Honesty is Best with Your Horse
My horse, best friend and soulmate, Kobeejo... and me (hint: He's the good-looking one) |
Are you doing everything for your horse that he/she requires as a horse? It's time for the complete truth and honesty with yourself. You will say "yes, I am," but are you reeeeally?
Well, welcome to "Stop Killing Your Horse," the HONEST blog about the proper care of horses in a modern and sometimes far too domesticated world.
You're probably asking yourself, "Who's this chick that thinks she can tell me how to care for my horse?" Good question. Instead of spewing off a bunch of dry text about all my years in showing, every ribbon I've received, all my qualifications working here there and everywhere, horses I've worked with, let me just say... I'm nobody, really.
What I am is a woman who was born with a huge passion and natural affinity for the care and love of horses. "Who isn't?" Right? Some of you will run away when I tell you I have no degree in horse science, I'm not an official horse health care provider, I don't work to represent any feed company, I've never assisted an equine vet (though I am vet trained in small animals, cats being my other big love)... Nope. My college degree is in acting. I love acting, though I am a writer and a part-time photographer. (If you want to see what I have been in, look me up on IMDB).
So, what qualifies me as a horse care expert? Knowledge. LOTS of knowledge I have obtained through my 50 years loving, studying and being around horses. Also, a 146 IQ and a brain that is the equivalent to a sponge that doesn't just soak up, but seeks water. Mine seeks knowledge of that which I am most passionate (in this case, horses). On top of that, a high level of observance. I watch, I listen, I research and I learn. As horses have been my passion since birth, I have made it (inadvertently) my life to know as much as I can about what a horse really is and what a horse really needs, both emotionally and physically.
My own horse, Kobeejo, a grey overo Paint/Pinto, who is my best friend and soulmate and has been for the last 15 years (He is 25 as of this writing), has many health issues, including navicular, insulin resistance, Cushings, and he has foundered and gets bouts of laminitis every winter from the warm/cold weather changes. Through taking good and proper care of him, not always relying on veterinarians (I have learned vets are great for aid with diagnoses, medical needs and after-care, but in the long haul, it's best to know YOURSELF what to do).
So, if you think you have more to learn about your horse (and you DO, we all do!!), then be an observer and active participant in your pet's life... and stay tuned to this blog.
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