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Sakina Stardust Offline August 2O1O @ the Louvre Posts: 3399 Arizona Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #75 - Apr 2^nd, 2007 at 2:11pm Have you ever had Reiki done on your horse? I hope she's better soon. Sorry you didn't get to do your show. Its a tribute to Allie that you were looking forward to showing with her, of course you are disappointed!
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Angel Spun Ex Member	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #76 - Apr 2^nd, 2007 at 4:40pm Sorry about your horse, berkanna. And about the missed show. I can sympathize. One of our horses has navicular, so we're quite accustomed to the cycles of lameness that he goes through. hugzzz Hope yours recovers soon.
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Reply #77 - Apr 2^nd, 2007 at 6:27pm

Too bad you had to miss your show, I hope your horse gets better.

I was meaning to ask you if you how you were handling the pet food recall. We've been giving our cats Purina Naturals lately. It has ground whole wheat, not wheat gluten. Finding the peas on the floor would make me laugh too, cats are so weird. Cheesy

Since birth, I'd been giving my cats bottled water just like I drink. However, recently when I discovered my cats drinking out of my bath tub, I realized their strange preference for tap, go figure! Wink

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Reply #78 - Apr 4^th, 2007 at 10:26am

Allie is improving - she's no longer lame at the walk, just barely lame at the trot. I re-wrapped her foot, and noticed a reddish color in the wrap (the medicine is green) so I think there was an abcess that finally popped yesterday. But, since her shoe is still ON, I can't be sure. Regardless, I'm very relieved that she's improving.

Sakina - I've just recently begun to research Reiki for myself. I've decided that it's time to take care of myself as well as I take care of my animals! Wink

Allie gets a monthly massage. The massage therapist always comments that she's one of the best horses she works on - relaxed, flexible, fit, healthy and with a super shiny coat. This is only the second time in 5 years that she's been lame. A VERY good thing.

On the hair front - the broken hair (from my play hair-do) has grown out enough that it's starting to curl. Very odd looking!

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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #79 - Apr 4^th, 2007 at 6:45pm Sorry about your horse,Berkanna. Time will heal. Give Reiki a try. I give myself Reiki,my birds and dog,too. Sakina and I are both give and receive and I'm sure she will agree,too that nothing bad would happen because it is only given with good intentions and an open heart.
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Reply #80 - Apr 9^th, 2007 at 11:16am

I was looking forward to my first SPRING weekend taking care of the barn, but a combination of 40 degree weather (and snow Saturday morning) AND Allie popping a SECOND abcess means it was a bust of a weekend. Soaking Allie's foot and packing it with ichthammol salve has drawn out most of the infection, and I expect her to be completely sound (again!) around Tuesday.

In other animal news - 3 of my cats went to the vet Friday. One was re-tested for hyperthyroidism (he was exhibiting behavioral symptoms, and had been borderline back in November) one for excessive vomiting (after every meal!) and the last is my 18 year old who hadn't actually been to the vet in almost a year (whoops!)

The two boys are 100% healthy - the boarderline hyperthyroid has stabilized in the perfectly normal range, and the vomiting was hypersensitivity to the new food, which was easily resolved with a steroid shot.

Poor Sidian is now in the beginning stages of kidney failure, in addition to having alimentary lymphoma (intestinal cancer). Switching to the new food was the best thing I could've done for her. Since we caught it so early, that's the only treatment for now. Eventually, we'll have to explore other options. Oh, and she's exhibiting no side-effects from the chemo. Excellent news, and I must remain optimistic.

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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #81 - Apr 9^th, 2007 at 4:54pm I'm happy to know that 2 of your cats are healthy. I'm sure it must be tough to have even 1 cat sick though, it's great that the chemo is working!
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Reply #82 - Apr 20^th, 2007 at 12:02pm

So, Allie is sound, we've been riding in preparation for a clinic with a BIG name rider next week. It'll be fun, a whole two days of just horse stuff. We're not at all ready, but I'm sure the instructor will understand, since Allie was lame for so long recently.

