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by Benatus
Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:39 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Godspeed, Beetle
Replies: 20
Views: 6122

Re: Godspeed, Beetle

Many condolences.
Lost my Jemma July 2019 and it feels like yesterday
by Benatus
Fri Mar 05, 2021 10:26 pm
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Topic: Am I being too picky about Daughter's riding instructor?
Replies: 34
Views: 7990

Re: Am I being too picky about Daughter's riding instructor?

I went through the BHS system and pony club.
You really need to find someone else.

I have seem a host of ineffective instructors, some dangerous.

Trust your instinct.

Why not instruct your daughter yourself?

Sorry if this has been answered, I didn’t read the whole thread.
by Benatus
Fri Mar 05, 2021 10:20 pm
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Topic: So, how's the vaccination schedule going in your state?
Replies: 36
Views: 10863

Re: So, how's the vaccination schedule going in your state?

I was able to get my first in January and 2nd Feb 12 I called my clinic eow and politely asked how the news was. They got me in bc I am inna mixed gen household. The gov held some vax back later in our county bc of lack of enough seniors and the need to get it elsewhere. In a few months I will be go...
by Benatus
Sun Feb 21, 2021 5:49 pm
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Topic: Jingles for my sick dog please- Edit- new friend March 2022
Replies: 57
Views: 13444

Re: Jingles for my sick dog please- Edit- she's gone

I am so very sorry. Many condolences.

I’ve lost two to cancer and just finished chemo with one.
by Benatus
Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:47 am
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Topic: Duck Dilemma
Replies: 6
Views: 3215

Re: Duck Dilemma

Just get it.

Or do the Dr Doom thing a guy on instagram does with chained up dogs: takes them.

I am trying not to be triggered, but animal abuse is bad.

What does the copshop say?
by Benatus
Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:46 am
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Topic: Kirby (1998-2020)
Replies: 23
Views: 7080

Re: Kirby (1998-2020)

Many condolences. Godspeed Kirby!!!
by Benatus
Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:44 am
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Topic: So what are you watching?
Replies: 166
Views: 74381

Re: So what are you watching?

I think I spent a few months watching Forensic Files. Anecdotally a lot of men who are married or in relationships are largely the perpetrators. Next single men. Chilling and yet lots of fun science. Watched The Crown a bit, but don't like the new actress playing ER2 and HBC just doesn't fit for Mar...
by Benatus
Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:26 am
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Topic: Guess the vet bill
Replies: 45
Views: 9941

Re: Guess the vet bill

Not bad. Mine charged me $125 to give a shot. I talked him down bc he charged me for an”exam” which was little more than a glance and a weight tape.

Sigh.
by Benatus
Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:25 am
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Topic: Bob MacDonald SafeSport Ban
Replies: 83
Views: 30529

Re: Bob MacDonald SafeSport Ban

It’s just a sad outcome for the victim. Perhaps others will come forward.
The “circle the wagons” entailed in “he’s my friend” thinking is why more don’t come forward.

Quite sad.
by Benatus
Mon May 25, 2020 4:22 pm
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Topic: Bizarre graduate degrees
Replies: 14
Views: 9893

Re: Bizarre graduate degrees

I thought spelt was a grain?


I am sorry that people get so bugged by scholarship. It is a specific degree, but on a broad foundation
by Benatus
Mon May 25, 2020 4:19 pm
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Topic: "Never a lender or borrower be" is good advice.
Replies: 19
Views: 10753

Re: "Never a lender or borrower be" is good advice.

No harm in asking, but be prepared for a sad outcome.
by Benatus
Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:42 am
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Topic: Well that was exciting!
Replies: 18
Views: 11857

Re: Well that was exciting!

I was 127 miles from it and while it was long, it was minor.

I was in Japan for 5 years, we had hundreds while we oived there
by Benatus
Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:58 am
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Topic: Fire at my barn
Replies: 18
Views: 12070

Re: Fire at my barn

Is therea way to make a donation?
by Benatus
Thu Nov 28, 2019 8:15 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Soaking food
Replies: 6
Views: 5588

Re: Soaking food

Thanks all. Good ideas. B/o is very amenable. Kid at night does not have access to hot water.

