Brief Update

Just a quick update on the farm!

Poor Pokey was diagnosed with a large hole in his suspensiary ligament. The treatment, for now, is stall rest. so Mr. Pokesters will be back under his fan for the time being. To be sure he has enough company day and night, we've made some accommodations. Shellie, Dancer, and JW are still coming in during the day. Satin will start coming in at night to keep him company. Because Satin will be leaving Tav all by his lonesome in the pasture at night, I've brought Miss Molly up from the oldies herd to be Tav's nanny. Well, it turns out that Molly most certainly is NOT his nanny and prefers to be called his girlfriend. They are getting along wonderfully!

JW is back from his short stint at the UF vet school where he had a CT scan performed on his noggin. The good news is the docs didn't find anything that needed surgical repair, so he'll just be snotty for now.

It's been about 8 months since our last dental day and some of the older horses are ready for their teeth to be done again. If you want to add your horse to the list for Dr. Bess Darrow equine dentist to float, let me know. Here's her website.
If you'd prefer Dr. Erica Lacher to perform the float, she's giving discounts on dentals during July if you transport your horse to the clinic. It's about 12 miles from the farm - about a 30 minute trek. http://www.springhillequine.com/

On Thursday the 27th, the following horses were vaccinated for Rabies as well as spring vaccines:
JW, Magic, Dusty, Tav, Pokey, Molly. Jedi and Ufir had their hooves trimmed on the 28th. Lana the farrier will be out in about 10 days to trim all the horses on a 6 week schedule, which is pretty much everyone at this point.