Dear
Pam,
You are so lucky to have such cool trails around. Me and my pony
Rocky would love to be on trails like that. Can you please ask Anna
to draw a picture of Rocky being a racehorse. If she needs details
he is a chestnut and has a stocking on his left hind. He also has
a blaze in the middle if his face. It starts on his forehead and
goes down to the top of his nose. I would give her a picture but
I don't know how to load it. Anyways, I think Lightning is the best
pony ever. I love the upside down heart on her forehead. Also can
you ask your dad how to treats heaves? I've been giving Rocky medicine
and hosing dusty hay but, he's still coughing. THE PONY PALS ARE
AUSOME!!!!!! Please give lightning a hug and a carrot for me.
Your Number 1 fan,
Gabby
Dear Gabby
I asked my dad and
this is what he said. Heaves are a lot like asthma or emphysema in
humans.
The clinical name
for this is "recurrent airway obstruction" or RAO. RAO is
really common in places where horses are kept inside in stalls. Veterinarians
think that they are an allergic reaction to tiny pieces of dust, pollen,
mold or air pollution. When a horse or pony breathes in, those tiny
particles go into their lungs.
Most of those tiny
bits are from hay or straw, or eating dusty feed. When the horse doesn't
breathe in those things, sometimes the symptoms go away.
When horses or ponies
are kept outside, sometimes the heaves will get better. My dad always
tells people the best way to keep a horse is outside with a shelter
to protect it from wind, rain and snow. Especially for a horse with
heaves, being outside is better than a barn.
Sometimes medicine
will help. There are kinds of masks that you can put over a horse's
nose. Then you give an inhaled medicine just like people take for
asthma or emphysema. At first horses are scared of the mask, but pretty
soon they learn that it helps them feel better.
I told Anna about
Rocky and she sent me this picture.
Does it look like
him?
Your friend,
_______
Hi!!!
My friends and I have made a club called horses eac. Its like the
pony pals but, we r sort of different. Each of my friends is like
one of u guys. I'm most like u!!! I hate snakes and I know the most
about horses out of the 3 of my friends.
From ur #1 fan.
emma
Dear Emma
Isn't having a club
fun? I like Anna and Lulu the best, we always talk and help each other
when we have problems.
What is the latest
adventure you went on with Horses EAC?
Lulu always tells
me I am silly to be afraid of snakes. How did you know I was?
_________
HELLO
PAM,
HOW ARE YOU?
IS THERE A WEBSITE ABOUT YOUR DAD'S CLINC OR YOUR MUM'S RIDING LESSONS?
HOWS LIGHTING?
WHAT DOES A HORSE CRAB WALK? (A CRAB WALK IS WALKING ON THE SIDE)
BYE BYE
SAMANTHA!* :)
IN AUSTRALIA
Dear Samantha
My mom says the
only website she has is ClubPonyPals.com. Maybe she'll start one for
the stables in a while.
Lightning is good,
she has a small cut on her leg that's healing up fine. I put medicine
on it twice a day and I still can ride her, she's not lame.
I never heard of
a crab walk. My dad said he was going to put his answer "on my
tab" whatever that is. Then he laughed and said a crab walk is
when a horse walks crooked behind.
When you watch the
horse walk towards you, it will bring its back end out sideways, so
its front end and back end don't travel in the same line.
Mostly that happens
when a horse has a weak or injured stifle. That joint is like your
knee, but on a horse it is up inside their hindquarters. When the
stifle joint is sore, a horse shifts its hips to one side when it
walks. Sometimes they drag their back feet, or swing them out to one
side.
Do you have a pony
that crab walks?
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Dear
Pam, Please tell your dad that I said thanks for the info. Thanks
for the other drawing of Annie. I'm talking about the picture where
Annie's getting the old scratch reflex. Annie, Beauty, and Cimarron
eat Omaleen 100 by Purina. If Cimarron has Cushing's why would we
have to change his food?
Friends, Cayce
Dear Cayce
Here's the drawing you were talking about.
My dad said Cushing's
horses do better on a high protein, high fat diet. The Omalene 100
has a lot of sugar and starch, which is not good for Cushing's horses.
It is better not to feed any kind of food that has a lot of molasses
or sugars.
There are kinds of
"Safe Choice" feeds by Nutrina or other companies that are
good. Ask your veterinarian what kind of feed you should give Cimarron
if he tests positive for Cushing's disease.
Friends,
_________
hi
Pam,
last week I went riding and someone told me my fave pony Sparkle
had been put down. She fell into a ditch and I think she got a broken
leg.
I went riding on a horse called Goldie. The reason she is called
that
is because she is a nice gold colour.
from pony pal Kayla
Dear Kayla
Oh I am so sorry.
It is always so sad when a pony dies. Sparkle sounded nice. I am glad
you had a chance to know her. Maybe it would help you remember her
if you drew a picture of Sparkle and wrote a something about her.
We did a memory
book with our friend Shelly when she was sad about her pony Midnight
Ride dying. It made Shelly sad to do it but she put in all the fun
parts about her pony and in the end she was happier.
If you do a memory
story about Sparkle, my mom says she would be glad to put it up on
Club Pony Pals and then everyone would remember Sparkle for a long
time.
Hug Goldie for me.
Your friend,
