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Quelah

I don't know where your home base is but maybe ask local animal services or your veterinarian. I've watched animal services dispatch an injured deer with a .22 My rancher friend uses a 45 when he has to shoot something in a bad way, but the ranch butcher uses a 22. Placement is key.

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Does anyone have a Nunn Finer Bridle? I believe they are made by an Amish business - Bartville Harness in PA. https://www.nunnfiner.com/Dressage-Bridles-s/157.htm I ordered reins or something from Bartville probably ten years ago that were nice quality. Their Facebook page has photos of their catal...

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The weird thing about dangerous horses is the vets have a blind spot . if you have a dangerous dog that bites the vet will be prepared to put it to sleep. if you have a dangerous horse that bites and kicks, they won't. That is true. I wonder if it's because vets just automatically accept that there...

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I agree don't let the friend be near the dog. With "sketchy" dogs (and I own one so I'm not judging) our job is more to protect them from people than the other way around Also, heelers/kelpies etc are very different temperament than border collies. When I see one of those, I assume it bite...

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My take, short version, heelers are a bitey breed. You've got a herding mix dog with no job. You need to start working with a professional on a regular basis and give the dog a job, at minimum.

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Not reading but listening, I've gone back to school plus life, so I don't have much time to read for pleasure so audiobooks are how I do it. Getting my BS in Wildfire and the Urban Interface, so fire focused stuff. Just finished Granite Mountain, first person by the only survivor, really excellent a...

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Glad the horse is (hopefully) safe. For future reference, the person to lean on in that situation when action isn't being taken (it happens) is usually the county supervisor. Animals services people are not elected, the supervisor is

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blob wrote: She does great with a rider that she knows will make her do the thing.

Ah yes, I know this well! That's why I've been having my BFF the younger show Milagro (or was until COVID). They are peanut butter and jelly, and so fun to watch together.

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I've never seen an Andalusian that was back at the knee, so I wouldn't say that's a trait, just unfortunate confirmation. I've had three crosses, no purebreds so my perspective may be skewed, but I've transported a fair number of purebreds. Hauling horses gives an interesting perspective because it ...

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Beautiful! Congratulations!

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the lotion works great on leg scungies, haven't noticed shampoo or conditioner being anything exceptional.

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Later spay and neuter is definitely a thing in working GSDs. At least among people who are working their working GSDs. The fact that the dogs are working generally makes hormone related behavior probs less of a thing. I can't imagine NOT neutering a cryptorchid. If it's as with horses, it totally ta...

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QueIah' I am surprised that knowing Freeway came from a nutrition desert before you had him that your vet would not have at least considered lack of certain nutrients . Perhaps the vet knew you were addressing nutrition already and meant the " herbal stuff" was not a boost Sorry, I should...

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Keeping you in my thoughts. I've dealt with wildfire every year for the last three years, to the point that I wanted to understand it better and am in the process of getting my B.S. in Wildfire and the Urban Interface. Defensible space is key, most people don't do enough of it, and wind is the game ...

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Back in the Freeway days when I was working with UCD the internal medicine vet told me that there was no way to "boost the immune system" then added, "that said, I like flax". So Freeway got flax seed oil, the fancy kind that you store in the fridge. To echo Hayburner, I've had g...

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Lucky you Flight! I think that is PT's great horse Oxidado as a young horse in that video, that horse was the reason I dabbled in Iberian horses.

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I did that for my friend when she came home from a month in the hospital for leukemia treatment. Her horses was staying at my house during that time and no way was she allowed to come to the barn or go near an animal when she came home because her immune system was non-existent. So I loaded up Miss ...

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Ditto Tanga. I haven't agreed with everything Newsom has done, but he FINALLY gave CALFire the money they've been asking for forever, and with this current thing, I don't think we (CA) could have a better hand on the helm. Also grateful to the leadership of the Bay Area counties who started the SIP.

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I haven't been riding. Not worth trip to the ER just in case. You'll still go in through ER even if going to ortho eventually. I have a friend who is ICU nurse at local hospital (Kaiser Antioch for Hot4Spots since we're same county). They don't have enough masks (getting 1 per shift) and are not bei...

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Others may disagree but if you decide to do it, it's not something I'd have done in the barn. Like, you wouldn't let your GP inject your spine would you? To me that's an in clinic in stocks done by surgeon procedure.

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FYI at least in CoCo County, feed stores will continue to be open.

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Planning to go next year, in early Spring for here (not during fire season, I don't go farther than the grocery store during fire season anymore!) Going to celebrate my 50th :shock: and hopefully having FINALLY finished college :lol: (never too late right?!) and to spend some one of one time with a ...

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I would pick it up, bag it, and put in trash as you can. Carnivore poop is way grosser and slower to break down than horse poop. I'm pretty obsessive about pick up my dog's poop. I find a manure fork and a 5 gallon bucket lined with a plastic bag to be the best solution. I reuse shavings bags for th...

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Haha no. DH came up with Splash, I think because of the splashes of color? I dunno. Maybe because between when I'd decided to buy him and when we did the PPE, his breeder took him to the ocean, and ponied him on off one of the big Shire geldings, and "got him in deep enough that the water was o...

