Me and Joe

WOW. OK, I love Joe. We rode in a square mouth D ring.....I love it. Anyhow, After our brief warm up in the round pen....I got on him and walla.......right away he dropped his head and gave to the bit!!! No head shake! I asked for two trotting circles to the right.....he tipped his nose in and kept it level...collected...then the other way..same...then lope....same.....Our stops were square and BIG....nice nice! So we went to the back pasture! I decided to let him breeze.....yeah...me......I let him breeze!! JOE!! Anyhow, at first he was like...are you sure mom? I leaned forward and kissed....and off he went! Still allowing me to collect him but for sure covering some ground....about at 2/3's speed.......got to the top of the hill and I said whoa......omg he stopped!! Al little bigger stop that I was expecting! So we did it again! Wow. Joe is a good boy! Then we came back and trotted through the pattern once...........and it was perfect. So we quit for the day!

How Interesting...

OK i did some looking up. Come to find out that my great great grandfather has a home and historical marker in Rusk County....Of course now it belongs to my aunts and uncle...and Dad....but its a little farm house on 100 acres. I think Jeff and I might go try to find it! History is cool when it leads you back to your roots.

I went to Tyler yesterday to go to the doc. I found me a new Reumatologist there. He was great!! He changed a few things in hopes of helping....not much change, but a few things. He said I have tendinitis from head to toe... That is the best description I have heard since I was diagnosed. That is how I feel right now. He told me that its the RA and my inflamed joints are pressuring the tendons causing irritation. Fibro is secondary. So his theory is to get the RA under control and the fibro will go down too. First step, SLEEP. I have had hell sleeping lately...I fall fast but by 3am, I hear every little noise and that is it. I am awake.He put me back on Klonapan and changed me from Enbrel to Humera. I will keep ya posted.

Joe is coming along just fine. We worked barrels today at the arena...and DANG...he is gonna be one smokin barrel horse!!! New place, new barrels.....worked them just like at home. I think he will blow my mind when we start running! We are working on practice perfect right now. He seems to love it!

Hello!

Well folks its HOT! I have been riding Joe every day in the morning. I have to keep him up at night so I can find him! He is doing really good! I got some nikken magnets in too. They are a possible business for me....and I can say that they help my sore muscles! My fibro pain is going away after only 2 days of use. But how the hell can I sell these things? I know I cant afford to purchase what I have already.....But damn they work! I also used them on Joe and Gabe......I see a difference! Here is Joes story..I dont feel like typing it again...lol
OK so I used power mag on Joe. He has been "off" in his shoulder for a LONG time. Its so slight no one notices but me and Brooke. Anyhow, After I rode I fed then used the magnet on him. I started on the left side and he was LOOSE in his stall....no halter, nothing. He flexed his neck to his withers to check this thing out. I moved it around and got up to his poll. He was not crazy about that...but then he started licking and grinding his teeth.....that means he is relaxing. Anyhow, then I get to the right side....withers....he cant seem to flex over to "check it out" like he did to the left.....he kinda went half way and stopped. Then I moved from his withers down to his heart (he has a heart on his right shoulder right over the ball in socket) and he started licking again. Then his eyes got droopy...about 5 minutes later, he goes to flex to that side and walla....he can get his chin all the way to his withers. He did it several times as to disbelief that he could! Horses are funny! They cant heal by the power of suggestion. So I know that it is actually doing something! Gabe got it twice but he falls asleep and I cant ride him yet. He has a whelp on his spine and still 3 legged due to barefoot. Perhaps I can heal all that on him too.

I am still here!

OK, don’t be mad, I have been busy!! I decided to completely re-do my entire website! Go look! www.rachaelsequineservices.com I also added the RES Rent a Bit last week. I only have 16 bits but it’s a start. I should have a few more coming in the mail this week. I am blogging each bit to create an archive and help folks understand how the bits work and they can comment on them too! I joined up on twitter so that I can update folks when new bits show up. I pray that it will work!! You can check out the blog at www.resrentabit.blogger.com I think..... I was also presented with the idea to sell the magnets that work for human and horse. They are sending me some so I can see if they work. If anything, maybe it will help me some.

