A SCREAMIN’ DEAL ON CHIA SEED, A REMINDER ABOUT HOOF TRIMMINGS AND TWO NEW MAMA TESS VIDEOS!

I found this great deal (below) on Chia Seed!

For me, found that Chia really helps fill in the topline of my Cushings ponies and older horses. It is high in omega-3 fatty acids. Chia Seeds are also an excellent source of fiber and contain protein and minerals including as iron, calcium, magnesium and zinc.

Big bonus, Chia seeds don’t have to be ground like flax seed. And, they are gelatinous when wet – so they work to help eliminate sand in the gut without using hard to feed psyllium pellets.

I try to always have the seeds on hand.

But, they feel expensive unless you stumble upon a screaming deal or buy in bulk.

And today, as I was shopping, I found this!

So, I’m passing it on to you… (click here or the photo to go to the website).

Click image to go to the website and order! I don’t know how long the sale will last! (No Affiliation!)

A WARNING ABOUT HOOF TRIMMINGS

I know, I know… no one wants to hear me say this… but –

After losing Dex (my beloved, elder dog) via an impaction after eating hoof trimmings, I have to remind all of you that this time of year is the worst for hard, sharp, brittle and potentially deadly hoof trimmings.

Yes… I have let my dogs eat hoof trimmings for years without issue.

But I still have to say it – horses’ hooves are the hardest at the end of summer –

Today, my farrier came and did his usual trims.

There were hoof trimmings everywhere.

Believe it or not, I picked them all up.

Yup. I locked the dogs in the house and picked up every last one (I hope). The trimmings were all very sharp and very jagged. Exactly the kind that will rip an intestine.

After having been through a lethal impaction, I cannot not advise you to pick them up – especially this time of year.

S’all…

Some of the hoof trimmings from today’s haul.

MAMA TESS’ NEWEST VIDEOS!

Mama Tess is recovering from her abscesses. I’ve started her back on the Theraplate. She’s still getting the Omega Alpha supplements as well as a bunch of other items that – if they work, I will tell you all about them. I’ve upped her Pergolide (for Cushings) and also added Vitamin E to her brew.

I think giving her more Pergolide has really helped… but not sure. Could be a coincidence. I’m still waiting to figure this all out once she has been stable for a longer period of time.

Tess’ new (smaller size) Soft Ride boots arrived today so I put them on her after dinner.

Here are the videos of her first steps in her new boots!

1) MAMA’S FIRST PASS IN HER NEW BOOTS!

2) MAMA’S SECOND PASS IN HER NEW BOOTS!

These are Tess’ first steps in her new, smaller, Soft Ride boots! (I’m singing the Nancy Sinatra hit in the background…) Click image to watch the video.

Here is Tess’ walk back down the aisle – her 2nd pass in the new boots! Click image to watch

Little Ayasha (“Little One”), still a suckling… orphaned and very weak. OUR OCTOBER BUCKET FUND IS THE NAVAJO 12! Click to read all about them!

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A LITTLE UPDATE ON MAMA TESS!

Today is a day of celebration!

I’ve learned to celebrate every step forward since the steps back are hard to take – anyone who has been through founder convalescence knows what I mean…

For the last three days, Tess has been brewing an abscess in her foot. It has been miserable for the both of us. I had to keep telling myself that we’ve been through this before.

Last night, when I went to visit her at 10pm, she was laying down, flat out. I prayed to HorseGods and also got a little angry and tearful. I laid my hands on her hooves and asked that Mother Nature work through me.

I felt silly… but it was all I could think of to do.

When I got to the house, I thought I heard myself tell myself that the abscess had burst and that she would be better in the morning…

That was weird, I said to myself.

I went to bed with a heavy heart.

THIS MORNING

This morning, I walked down to the barn with trepidation. When I got to where I could see in, there was Gwen – peering over her stall.

But, I didn’t see Tess’ head.

“Crap. She was down, still…’ , I moaned to myself.

As I got closer, my eyes were telling my brain that there was a horse standing on the Theraplate, but I could not register that outlandish possibility.

How could there possibly be a horse on the Theraplate?

And then I saw her.

It was MT.

She was standing on the Theraplate, scrounging for hay, waiting for a full bucket and nickering at me.

I could not believe my eyes!

There she was. Standing on the Theraplate, nickering at me – asking for her breakfast. I took this image this morning!

I ran to her and praised her, “Ohhhhh Mama, you look sooooo goooood this morning!”

Tess: Nicker Nicker… where is my food?

Me: Let me look at your feet! Where did it pop?

Tess: WHERE IS MY FOOD?!

Me: Lemme seeeeeee!!!

Tess: GIMME MY FOOD OR I’LL GET OFF OF THIS THING!

So, I mixed up her bucket and joyfully put it on her stepladder.

She ate it and stood on the Theraplate for 20 minutes.

Wow.

Tess is not healed and she is not 100% by any means. She is still in pain and has a long way to go. But, today was a victory and I’m rejuvenated.

So is she, it seems!

HERE SHE IS, up and protesting that Gwen is out and eating HER food!

This is what is upsetting her… Gwen is out and eating Tess’ discards. The nerve!

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