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Month: December 2006
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Our equine vet, Dr. Bill Brown, came out today to work on several of our blind horses in the medical suite at Beauty’s Barn. The first patient was Hannah, whose right eye had become inflamed and painful and non-responsive to treatment. We’ve learned that the best thing to do in this case, when the eye…
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Our farrier, Rich Boyle, came out today to trim the horses’ hooves … that would be 128 hooves total! It was a cold, blustery day, with a stiff wind just blowing constantly (notice the all-important ear flaps on my hat). Rich arrived at 9 a.m. and it was 2:30 p.m. before we were done —…
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If you read my blog post the night I brought Daisy home just before Thanksgiving, you may remember that Bailey the mini Doxie was very interested in the young lady who had just arrived … but she paid him no attention at all. Daisy was fixated on me. Meet the new Daisy … who now…
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This is blind Dusty, looking quite the part for a Montana snow dog. I took the photo this weekend, when Dusty was in the front paddock of Widget’s House. Dusty had been a sled dog before he came to us a few years ago, and he was used to sleeping outside on the ground or…
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The wonderful folks at Bark Magazine kindly emailed us a PDF of the terrific article on the ranch from their November/December 2006 issue and gave us permission to post it online. So we did — this evening! You can find it by going to our sanctuary Web site home page and clicking on the image…
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Seattle’s KING TV aired a story about the sanctuary Monday night on their Evening Magazine program, and they’ve now posted it on their Web site. They first ran the piece a few years ago, so we’ve definitely grown since then, but the story is superb and many of the animals you see in the piece…
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Nichole and I had a special day at the equine vet convention in San Antonio today. In the morning we met Dr. Dennis Brooks, a veterinary ophthalmologist at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, for the first time. We’ve "met" Dr. Brooks many times via email but never in person; he provided a…
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We’re in San Antonio for the annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, i.e., all horse vets in the country. Our horse trainer, Nichole Zupan, joined me for the trip. As someone who has trained a born-blind horse for riding — our two-year old Nikki — Nichole is uniquely positoned to help tell…
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