All 4 cats are doing well, although we had to switch our vomiting boy back to Iams kibble, his little tummy couldn't handle the healthy new food with peas. Now he's 100% back to normal. Yay!

Our new house has drywall up, trim installed and all the painting is done! Shocked

They're moving so fast. We haven't even begun the pre-moving purge yet, much less getting boxes to start packing!

I was messing with my hair the other day, and I saw some minor split ends. How annoying. If I'm going to have to trim every other month or so, I'm never going to get any longer than 24". Angry

Of course, then I remember, I'm not the kindest to my hair. It's tough to do so when you're a tomboy like me.

Bah. Wink

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Reply #83 - Apr 26^th, 2007 at 10:27am

I'm back! (Y'all didn't even know I was gone, did you?)

Allie and I just did a 2 day clinic with Lucinda Green. Who's Lucinda Green? This link will tell you the basics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucinda_Green Basically, she's a top level rider, and I got to take 2 whole days (4 hours!) of lessons with her to work on our cross-country skills!

She's awesome, and she loved my little firecracker of a mare, and said I rode a "very difficult horse" very well. I'm still floating after such a complement.

The big thing is how much she helped our confidence - on the second day we jumped this without even thinking: http://www.wingreenxc.com/images/lucinda2.jpg Three days ago I NEVER would've thought about jumping something that big!

Hair plus: I bought some new hairnets - they're thicker and stronger than the ones I used last year and my hair behaved very well. Yay to that. Hair minus: Long, thick hair in a ponytail seems to attract ticks. I found two of them in my hair last night. Shocked

EW EW EW. Reminder to self - ALWAYS braid hair when at the barn from now on!

Speaking of hair - I need a trim. However, I'm waiting for the EW EW EW feeling of ticks-in-hair to pass, or I'll probably get it all chopped.

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #84 - Apr 26^th, 2007 at 10:47am How exciting for you! Spending so much time with such an expert must have been fantastic. My riding experiences are quite limited, but I certainly understand how much your level of confidence affects your riding. You must be floating on cloud 9 after receiving such a compliment - congratulations.
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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #85 - Apr 26^th, 2007 at 2:53pm Quote: Long, thick hair in a ponytail seems to attract ticks Oh, Lord, how i HATE those things--ICK. My head is itching just thinking about them!
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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #86 - Apr 27^th, 2007 at 6:17am LOL! I'm itching too! How long is your hair now? Congrats on your riding lesson results!
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Reply #87 - Apr 27^th, 2007 at 12:17pm

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How long is your hair now?

I have no idea! I suppose I should measure it soon. Cheesy

The flyaway bits from the P&P hairstyle breakage are about 2 or 3 times longer than they were, which is good cause they're growing out, but annoying because I end up with a halo of hair whenever I do an updo (which is all the time, since I detest my hair touching my face).

Also, my hair is now 'puffy' at the bottom. The weight of it keeps it flat against my head at the top, but then it 'puffs' out at the bottom - it's almost wider than my shoulders! I've also noticed it's got more body as it's gotten longer.

I should take a picture. Tongue

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Reply #88 - May 3^rd, 2007 at 10:47am

Well, after cutting another 2 inches off, my hair is at 22" exactly. I suppose I'm destined to never have hair longer than 24" ever again. Tongue

I've got a horse show this weekend. I think we'll do well, especially since Allie is behaving again. Last weekend she was VERY bad during my lesson - bucking and kicking out and tossing her head. I figured out it was simply because my instructor had moved the bit up in her mouth (to the proper position, mind) and I guess Allie found it too restrictive. Once I dropped it back down, she was happy and behaving again. I suppose I have a horse that is a bit clausrophobic about her mouth - she acted the same way when I put a flash noseband (which holds the mouth closed) on her last year.

So, wish me a happy horse and a good time this weekend!

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Kiraela Diamond Offline Posts: 825 Southern Louisiana Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #89 - May 3^rd, 2007 at 11:01am Good luck Berkanna! I hope you and Allie have a great time this weekend, and come back satisfied with your results!
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