So Tristan had chiropractic work on Friday, after much angsting on my part and carving room in the budget for it. He felt much more free thr...

So, let's recap. Tristan comes in lame with a blown up RF. Yes, the problem foot. Vet diagnoses abscess, and we go into full-blown n...

I went out yesterday afternoon and curried Tristan, and fussed over him, and reinforced the toe of his duct tape boot with some more tape. ...

I rode my horse yesterday! Just for 30 minutes at the walk, but it was enough to get him loosened up, to ask for some acceptance of the bi...

Apologies for the delay - the last few days have been very full and I have not felt much like self-discipline. See also, the frozen pizza I ...

So, as I mentioned yesterday, the barn manager let me know that Tris came in from turnout with his RF fetlock swollen again and quite lame. ...

What has been your horse's most expensive injury to date? Let's exclude maintenance things, like hock injections and the magic...

You may remember that about three weeks ago, my farrier raised some concerns about the way Tristan's RF was growing out and healing. Ba...

Hell of a week so far. Tuesday night, I was so upset about the possible keratoma news that I couldn't force myself to go to the barn. ...

[insert primal scream here] Farrier did Tristan yesterday, and the barn manager called today to have a chat. There is still an abscess h...

Tristan saw the farrier yesterday. Originally, our plan was for him to lose the front shoes back in April: from the front, it looks like the...

I finally completed a project I've been wanting to do for some time: a complete collage of the progression of Tristan's right front....

Davis Soaking Boot - "The Medicine Boot" In the bad old days when I was soaking Tristan's foot every single day, trying de...

As I mentioned, Tris is finally wearing normal shoes! Here's pictorial evidence: For comparison, here's what that same foot looked l...

This is to say that 12 months ago yesterday, I pulled Tristan up in his lesson because he wasn't feeling quite right. The next day, he w...

On the one hand: I helped out with chores again today, and there were only two of us, and it was a completely packed and busy six hours. I w...

If you follow the COTH forums long enough, you'll see multiple threads about horse budgeting - and in every single thread, at least one ...

Yesterday morning was Tristan's 8 week check, and it went spectacularly all around. Vet was thrilled with his foot, with the care, and r...

Wow. I'm not even sure how to start this post. Begin at the beginning I guess? Before I do, here's the very short version: Tristan...

I do best with lists. Ideally, lists full of action-y things that I can do. So here's my list: 1. Vet has sent Tristan's radiograp...