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Posted on 10/04/2005 9:56:41 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Speaking of ears, I stumbled across something today. Sarah lee resists when I wipe her ears. Today I put my hand behind the back part and wiped the inside with my other hand. Nothing. Nada. I thought hmmm and tried the other side. Same thing. She just stood there so I did both ears again. She didn't even twitch. I thought she didn't like me doing it but I think now that what she didn't like was me pushing her ears back.
Hey - that's gonna look great, so much more light in, and a really pretty view out the back!
Oh dear! Remodeling project creep!
I think it's harder to take baby animals to the vet then baby humans. They look so small....
But they'll feel better real fast now. I'll bet they get alot more active in the next day or so. Worms can really slow them down.
Becky
Thanks, I think it will lighten up the living room too, make it feel more open. We hope to put a screened in porch back there sometime, but that will be awhile.
The view was even prettier a few days ago, the trees really were colorful, to bad it doesn't last longer.
Oh, and I don't think anyone will get tired of seeing your kitties:).
Becky
Most times that's all it takes with a horse, is pressing the right button:)
Sometimes horses can be real stinkers about messing with their ears. Sometimes it has to do with that at some point in their life they had ticks, that can really make them difficult to deal with. But it sounds like SL just needed the right way to do it:)
Becky
That's good if you can find a way to inspect and clean ears... some horses are really bad about it. I think because it's just annoying, to have someone with their fingers in your ears.... but it's one of the things it's really good to condition babies for when they're little.
I'm going on my first "real" trail ride the 19th
She has one ear knotched so I though maybe she had been tramatized or something
How fun! Are you going with someone.... is it an organized thing? Where are you going? Trailering somewhere?
How fun. Where, how far is it, is it an organized thing?
Becky
ecurbh is laughing at our ditto post - same questions :~D
If Reba goes would she ride Okie (is Eddie going too) or one of the stable horses?
I laughed too:) We all think alike.
Becky
I don't know how far but the ride is from 11-until 3 or4
I would borrow her a horse. Probably Buttercup:') Eddie will be riding Eddie.
OOPs. That was supposed to be Okie:')
Usually organized things like that the pace is 3-3 1/2 miles per hour. So I'd say you're going to go anywhere from 10-15 miles. That's a good ride. Much more then that and it turns into a chore:)
Becky
LOL - got it. :~D
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