BonnieM's Journal

Sunday, we were riding with friends at Shimek... long story short, we got RAINED ON, and were an hour out when it began to pour. I was afraid it would cause JR to lose control, but it did not...he was so careful and sweet as we picked our way thru increasingly slicker trails. When we got out to the roadway down by the Lick Creek crossing north of the lower campground, we all decided to trot & thus get out of the downpour (& thunder & distant lightening) quicker. First, I gathered...

BonnieM

My daughter just called from New York (JFK airport) -- she had just arrived from Amman, Jordan, and will be continuing on to Chicago in a couple of hours. She has been in Petra, Jordan since June 12, with her fiance and his family! They had a big Bedouin wedding bash for my daughter and her fiance...though they weren't really married yet...they will have a wedding in the US once he can come here. (It would upset the terms of the fiance visa for them to have actually gotten the marriage license...

BonnieM

YEEHAW the weather cooperated, and Brinton Timber was newly opened up, low 80's, light breeze...our friends called so we decided last minute to go for a ride this morning! We were worried about bugs, but our bug spray and the BRUTE on the horses proved worthy and we didn't suffer with the bugs at all.

Dusty was GREAT! No lameness at all! He was a little high headed at first (he hasn't been out for about 6 weeks due to his hoof problems..and our friends had a couple new horses...

BonnieM

We thought Dusty was doing well, then presented with worse limping/lameness, so Doug took him to our equine vet who was VERY thorough with him--did lots of diagnostics on Dusty including xrays--found NO evidence of laminitis or navicular, but the xrays did show that he has thin soles.

He was happy with the angle of the coffin bone WITHOUT the 3 degree pad.
He had to take the pads/shoes off to do his examination, so prescribed to put the shoes back on without the pad, but...

BonnieM

Can't seem to catch a break. The first Sunday in May Doug and I went to Shimek State Forest to ride. OK, we were ready to ride ALL DAY!! Took food, & loaded up JR and Dusty about 7:30 am, and got there about 9. We saddled up and were about 20 min. out and Dusty came up lame. Doug dismounted and walked him back...seemed that up/down the hills were the worst for Dusty. We loaded back up and went back home...settled Dusty in at home with some cold hosing & linimint, and since it was...

BonnieM