Here's his truck. He's got most everything he needs in there... even the water hose he's using is hooked to a tank in the truck.
Here he's checking the pony's ears in her stall.
Here he's floating (grinding down) Bay's teeth, while Bay is heavily sedated in his stall. Bay's too drunk to hold his head up, so his chin is resting on a crutch with the red pad on it.
Here I'm holding Bay's tongue out of the way.
I'm participating in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which starts November 1st (next week!) and will end November 30th with a 50,000-word novel.
My novel is set in Apache Springs, a small West Texas town with ranches around it --- if you know West Texas, think of a bigger Alpine in Fort Davis' location with some of Marfa's flavor. Tourism is a big part of the local economy, as is the dog racetrack on the edge of town. In my outline, I have described the local vet this way:
"Dr. Bondurant certainly appeared successful. He owned a small-animal clinic, including a boarding kennel and a grooming parlor, in Apache Springs proper, usually staffed by students from Big Bend State University, and a large-animal clinic on his property outside town. The large-animal clinic, set on a twenty-acre lot, also featured a half-dozen grassy paddocks, a large kennel, and a surgery chock-full of state-of-the-art equipment."
Hair mentioned a hoist for sedated horses, and stocks. Is this setup too big, not big enough, missing something?
Thanks in advance, gentlebeings!
