (and, really, even more so than a regular jointed snaffle, because moving one side does not ...

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I don't have a drawer. The mice (cats') are on the bottom shelf. The frozen veggies (mine) are on the top shelf. That's as "organized" as it gets.

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I can dunk the nets in the creek. Just trying to avoid this as I do think it will reduce how much they are able to eat and that isn't a good idea. Not going to put out loose hay--then they just scarf it all up and have nothing to eat all day or all night! I'll try the Tri-Hist (if the darn vet will ...

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Just looked at hay steamers--$1500??? Sorry--can't afford that.

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I'm just not ready to have to do that. I feed an enormous amount of hay, so soaking would be a huge amount of work when I have very little time in the AM. Wet nets are hard to eat from--on rainy days, more hay gets wasted. So I'd be risking neither of them getting enough to eat, and my wasting expen...

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I'll try applesauce. The biggest problem is that my pet sitter is not a horse person and I don't ask him to handle the horses. Feeding bucket feeds requires separating them. So normally he just puts out hay for them--I don't give bucket feeds every day anyway--until all this started, at least. But i...

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I have barely any grass. A little for May and June. Then it's gone. I feed hay in small mesh hay nets year-round. I really don't want to get into soaking hay--it would be impossible in with her, in any event.

Yikes re: the shots! Not ready to go there yet, that's for sure.

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OK. That sounds expensive, so probably not the first thing I'll try. But good to keep in mind if it proves necessary. I have ordered the SmartPak respiratory au naturele thing because it can't hurt, and the Tri-Hist. Will give them both a try and if that doesn't work, THEN try the pred.

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Has anyone used Tri-Hist? http://www.allivet.com/p-657-tri-hist-granules-20-oz.aspx?gclid=CNKzqcahncwCFVUkgQodOnEFJQ The Hyrdroxyzine doesn't really seem to help (any improvement is due to the Ventipulmin), so I don't really see the point of continuing, though vet wants me to. Tri-Hist is a complete...

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Oh, and the vet said there isn't an injectable version of prednisolone. ??

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I'd be thrilled with a shot, although that wouldn't help in the past sitter dept. As I said, he eats the antihistamine in soaked pellets, but it seems to do nothing at all, so that doesn't help us much. I just worry because he coughed off and on for months, while the vet wasn't worried about it. So ...

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My Connemara x pony, Rhys, has developed what are apparently seasonal allergies. First he was coughing. Not a lot, so vet said keep an eye on him. Then the coughing worsened, and he was breathing quickly. Vet came back and out him on an antihistamine (Hydroxyzine). Nothing changed. Vet added a bronc...

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I just tilt the seat back a bit, and that takes the headrest back behind me a bit when I am sitting erect. It still works, as I found out when I totalled my car in Jan., but it doesn't interfere with me.

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I'm so over them. My step brother is getting married (2nd time around) next weekend. Sooooo not looking forward to it. I don't have to go far (wouldn't go if I did!), but it ruins my one day off during the week. At least it's been determined (though it was not in the invite) that we're not to bring ...

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If you're going to be home a lot, and each of you takes one dog as his/her own, this is a great plan. My ex and I had beagle littermates we rescued as puppies. They were great companions for each other and loved each other so much, but because Greta was mine and Ellie was my ex's, and because we tra...

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Best thimg ever is Fleabusters, IMO. I do it myself, not the company, so it's cheap. Takes a while, though, as you have to work it into the gaps in your hardwood, into the carpets, etc. But just once a year. My dogs are still Frontlined against ticks, as around me there is cytauxzoonisis (carried by...

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I'm amazed to see that so many people still keep a checkbook for not only checks, but also debit card transactions and auto withdrawals! I do, too, but I'm constsntly mocked for it. Most people seem to just look at the account online regularly to make sure there is nothing they don't recognize. But ...

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I just go to Great Clips to have an inch or so whacked off the ends. I do my own bangs and color my own hair. The cut is $12 and I tip $3. It's never the same person twice.

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I agree. The whole campaign makes me queasy. There are problems with the sport. One of them is permitting a child of 17 to compete at that level.

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I'm glad you can see that now, Rockabilly. I have modulated my views over the years as well, primarily because, as I get older, I become more certain that I do not want extreme measures taken to prolong my own life past where I can be productive and happy. So I don't want that for my animals either....

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Ah, OK. I was aware of that--not what I think of as a pseudonym. I see Chisamba's point, then.