I will update, soon!!
by Benatus
Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:58 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Soaking food
Replies: 6
Views: 5588

Soaking food

Hi all...I've moved Albert to a smaller facility right next door to my old one. The great thing is the price, the run, the turnout, and the access to the arena at my old place for $150 less per month - oh and better hay!!! Pinch me. Downside, they don't use much hot water to soak. I like to soak the...
by Benatus
Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:20 pm
Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
Topic: remember who made that lose shoulder guard?
Replies: 1
Views: 2429

remember who made that lose shoulder guard?

I wanted to buy one and can't remember who did it? It was on the old version of this board I learned about it. Thanks!
:)
by Benatus
Mon Oct 07, 2019 3:51 am
Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
Topic: Blankets for horses who kill blankets?
Replies: 5
Views: 5013

Blankets for horses who kill blankets?

Albert sheered off a belly strap on a turnout sheet so I don’t know what to do. The piece is gone and it’s a weatherbeeta that lasted 3 season in shreds. That’s a long time for him. Usually I can sew them up, get camping nylon and fix shredded lining (his Schneiders is almost dead, he somehow popped...
by Benatus
Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:30 pm
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Topic: Peter (and Lynne)
Replies: 12
Views: 9910

Re: Peter (and Lynne)

That seems like it was yesterday. Such a loss.
by Benatus
Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:28 pm
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Topic: Selfish Act of the Month
Replies: 4
Views: 4284

Re: Selfish Act of the Month

I have to admit, I love living in a smallish town where people are pretty nice. I mean, there's Lynchian dystopia as in every small town, but people hold doors and have nice conversations.
by Benatus
Thu Aug 08, 2019 1:06 am
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Topic: Safe sport
Replies: 125
Views: 67390

Re: Safe sport

It’s a good step In h/j’s it seems like it’s teens and tweens and young adult men. Funny how anecdotal info from one person who “handled” a situation fails really show how predators learn and become better at picking victims. Just bc I kicked a creep in the nuts when he tried to come at me in the fe...
by Benatus
Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:45 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Sheath issue
Replies: 13
Views: 10765

Sheath issue

Hey guys So Albert croaked through what was a dastardly February weather wise and a terrible March (my Jemma got dx’d w/pulmonary hypertension and SARDS....I don’t think there was a glass of wine big enough to keep me sane, but I digress...we are adapting) with a great deal of patience. I have notic...
by Benatus
Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:04 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Dental Question
Replies: 25
Views: 16721

Re: Dental Question

Update!! Such a week!! Albert got the X-rays, doc said there is a very early stage of the disease, but it’s so small. Only one section of one tooth shows faint signs of resorption(sp) I will bring him back next year to do it again to see how it’s progressing. Not hay related and the saline cleaning ...
by Benatus
Thu Jul 26, 2018 12:04 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Dental Question
Replies: 25
Views: 16721

Re: Dental Question

Update: wsu vet on Monday. Fingerscrossed.

Bo told me her horse went theough extraction and if she had it to do over she’d have put him sown.
Just doing xrays and prognosis now.

Fawk.
by Benatus
Fri Jul 06, 2018 5:56 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Dental Question
Replies: 25
Views: 16721

Re: Dental Question

Thanks so much Texsuze, I will get in touch with them very soon.

Albert has a big hay bin that he flips around, it's not rubber, but a hardened rubber plastic. I hope this isn't part of it. I'll update after I have a conversation with a vet I know who works at the school.
by Benatus
Fri Jul 06, 2018 1:04 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Dental Question
Replies: 25
Views: 16721

Re: Dental Question

Thanks all!!
by Benatus
Fri Jul 06, 2018 6:02 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Dental Question
Replies: 25
Views: 16721

Re: Dental Question

Hi guys. Vet has broken my last nerve. She calls it EOTRH. Don’t google diseases of yourself? Well don’t google diseases of your horse. Trying not to cry. I see why the b/o thinks it’s warts, bc of theissue being all bumpy. I am call the vet school tomorrow. Xrays are the next step to see if the tee...
by Benatus
Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:44 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Dental Question
Replies: 25
Views: 16721

Dental Question

This is a new one one me. Albert has been living at the same barn for well over 5 years. The hay is local grown, so not great. During his dental his teeth had an issue. I was told the hay gets up into his gums and causes issues. I've never noticed this, but I can't understand it and it's flipping me...
by Benatus
Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:03 pm
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Topic: Footing bonanza or waste of time?
Replies: 8
Views: 7189

Re: Footing bonanza or waste of time?

