Samwise is my 10 year old Appaloosa gelding. In 2004, he lost his sight to uveities, also known as moonblindness. According to my vet, many people would not have suffered Sam's blindness and the expensive treatment he needs to keep his eyes comfortable. True, they cannot see--but without the meds he could suffer infections and terrible headaches ( Read more... )

My little Samwise has become quite the porker. And I didn't even notice it for a long time. My horses currently live an hour away from me on my parent's farm (their facilities are far superior to anything I can find here) and so Sam doesn't get much work. If I'm lucky, I ride him once a week. But I haven't been lucky since october, so it's more ( Read more... )

We've been kind of dormant for a while, but it looks like we've breathed some new life into the community, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to get to know everyone again. Because if I think about it, I don't know a lot of you. I recognize some user names, but can't always put your horses with your names. And it's been a long time since I ( Read more... )

What a busy weekend! I went to Terre Haute to visit my own horses after spending the last month riding somebody else’s horses. it was so nice to see my boys! And they were all kinds of good this weekend too. I’ve got major update-age and there will be pictures and videos involved, and they won’t be dial-up friendly either ( Read more... )

Boy do I feel lucky that my new horse is fat right about now ( Read more... )

Got to go home again this weekend, being Easter and all. Which means seeing the boys again! My good friend Susan was in town from New Jersey, and it's always nice to see her. Actually, I got to see her on Wednesday too when she came down to visit in Bloomington. But she was there all weekend and we got to ride together ( Read more... )

I visited the horses this weekend. It was quite good to see them. And quite the weekend. It went something like this ( Read more... )

I visited my ponies this weekend! Whoo! It was great, especially because of the snow. Ok, well, not everything was great. I'll start at the beginning. I promise it's worth it because I have pictures at the end ( Read more... )

So, I'm here at home for the week, I get to see my horses and I can't even ride! I went out for a ride last night and while I was in the woods, I got smacked across the face with a tree branch ( Read more... )

I got to see my horses today for the first time since Thanksgiving. It was so nice ( Read more... )