Friday, November 15
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
That Wonder's teeth are now done.
I suspect that her reaction to the sedation was a bit risky; her heart rate dropped so they gave her something to bring it up, but it makes you wonder exactly how risky sedation is, and how often our animals have this kind of reaction and maybe we don't always realize it.
She did come out of it fine, and so all is well that ends well, but it makes me think I won't bother getting her teeth floated again unless it seems like she really needs it.
The vet that worked with Wonder is the same vet that worked on River, and she does seem conscientious.
Anyhow, what's nice is that the vet said "these are the most perfect teeth I have ever seen on a horse this age". She had very little to correct, a bit of sharp edges, and that's it.
I haven't had Wonder's teeth done in a very long time, over five or six years. When I got them done years ago, the vet literally told me her teeth were so good I was wasting my money bothering to have them floated, but I was wondering how they were doing, given that Wonder is in her early 20's now. That is an age where most horses pretty much have to have their teeth floated every year, often every six months. I felt like I should at least have them examined to make sure she was still good in there, since it's not like I can tell if her teeth are sharp or broken off or anything from the outside.
I think at this point, unless I see her having issues chewing or something, I'm not going to bother doing them. It might not be worth the risk.
I had fairly short phone conversations with Sister E and Trainwreck. The conversation with Trainwreck was once again like talking to a NORMAL PERSON, which is great, but slightly eerie given what our conversations used to be like. It's uncanny.
I wonder what her perception of life is like these days. It sounds like she is sober, and I don't really understand how a person who was an alcoholic pretty much her entire life can now just....quit. She's not going to AA or a therapist, and she once said "I'm not having too much trouble not drinking. I don't miss it".
So, if it was so easy, how is it that a person just drank themselves nearly to death, all the while having the inconveniences of always being afraid of being caught drinking and driving, nearly dying from exposure when she drove into a ditch in the winter with no winter clothes and had to walk to a farm house, not to mention just doing nothing useful for YEARS while moaning around drunk and passing out, spending all extra money on alcohol, and alienating family and friends, and behaving in all kinds of irresponsible ways (and getting to use the "get out of jail free I was drunk so I can't be held accountable for my actions" card) to the point where no one really wanted to know her?
She's not even addressing any of that. It's like it never happened.
Now she's talking about Christmas with some family, maybe seeing her kids this weekend, she let ME talk about what I've been doing without blurting out "I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT ME", and....ordinary things.
Well, good for her.
Then I went to see River, and our session today managed to be a good session of going through our yields and collection in the gaits, while being "light" and fun.
My bareback pad is back from repair, and it looks good and the cost of repair was very reasonable.
Then I worked with Maverick during the young woman with health challenges's lesson.
This young woman, H, really doesn't seem that into riding right now. Probably because R has her working with a different horse.
The horse in question is named Arrow, and he is a beautiful and well-trained horse, BUT, he is a full sized horse (not a pony like she WAS riding), and he is more sensitive and does require a person to be a good rider.
My personal opinion is that this young woman, H, doesn't have the strength and body control to ride this horse. I worry that she is going to get hurt.
He's very gentle, but he's properly trained, so that if his rider is unbalanced, he will actually try to respond that imbalance, if his rider falls forward, he will speed up, if she bangs him with her legs, he scoots ahead.
He is not a stoic pony who won't react to her body flopping around, or her random movements.
H also is deaf, and R doesn't sign, so the communication between them is very bad. R TRIES to explain equitation to this woman by pantomime, but there's no way of even knowing how much she understands, or how much she is capable of actually manifesting, since her body is weak and not perfectly controlled.
R really wants her to ride this bigger horse, but I don't understand it. I don't feel like H is too large for the pony she was riding, she likely weighs less than one hundred pounds.
She is not trying to ride competitively. She just wants to interact with a horse and mosey around gently.
I know my two cents worth is likely not welcome, but I wonder if R's ego is making her blind to this young woman's issues and her real need to just have an easy ride on an unchallenging mount.
Anyhow, my work with Maverick was good, and in general it was nice to work with him and the others.
Then I came home, made supper, and when my husband came home we watched "Source Code" which was probably mind-blowing back when it was made and this kind of movie hadn't already been done a hundred times.
