My Horse problems and happenings

After I last posted, D.C. came ill with Equine Granulocytic Anaplasmosis. it is tick-borne, obligate intracellular parasites, meaning they cannot survive outside of a cell. So they bite the horse's flesh and died but it gives the horse a fever, diarrhea, colic, loss of appetite, depression, and possibly laminitis. That happen on the Thursday of MACHE weekend. So he got 3 days of oxytetracycline injections and then 5 days of oral doxycycline tablets. He got better it seemed but now this morning he had a relapse. So to make sure he gets all of his doses, he is going to be boarded at Sunrise Equine Vet's clinic from Friday night to Monday night. So that is my sad note; that D.C. won't be home for 3 days.

My happy note is on Tuesday, I graduate from homeschooling at our co-op's Arts and Academic Fair. So no more school for me unless I decide to do something later in life.

Then on Thursday, I start my second to last year of 4-H,  Drill Team and Dog Project. It will hopefully be a great year since I will be using Sean this year. The only reason I didn't use Sean last year is we weren't 'clicking' and I always got scared riding him. Hopefully this year it will be different and I can ride him well and maybe carry a flag this year!

A week ago, I had my Senior pictures taken by Smylee with both of my horses, my dog and cat. It went well and Sean was very well behaved. I like them a lot.