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Thank you for the suggestion. They are better than the others and I'm getting my protein in. Vicki

It's hard. I am a vet and a good portion of my patients are obese as well. Most of the time I think a lot of it goes in one ear and out the other. I try to tell them it costs $300 for a bottle of insulin for their 20 lb cat when it gets Diabetes. The cat weights 22 lbs the next time I see it. You have to say it. You have…

As a picky eater, you have to experiment with that. Some aversion is texture based. You couldn't grate things into spaghetti sauce for me. I can't even deal with cauliflower mashed in with potatoes (another common mix). There are very few soups I enjoy, probably because of the texture. Pureeing will work as long as it is…

The downside I have seen when I considered it is if you miss more than 1 meeting you have to pay to enroll again. I have an odd schedule and am on call so that just wasn't going to work for me. This may not matter with the reimbursement, but that's what turned me off.

If I have to (and I really try to avoid it) I can get on my horse from the ground again.

Take 125 one day, and 137 the other day. It will average out. I am between doses too. I take 90 mg of Armour 1 day and 120 the next to average 105.

I know it's hard but you are doing the best thing for him. Good luck. You will be rewarded for it.

Congratulations, that's awesome. I love Irish Sport Horses!

I am in that gluten doesn't bother me side of things. My dad has RA, I have thyroid disease. I was told of the magical wonders of gluten free curing my thyroid and making my joints and all that other stuff better. I went gluten free for 6 months. I didn't notice a difference off it. When I went back I didn't notice a…

Congratulations. That's awesome.

I have never heard of it. The US is usually the last place a medication gets approval, so most of us probably have no clue about it. I just looked it up on google and see this article which references a study showing no effect on weight. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/07/26/3811053.htm I have no idea about…

Not an exercise, but a tool that can help where there isn't a block available. http://www.nationalbridle.com/product-p/1-6512.htm I love mine. My horse isn't as tall as yours, but my treeless saddle can't handle me getting on from the ground. Pip

You did the right thing. Administering tranquilizers is practicing veterinary medicine in all states. Lay teeth floaters (aka dentists) need to do nothing other than say they are one. There is no training requirement (although some do get extensive training and are quite talented). There is no licensing, which means no…

Good advice from above. Also with the fear on your stirrups. Really you don't need them. Your core is where your balance comes from. Just check out all the you tube videos of the big name jumpers doing that stuff bareback....and the crazy guy doing it naked. No need to give up. Just do it at your pace. Pip

Wait until you get your lab results. Then looking at the combination of those and your clinical signs let your dose be adjusted. You are on a very low dose and may likely need more but please be patient and let things stabilize. Thyroid hormone replacement doesn't reach steady state for about 4-6 weeks, which means if you…

Whoo Hooo. What awesome news! Keep up the hard work, it sure is paying off.

Wow Aprilsdanes! I now have a new goal to ride Yosemite! Sounds way cool. Although I like boarding my horse. Someone else has to wake up and feed him 7 days a week. I am lazy and I like to have at least 1 day I don't have to set an alarm clock. Pip

All the big city horse owners! I live in a very rural area in upstate NY (and love it). I keep my horse about 10 miles away and thankfully he gets to be out 24/7 unless the snow is coming down hard. He has no issues with being out even in our horrible sub zero temps this winter, but he is blanketed and doesn't get body…

Pythiosis is from the water and it's evil beyond compare to my memory. Good luck. I know it is really so hard. I would have a tough time with that kind of a choice. I hope he gets better. And if he does, I would be using ivermectin on him every week of summer sore season and try to make it not happen again. Sending good…

Sheath cleaning is not nearly as scary as estrogen. It's just smelly. Besides, I think now most folks have their vet do it.

Get a biopsy before you make a final decision please! Is there a pond or any water that Chico could have gotten into in his pasture? Where in the country are you located? ( Never mind, I see it's Florida). Has your vet ever mentioned or thought of pythiosis? Pip

Cross Country and dressage. Or just do Hunter Paces. I want to do hunter paces. I jumped Brego yesterday....well not really. I was doing rising trot, and we got to the area in the arena where a little water will sometimes accumulate after a heavy rain. There was no water there. We had walked over it a dozen times prior to…

Thanks ladies! It did some good because today in our ride he gave me a real stretchy trot to the right which is his really stiff and hard to do side. So proud of the progress we are making. Him becoming more supple and stronger, me getting a clue and being able to tell he's doing it. Ever onward!

That sounds like fun! I am not gonna try it. Good luck with the vet. Pip

Group dressage with no stirrups?

Uggg, I hate habronema! I was glad to move back to the northeast and escape it. It makes me rethink my desire during the ridiculously cold winter we had to move south again. Scarlet oil can certainly burn normal skin so when you apply it (and only do this if your vet concurs because I hated some "friend who was a vet who…

I have a dressage trainer like that. Well, I should say I ride for one of my trainer's trainers once a month and it's a major work out. She's not a yeller, but she tells me to do something then it doesn't happen and she points it out. Just has really high expectations. On the plus side, something is getting through because…

Are these true summer sores due to the parasite habronema, or are they non healing wounds he gets in the summer? I worked in habronema hell for a couple of years and those suckers take some serious intervention (usually me debriding the snot out of them every week until they were almost healed) And we had some weird "magic…

Oh goodness Missmissle!. That's a history and a half. From a vet perspective I have nothing to add. She isn't one I would want to begin to guess at without putting my hands on her. I had a long hard to figure out physical issue with my TB mare I had. She was really green, but coming along great and all of a sudden turned…

@ Missmissile: Yep, dressage time. Cross training does wonders for these guys. Have you had a vet take a look? Sometimes they can catch the subtle things riders/trainers miss. Although, speaking as a vet, sometimes you top riders/trainers can feel it before I can see it. I did get some good riding time in this weekend. I…