Better

Pop's is much better the vet came and gave him the injections and the hives have really cleared up. I finally got to ride again tonight and he's much less piggish and cranky, which is a plus. A really well known chiropractor is coming tomorrow, before we've had to slip the horses that need to see him down to his clinic but thankfully he's coming here so that means I don't have to pay to get someone to take Pop's there and I don't have to miss class to go, cause it's about a three hour trip to the clinic. My wallet is very very sad and I'm trying to crimp enough money together for Christmas gift. I've also been put in charge of gather money to pay one of the women back at the barn as she paid for the barn cat to get an operation on his tail which some how got cut down to the bone. How? Lots more to do more before I sleep so night night.

Hives Hives Hives

Poor poor Poppies has hives :(. He's covered in them. It's really upsetting to have him in such discomfort, he cant really go outside, and working is out of the question. I talked it over with my trainer and barn manager and we think it may be the bedding that we just got it combined with something else. He maybe having a reaction to the Hemlock wood that makes up the shavings. Another part maybe because he's due for his hock injections. Hocks are like the knees of a human and are located half way up the back leg. As a horse gets older they lose fluid in the hock joint so the vet will come and inject a special fluid in to give more of a cushion, this makes the horse feel much better. So in the end he now has a new type of bedding and the vet is coming to giving him injections on Thurs. Well I have to beg money from the rents for the vet visit.

Winter Prep

Winter is comi-here yeah cant deny it's definitely here. That means its time to separate the strong from the weak, winners from losers, tough riders and fair weather ones. Winter is a great test to see if people are serious about horses, it takes a strong type to ride and work in below freezing weather. I finally pulled my winter riding pants out of the closet. I got them for Christmas a couple years back, they are wind probe and lined with fleece, I still need to dust off my winter boot which are basically just more hard core riding boots lined with fleece and other quilted things. Poppie's winter coat is wicked thick and every body has complemented me on how nice he looks. When people say that I really don't know how to respond I mean like "Thanks yes I genetically programmed his fur to look this way it was tough." Besides brushing him and feeding him right I don't really have a lot to do with the quality of his fur/coat. He loves his new blanket and prances around the paddock showing it off to everybody when he went out in it the other day. Well post more later byes.