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This was something we kicked around doing with Splash when I first got him and after trying every gut enhancing and/or soothing thing that comes in a bag bucket or packet to no avail, and I took him to UCD. Dr Purstela (Chief of Medicine) was less concerned than I was, and said "Feed him some b...

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I have some blankets with a short drop, when I go back out I'll check the name for you. I'd rather do one heavy than layered. Double blankets mean double straps, double trim, double hardware. I hate heavy blankets (as in poundage) so I have a thing about that. Suppliers should be able to tell you th...

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Olivia (Weltz) is from my area originally. I *think* she rode on US team at Aachen last time, but could be wrong.

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Your home is stunning!!! Wow! I feel your pain with the DH thing. We've been talking/planning/working on selling/moving for...well on Super Bowl Sunday it will be three years since we started kicking the idea around. I've realized that DH is a hoarder. Move was his idea originally, and yet, the dead...

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Be careful and cautious what topicals you put on wounds. I have found that the antibiotic ointments (emollients and other similar substrates) - anything in a tube or tub are wonderful media/cultures for bacteria despite their ingredients and purpose. First time use is fine but unless you're using r...

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I guess Splash and Milagro are both on grain free diets. Wait no I lie, Milagro gets a scoop of Ultium a day, but that's for the pretty bloom, not for weight or energy, he's got plenty of both of those. Splash gets some beet pulp but that's because he gets the squirts without it, he's fat as a tick ...

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People who dismiss PMU horses are just ignorant of Fynn. I would take a PMU horse if she met criteria. I don't know who Fynn is and haven't read further than this in the thread at this point, but I will just say that one of the top Percheron breeders in Canada who is also a well known draft horse j...

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I have done it twice, varying experiences. One was a Shire stallion, who I'd tracked since birth or shortly there after. I got a very good deal on him as a 4 year old, probably too good. He was a doll to live with, a DOLL. Under saddle and in harness, he had some pretty serious issues. There's reaso...

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You've got this! Jingles for a smooth transition into a more comfortable life, I bet you'll get to ride more!

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That’s pretty accurate!

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That's awesome about your property and the habitat but it gave me a giggle. Coastal differences. In California, that would have STOPPED me buying the property. We have some endangered species here, and one of the holy grail endangered animals passes through time to time but I'm all whistling innocen...

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A couple of years ago I got hit very hard in the shoulder. Very boring, I was walking behind a shopping center on a narrow sidewalk and someone came flying out the back door of the pizza place and BAM! Steel door to the shoulder. Bad design, door completely sweeps the sidewalk, I could go on about t...

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I'm so sorry you're dealing with this, Ive seen stuff like that be an absolute nightmare. One of my criteria when we were buying property was no shared driveways, no easements. So yeah, we front the road, and traffic goes by. So worth it. I'll say it so you don't have to, she's been there 25 years, ...

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I soak with cold water (beet pulp pellets) but I add the water the night before for morning feed. Would that work? I'm in California though, so me doing that isn't going to result in a frozen solid bucket the way it might some places.

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I'm not a doctor and don't want to seem like I'm playing one, but usually pretty whopping dose of steroids (IV prednisone infusion) is treatment for severe or early exacerbations. I've lost track of how old your son is, I know docs can be hesitant to use steroids on still growing people. DH's nephew...

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Wonderful news, given the alternatives you were thinking of!

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I've had it for....25 years? I'm very fortunate. I've never had a lumbar puncture, lots of MRIs though. Do you mind if I ask questions as they come up? Please do! Happy to help any way I can, I know it can be a scary time in the beginning. I was fortunate in the very beginning to have a WONDERFUL n...

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I've had it for....25 years? I'm very fortunate. I've never had a lumbar puncture, lots of MRIs though.

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Xan I am so sorry, letting go of hopes and dreams in the prime of life is a special kind of hell. Fingers crossed some answers are found that help make sense of it all. Hugs.

Quelah

You need to find someone like me, too bad you're not closer! My BFF the younger is showing both my boys this year, we're having a blast. She has a real job, and it's fairly intense, so can only ride weekend and occasionally one weeknight. She comes out, I hand her first tacked up horse, she rides it...

Quelah

I'm sorry AC were like that. Are you still CoCo County? They should have come and dispatched it, or referred you to Fish and Wildlife who could have done it.

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I am so sorry you lost Panache, what a heartbreak. If it helps any, Diane that we did all the combined driving with had one of her cobs get a shoulder injury every bit that hideous and perhaps a touch worse as his was from going through a barbed wire fence at a full gallop and the margins were not a...

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Oh you have Rex, I love Rex! That's what I showed as a kid in 4H, my broken black doe was state fair champion. Years later, in my 20's, I was given a broken chin mini-rex doe by a friend, the rabbit was an absolute witch, the vorpal bunny come to life. I did the same thing, which is funny come to th...

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Goldhorse which iwatch do you have?

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Ryeissa wrote:awesome! that sounds fun! I thought about doing WD but it's hard to find a western saddle for my dude, being short backed.

Your guy is 1/2 Arab, am I remembering right? There are quite a few western saddles made for Arabians, not hard to find

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Gold horse, regarding that specific problem, it is an issue only with dispatch for con fire, I have made them aware and they are working on that, with the disappearing notification.

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