Ferrier came out yesterday and trimmed everyone. Gabe is now barefoot. To tell ya the truth, we just cant afford the $85 every 6 weeks to keep him in shoes. He is also lame. His left hock is swollen and he is puffy all the way around along the tendons in each leg. I know he needs his injections but we just don’t have the money to spend $800 on Gabe right now. Maybe the magnets will work on him too. I guess I will just give him the summer off. I pray that changes happen soon so that we can get back to barrel racing. I plan to go to Waco on Labor Day so I can pick up our colt from the trainer and head up a silent auction for a friend who just broke her hip/leg and wrist….she has no insurance and training horses is her main form of income. So I guess it can always be worse. At least I am able..kinda.

My fibro seems to flair every single night now. Makes “relaxing” kinda tough. Seems to be attacking my legs and keeping me from walking or sitting. I am going to tell my doc this week that I cannot take any more lupron injections for the endometriosis. Its making my fibro flair so bad. I have gained so much weight too. I almost rather have the endometriosis pain than the fibro flairs. In the mornings I cant walk. My ankles and shins hurt so bad that it takes an hour before I can truly walk. I cant seem to find that happy point of doing and not doing to keep my body normal. I think its that damn Lupron. SO, I quit.
I am still tobacco free. 131 days today. It still pisses me off to see Jeff dipping, but normally he does it when I am not around. He drove a long way…11 hours with me and mom and no dip. So, I just need to learn to not be so pissy about it. I think I am jealous. But I am glad I am quit. It gives me that good feeling of being successful. I miss that feeling.

Summer Has Begun

Well I am not sure if I posted this.....But I think I did....We put Bailey down Monday night. She shattered her patella. We will miss her.

On a lighter note, We just returned from dropping off Lynx at the trainer and Dually and Cooter at their new home (one in the same). Right now we have 5 horses in the pasture. I will miss my little boys, but I know they are off to a bright future! Lynx will not return for 3 months. I am sure that he will be just fine...he is such a smart sweet boy! Jeff rode him for the first time Wednesday. He acted as if it were just another day. Threw the saddle on him, he stood there. Jeff stepped up on to him, he just stood there. I had to lead them around to get him to move off! He would follow me around the round pen....Nice to have such a loyal pony! What am I saying...he is 15.2hh!!! And growing!!!!
My mom met us in Cleburne and we brought her back to the house. She is still sleeping...its 11:30am...lol I guess she is tired! Anyhow, she will be with us this week.....tata for now!

We Had To Put Bailey Down Last Night

I am a little torn up right now. Last night I came home around 5pm. First thing I went to do was say hi to my baby girl Bailey. She nickered and ran around.....then I saw it. I saw that her back LEFT was drawn up. Her fetlock was bent forward and she was "knuckling it" meaning she was walking on her toe.....it was bad looking. I knew right then that we had to go to the vet NOW. Jeff was backing in the trailer. He saw me and heard me say we have to go to the vet. He ran in, changed and off we went. Basically, on her back right, she shattered her patella. That would me the knee cap on a horse and its located on the back leg in the stifle. Anyhow, it had to happen several days ago. Her back left was just bruised from over use. Basically, she had severed her tendons and ligaments on the right leg. All but a few that still allowed for her to lift that leg. She was a fighter, but once we got done looking over the xrays, she laid down and let us love all over her with out a fight. She was in pain. She was in a lot of pain. Our chances were grim. We could have brought her home and kept her in solitary confinement for MONTHS and pray that it would scar up and get firm. MONTHS and the chances of her not being in pain were slim too. She would always be chronically lame. I cannot stomach her suffering. So I know we made the right choice. But folks, no more bad stuff OK? God and I have some serious talking to do because I just dont see why I am being so whipped down.

A Good Run In Ruston!