Two places I believe boarded bought the gargantuan bags of chipped rubber. They loved it. The current place really didn’t buy enough so it really didn’t make a diff, nor do they do the arena with regularity, so it’s not the win it was at the place I am at now. I don’t know if it’s the same stuff. Wh...
by Benatus
Sat Feb 03, 2018 4:06 pm
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Topic: Bullying, Del Mar riding etc
Replies: 72
Views: 39861

Re: Bullying, Del Mar riding etc

I saw a woman with too much money and too much ambition and not enough time in the saddle. It was painful to watch her, she was like a stuffed doll she was so rigid. Then to yank and kick at a horse who was trying with ineffective aids. Sad. I see better riding from the kids who show sale stock off ...
by Benatus
Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:11 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Hock question
Replies: 5
Views: 5161

Re: Hock question

Thank you! I tried the green lipped mussel stuff, but man it stunk. Albert was a team player to eat that stuff. Though I do think it mitigated a bit of the inflammation. It was gagtastic to mix up into his baggy. btw, for anyone's info: the school here had a Extra Corporeal Shockwave therapy machine...
by Benatus
Wed Jan 03, 2018 6:18 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Hock question
Replies: 5
Views: 5161

Re: Hock question

Thanks guys.

I worry more about side effects than him behaving loopy.

His hocks are gorgeous, as I said, based on the Xrays and vet.

It causes minimal swelling, but I just was curious.
by Benatus
Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:19 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Hock question
Replies: 5
Views: 5161

Hock question

Back in 2002 Albert got a piece of bone in his hock, probably from a muddy field that was too deep, the vet called it a”joint mouse”. Had it removed, sound as a bell. Fast forward last year he started having stiffness. X ray showed some calcification on the spot, but otherwise perfect joints. Can th...
by Benatus
Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:57 am
Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
Topic: Shoulder guard for blanket
Replies: 4
Views: 5064

Shoulder guard for blanket

Hi
Did someone make a loose fitting shoulder guard that goes under a blanket?
I remember there was one but I can’t recall who

Thanks!!
by Benatus
Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:52 pm
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Topic: My only hiccup with horses
Replies: 20
Views: 15454

Re: My only hiccup with horses

Horses are prey animals so herds are vital, it’s instinctual. Cat’s are solitary in their wild state, at least the ones domesticated cats come from. Domestication can’t erase that, but there are a lot of cats that don’t follow the mold. Dogs are pack animals. They thrive on the social companionship ...
by Benatus
Sat Oct 28, 2017 7:00 am
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Topic: Boarding question
Replies: 11
Views: 8958

Re: Boarding question

It would be infuriating if no mention was made. My job isn’t to second guess and make a blind support to barn owners lack of planning. It’s skivy to pull something like that. You know contracts make it hard to up and leave. I think it shows poor management and communication. I’m not brainwashed into...
by Benatus
Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:15 pm
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Topic: Witnessing a Choke Death
Replies: 16
Views: 14027

Re: Witnessing a Choke Death

This horse has had choke since she arrived last year. They seemed to manage it by keeping her out. She would wander the property and it's been managed loosely by letting her walk about and eat grass, or just be out. Even during winter in the snow. I guess since the property is unfenced (though she h...
by Benatus
Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:10 pm
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Topic: Katie Prudent on the state of horsemanship today
Replies: 20
Views: 16436

Re: Katie Prudent on the state of horsemanship today

Look at that tasty direct release. I see people propping their hands on the crest in x-country.
by Benatus
Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:35 pm
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Topic: Witnessing a Choke Death
Replies: 16
Views: 14027

Re: Witnessing a Choke Death

Thanks all. This is the only place I could explain my anger. The barn is the quiet haven and yesterday I had it to myself.
Albert and I rambled around in a field for an hour or so.
by Benatus
Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:29 pm
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Topic: Witnessing a Choke Death
Replies: 16
Views: 14027

Witnessing a Choke Death

Hi, I used to be on the UDBB, but found this by chance, which is so nice. I board at a barn where the intentions are very good. They are, among a fairly small market, doing a "kid program" and they have a couple old schoolhorses. One has been wandering around the property loose b/c of chok...

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