FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 12

[HairOfTheDog]

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*

This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share, usually about our horses, sometimes about our dogs, gardens and other stuff we do. :~)

I have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and MissTargets will ping everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list.

So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends.

Previous threads:

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread TEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!

[Duchess47]

My commute is 22 miles each way. I took pictures on the way to work the other day of the mountains I see. The pictures don't do them justice at all - although driving 65 mph and taking pictures convinced the rest of the work traffic that I was crazy and they got out of my way. Going west into work I see the Singatse Range, the Buckskin Range, the Pine Nut Range, the Virginia Range, the Flowery Range, the Carson Range, the Pinon Hills and the Sierras. Coming home going east I see all of the above except the Sierras and the Carson Range, and also see the Desert Mountains and the Dead Camel Mountains. Not as good as trail riding pictures but you can see why it's hard to be depressed about my commute :)

[HaveFaith]

That’s good. No she didn’t act like it bothered her much for me to press on it. No flinching. She’s still walking around and eating. I figured she’d not want to eat if she was really close.

[HaveFaith]

Gorgeous mountains. I love the Rockies. Just don’t like the cold. We went in June when I was a teen and it snowed. We thought we would freeze.

[CindyDawg]

Hey remember those things I talked about passing on Amtrak last year? Well..today I checked them out and guess what? I SAW THE MARFA LIGHTS!

[CindyDawg]

I was driving thru mountains today and my mom was saying “look over there”

[CindyDawg]

I got a new muffler and side steps.

[Duchess47]

Are you on your way to San Diego?

[Duchess47]

It has snowed on the 4th of the July at Lake Tahoe. There is never any month safe from snow although only up at the top, not out where I live.

[CindyDawg]

Yeah. The long way :’)

[Duchess47]

Stay safe :)

[HairOfTheDog]

Good morning Duchess! Look at all that big sky! I know the pictures don’t do it justice, I’ve driven through that part of the country.

Glad you finally got the pictures to post... We hit the couch early last night!

[HairOfTheDog]

It was edema... excess fluid retention that would pool under the belly.

[HairOfTheDog]

It has snowed and hailed already today here. :~)

I put the horse’s blankets back on last night. They’d been off for three weeks, I thought we were done with all that for the year.

[FrogInABlender]

That just ain’t right! Kinda makes you feel betrayed. There ought to be an off switch that you can flip that says “No more freezing after THIS date”.

[HaveFaith]

Be careful and have fun. They are pretty with snow on them.

[HaveFaith]

Please, tell me it is normal in late pregnancy and will not cause any problems, dangers.
I’ve been at work all day and not seen her, but Hal says nothings happened yet.
Her belly was really hanging low this am, but not angled in the middle yet.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, in the case of the poster here who had it happen, the advice was that it was relatively normal, that it would go away after the birth, but I'm not convinced that was the most 'active' solution. They were the type who had to be dragged kicking and screaming to call a vet, even though they had no experience with horses or birthing, so there's that. I probably would have taken a more active role in getting it looked at if it were my horse.

Edemas in general are a poor circulation issue. They are helped by mild exercise, something late-term mares don't really want to do. So I'm not really sure what ~should~ be done.

If you want to compare, I did find an old picture of the edema on the other poster's mare. It looked like a spare tire had been mounted under her belly.

[Beaker]

Evening everyone!

I hope that everyone is well! I don't have much to report- work has kept me very busy. I had my meeting with the VP yesterday and it went well. We are now down by three people, so the pressure is on.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Oh my goodness!

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Looks sort of like Wyoming.

How is the mare?