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I confess I haven't read Jane Austen. It always sounded too heavy for my taste. But I was wondering whether any of you had read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke? I was just re-reading it, and noticed that 3 of the 8 critics quoted on the back cover compared it to the work of Auste...

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Chisamba wrote:Alex, you fail to recognize that she did something that women of the time did not do, wrote,was successfully published, albeit under a pseudonym.

?? She didn't use a pseudonym. Her name was Jane Austen.

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Get a pill crusher (Walgreens). Crush pill. Mix into a SMALL amount of plain meat baby food (make sure there is no onion in it--very important). Feed to cat. 99.9% of cats in my experience love it. One jar will last several days.

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piedmontfields wrote:Surely I am not the only one on this board who re-reads P & P and S & S yearly...

You are not.

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Quelah wrote:I feel sorry for his wife. I know Amish can vary a lot, but I've met quite a few Amish escapees in the draft horse world, it doesn't sound like it's very nice t be a woman in the Amish culture.

Or, for that matter, a horse.

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Maybe he's dead.

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If paddock boots aren't comfortable from the get-go, they don't fit. The problem with breaking in is with tall boots.

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Oh goodness-don't amputate the tail!! I care-leased a hunter years ago whose tail had been nerved because he swisher it in the ring (don't get me started on these people!!!). :-( He could barely lift it, and as a result, had terrible rashes under his tail. I washed under there daily and applied a go...

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He gets lots of hay as I mentioned above. I for one do not believe that a diet limited to whole grains and hay provide a balanced diet for a working horse. I believe in, and feed, commercial feed (Seminole Wellness products) because they provide all the nutrients horses need in the correct amounts....

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I have always had well-mannered cats - once they passed the kitten stage. I had my Christmases with trees either wired up, or just out on the deck, sans ornaments. Cats are as trainable as any other animal, and more so than many. Be patient and firm. Not when they were orphaned at 3 weeks, and henc...

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We can't have a Christmas tree. We can't have any knick-knacks unless they are behind glass. We can't have house plants. We drink water out of plastic glasses with lids. We can't open windows more than 2 inches, except in the kitchen where the storm door has the screen on top and the glass on the b...

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I have one perfect cat, Calvin, and then the 6 year old permakitten from hell, Jonah.

So there are both kinds. Equally beloved, but one a helluva lot easier to live with!

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Read the ingredients on the Calf Manna. Wouldn't feed it to my horses. It's best to stick with whole foods--timothy pellets are pure hay, ground flax is plain flax, ground up. Plain oats can be OK in moderation. And, of course, hay, hay, hay. It's the processed feeds and oils that can cause problems...

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More hay first and always. Very few horses get enough hay. If fed truly free choice, a horse should go through nearly a bale a day in the wintertime, and should gain weight. Then soaked timothy pellets with ground flax added for calories--at least 1 cup, but can go up to 2 twice a day. Add a vit/min...

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Suzon wrote:Wait, Paws, you're moving to the PNW??

Not for 8-10 years, and then only if I can save enough for it to be possible.
But hopefully someday.

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Me too. Just found out it that the water and termite damage to my house siding will cost me $2k, the new barn doors and spring house roof will be $1k or more, and then I got a $600 Bill for PT on my previously broken ankle whose tendons acted up this fall, which I thought would be covered more compl...

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I would Google to find the local caged bird society--they might have ideas for catching him and might even help you. He might survive for a while, but he's all alone. Birds are flock animals, after all, and there aren't any more like him out there. A lonely life.

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The MH Active Winter Riders are very nice looking. That said, I now ride in MH or Ariat paddocks with half chaps in the winter. Just easier. And foot warmers. Always foot warmers.

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We try to avoid the whole hierarchy thing where possible. Even including the other office (which we do in things like this), there are only 7 of us, and 2 are supervisors. I don't see any reason why we shouldn't all get to have whatever fun we can get out of a day at work

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Haven't seen him drinking coffee at all.

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Oh, movies are good. Where does one get those? Just go to the theatre--they do gift cards now?

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I'm still trying to wrap my head around how this list of things could be referred to as "crap": "local handmade chocolates, cheese, crackers, shortbread cookies, sauces, seasonings, jams." Well, other than seasonings, which I can't see a guy who isn't a cook wanting, they are al...

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Most of my friends, self included, love a nice fruit basket. However, asking for advice does not always equal being willing consider any opinion other than your own, so I am sure you will do as you see fit under the circumstances. Not sure what your problem is. I have a right to not want to spend m...

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