FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 12

[HairOfTheDog]

Fair enough. You don’t have to make him walk on our account, but if there’s something we can see, I’d be interested.

I buted Bay this morning... thought I’d try slipping him a bute in his hot mash and it worked. He just seemed a bit off to me, with all this bad weather I didn’t want to make him work to confirm it. I just thought well, maybe his feet hurt, maybe he just has a headache, either way...

[FrogInABlender]

Well darn! It had sounded so promising the other day when he seemed to be doing so well. I don’t think the frog being chalky/flaky has anything to do with it though. Tennessee’s looks like this most of the time. I think it’s just a function of his confignment and not getting much exercise so his frog isn’t wearing off like it normally would. The chalkiness is just dead frog tissue that hasn’t exfoliated. His soles probably have something very similar on them. It’s like old crumbly cheeze that comes off very easily with a hoof knife, or even a hoof pick. But as for what could be causing him to be lame, I have no clue. I’ll be interested to hear what the vet says, but I sure am sorry that all this is happening to him.

[FrogInABlender]

...AND how well your horses handle it:)!!!

Heh, you don't know the half of it! When I was out there at the in-law's doing Truly, I had tied her and Goose to the side of this big old cattle trailer that Pop has parked out on a concrete slab in the back yard. I had the face shield on and ear-plugs in and I was bent over under her with the grinder going when thought I heard something banging, but I wasn't sure, so I straightened up and darned if there weren't 4 of the GreatGrands out there, a 7yr old, two 4yr olds and a 2yr old, crawling all over the darned thing, screaming, slamming the doors, and running up and down through it like wild heathens. And for the icing on the cake, Tyler, the oldest one, was standing ON THE FENDER, right in Truly's face, and she was just standing there taking it.

To say that I about had a stroke would be a gross understatement. I'm sure that he thought I was a mean old b!tch when I screamed at him to get down from there RIGHT NOW, but the little buggers could've got me stepped on or squashed really bad if my horses had chosen to freak out. So,as a result of that, they did go to the other side of the trailer, but continued to scream, slam the doors and climb up and down the bars like monkeys. My sister-in-law and her daughter did eventually come out there but did nothing (substantial) to stop it, so I just went on about my business. I did make some snide comments, but I think they just bounced off. And people wonder why I really avoid being around kids!

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

A short video of Harley walking...the lameness is not nearly as pronounced this afternoon as it was this morning.

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb286/harleysowner/?action=view&current=100_1845.flv

After cleaning his foot this afternoon, I think I agree with Frog, about what I was seeing.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Whoa that was a circus:)..I’d hate to be under a horse with all that going on around.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

So what do you think? Think he’s still going to need the vet?

[HairOfTheDog]

risked a little tour around the area to see what was flooded.  I guess the Chehalis River has record flooding - coming across I-5.  And there was some flooding in town here, but we couldn't get there to see it.

Here's a little water across the road...



And the Deschutes river is running pretty fast...



Here's a little video... of a little tree being swept down the river...

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Oh, yeah, since I have the appointment, I want it checked.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Wow...that’s a lot of water.

Is it still raining.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

It’s let up. Our pasture lake has receded mostly... but it’s really not going to stop till tomorrow.

[FrogInABlender]

Looks like he short-strided on the left front maybe a step or two, but seemed to walk more normally after that. I’m with you though, I’d still take him to the vet’s tomorrow since you’ve already got the appt. Maybe he’s just got an abcess or something.

[FrogInABlender]

Dang that’s a lotta water! Howdja like to be going over those little falls in a Kayak right about then?! People who do that kinda thing have got to be just a little bit crazy!

[HairOfTheDog]

Storm snaps world's tallest Sitka spruce

Associated Press - December 3, 2007 1:05 AM ET

SEASIDE, Ore. (AP) - The world's tallest Sitka spruce near Seaside survived 700 years of storms and a threat from chain saws, but it wasn't up to today's powerful winds.

The roadside attraction in Kloochy Creek County Park snapped in half, high above the ground.

KATU-TV reports that the spruce was badly damaged during a windstorm last year and officials had pondered cutting it down for safety reasons, but decided to let nature have it's way.

Yesterday, nature did.

The 200-foot-tall tree, which was a sapling at the time of the Crusades, drew about 100,000 visitors a year.

Clatsop county kept visitors in the last year a safe distance from the forest giant.

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Here's a picture I found of it before... It's not as big as a really big Douglas Fir, but it was very old.

[HairOfTheDog]

Here's a tree down that at first I thought was blown down, but I looked closer and it wasn't the wind at all ;~) Can you see what did it?

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Oh, that’s too bad:(

The other tree looks like beaver..??

Becky

[Beaker]

That tree looks like it was chewed down by a beaver. (?) I feel really stupid saying that, seeing as how big the tree is, but the end looks like it has been chewed to a point.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Yeah, that’s pretty much what I thought..this morning he was short striding every step and placing his feet very careful and slowly.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

They all fall sometime, I guess. I wonder if anyone was there to hear it.

Yep... the other one was chewed down by a beaver ;~)

[Beaker]

Wow, that’s some angry lookin’ water. We’re some snow and ice up this way too. The roads were pretty icy and slushy this morning, and made the morning drive pretty slow. We’re supposed to get more snow all this week. I’m hoping that it doesn’t snow next week, I have to do some driving to company headquarters for three days of training, and I’m not looking forward to it.

[RosieCotton]

Cool photos!

Looks like the rain is slowing, but it sounds like it’s not over yet for those south of us - flood waters still coming up. Lot of road closings.

We never lost power, but our phone system is being weird. Nice and quiet, though...