That Wonder's teeth are now done.
I suspect that her reaction to the sedation was a bit risky; her heart rate dropped so they gave her something to bring it up, but it makes you wonder exactly how risky sedation is, and how often our animals have this kind of reaction and maybe we don't always realize it.
She did come out of it fine, and so all is well that ends well, but it makes me think I won't bother getting her teeth floated again unless it seems like she really needs it.
The vet that worked with Wonder is the same vet that worked on River, and she does seem conscientious.
Anyhow, what's nice is that the vet said "these are the most perfect teeth I have ever seen on a horse this age". She had very little to correct, a bit of sharp edges, and that's it.
I haven't had Wonder's teeth done in a very long time, over five or six years. When I got them done years ago, the vet literally told me her teeth were so good I was wasting my money bothering to have them floated, but I was wondering how they were doing, given that Wonder is in her early 20's now. That is an age where most horses pretty much have to have their teeth floated every year, often every six months. I felt like I should at least have them examined to make sure she was still good in there, since it's not like I can tell if her teeth are sharp or broken off or anything from the outside.
I think at this point, unless I see her having issues chewing or something, I'm not going to bother doing them. It might not be worth the risk.
I had fairly short phone conversations with Sister E and Trainwreck. The conversation with Trainwreck was once again like talking to a NORMAL PERSON, which is great, but slightly eerie given what our conversations used to be like. It's uncanny.
I wonder what her perception of life is like these days. It sounds like she is sober, and I don't really understand how a person who was an alcoholic pretty much her entire life can now just....quit. She's not going to AA or a therapist, and she once said "I'm not having too much trouble not drinking. I don't miss it".
So, if it was so easy, how is it that a person just drank themselves nearly to death, all the while having the inconveniences of always being afraid of being caught drinking and driving, nearly dying from exposure when she drove into a ditch in the winter with no winter clothes and had to walk to a farm house, not to mention just doing nothing useful for YEARS while moaning around drunk and passing out, spending all extra money on alcohol, and alienating family and friends, and behaving in all kinds of irresponsible ways (and getting to use the "get out of jail free I was drunk so I can't be held accountable for my actions" card) to the point where no one really wanted to know her?
She's not even addressing any of that. It's like it never happened.
Now she's talking about Christmas with some family, maybe seeing her kids this weekend, she let ME talk about what I've been doing without blurting out "I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT ME", and....ordinary things.
Well, good for her.
Then I went to see River, and our session today managed to be a good session of going through our yields and collection in the gaits, while being "light" and fun.
My bareback pad is back from repair, and it looks good and the cost of repair was very reasonable.
Then I worked with Maverick during the young woman with health challenges's lesson.
This young woman, H, really doesn't seem that into riding right now. Probably because R has her working with a different horse.
The horse in question is named Arrow, and he is a beautiful and well-trained horse, BUT, he is a full sized horse (not a pony like she WAS riding), and he is more sensitive and does require a person to be a good rider.
My personal opinion is that this young woman, H, doesn't have the strength and body control to ride this horse. I worry that she is going to get hurt.
He's very gentle, but he's properly trained, so that if his rider is unbalanced, he will actually try to respond that imbalance, if his rider falls forward, he will speed up, if she bangs him with her legs, he scoots ahead.
He is not a stoic pony who won't react to her body flopping around, or her random movements.
H also is deaf, and R doesn't sign, so the communication between them is very bad. R TRIES to explain equitation to this woman by pantomime, but there's no way of even knowing how much she understands, or how much she is capable of actually manifesting, since her body is weak and not perfectly controlled.
R really wants her to ride this bigger horse, but I don't understand it. I don't feel like H is too large for the pony she was riding, she likely weighs less than one hundred pounds.
She is not trying to ride competitively. She just wants to interact with a horse and mosey around gently.
I know my two cents worth is likely not welcome, but I wonder if R's ego is making her blind to this young woman's issues and her real need to just have an easy ride on an unchallenging mount.
Anyhow, my work with Maverick was good, and in general it was nice to work with him and the others.
Then I came home, made supper, and when my husband came home we watched "Source Code" which was probably mind-blowing back when it was made and this kind of movie hadn't already been done a hundred times.
