Hello
Pam,
Yes that information was good about the crab walking. Thanks
What have you been doing.
Would you be able to send me a picture of you on lighting jumping
if you have one.
thank
Your NO.1 fan
Samantha
Australia
Dear Samantha
Hope your crab walking
pony is ok. Give him a hug for me.
School has started
and we are getting ready for the Fall Festival. That's going to be
October 18 and 19 and it is always busy when that happens. The Wiggins
Volunteer Fire Department uses it to raise money.
Lulu, Anna and I
always hold a pony ride to help. We lead kids around on our ponies.
The money that they pay to ride we give to the Fire Department.
So we are getting
ready. We all cleaned our saddles this weekend and we will clean them
again before the Festival. We wear our matching vests and put blue
yarn in our ponies manes.
Last year one little
girl got $20 from her dad and all she did was line back up over and
over. She liked Acorn best but I think Lightning was her second favorite.
She was so sad at the end of the day when the fair was over. I think
she wants her own pony.
My mom reminded
me there is a picture of me jumping Lighting on one of the books.
The book is called "Winning Pony." Here's the picture.
It's not my favorite
picture but it shows us jumping.
What have you been
doing?
Pony Pals
_______
Dear
Pam,
Cimmaron's been favoring his left hind leg. He's been favoring it
ever since the farrier trimmed his feet. This has happend before,
and we gave him some Bute. I'm not sure if the Bute is working.
It's gotten to where he's refusing to go into his stall. His leg
shook a little bit when he turned around last week. He did make
a little bit of progress last night when he came out of Annie's
stall. Annie wasn't to happy when Cimmaron went into his stall.
Could you please ask your dad what's wrong with Cimmaron? When the
vet comes out next month to do Cimmaron's blood work we'll have
him check his leg. Please answer my question. Please respond PDQ
the second after you get this E-Mail.
Friends, Cayce
PS Cimmaron's not off his feed. Even though Cimmaron's not my horse
I'm worried about him. I love him.
Dear Cayce
I am so sorry to
hear about Cimmarron's leg. The first thing my dad does is make sure
he doesn't have a temperature. Maybe your mom can help you take his
temperature.
Horses temperature
is usually between 99 and 101. If the temperature is above 101 degrees
Fahrenheit then he may have an infection. If his temperature is normal
and the foot is not warmer than the leg that is not sore, he may have
an injury.
If it is his hind
leg and it happened after he was trimmed, it could be his foot is
tender. Or maybe one of his joints got sore from having to hold his
leg up for the shoer.
It is a good idea
to have your vet look at his leg when he is tested for Cushings. My
dad said to know what is wrong with a lame horse a vet has to look
at it in person.
Hope this helps,
Friends,
_________
Hi,
Rocky's paddock is in the making. I asked my mom why she doesn't
talk about her old horse. She said she doesn't remember him. I will
always remember Rocky. Rocky doesn't like the lounge line. He just
want to run. He reminds me of Barbaro. He won the Kentucky Derby.
If your wondering, Barbaro broke his leg in the Preakness. He fought
for eight months but had to be put down when his condition worstened.I
hope nothing like that happens to Rocky. Give lightning a hug and
a cookie for me.
Gabrielle
Dear Gabrielle
Glad to hear Rocky
is getting his own paddock.
When you really
love a horse and it dies sometimes it makes you really sad to talk
about it.
Your letter saying
Rocky doesn't like the lounge line made my mom laugh. She said that
it's not about what the pony likes, it's about the pony doing what
you like. The lounge line is one way to tell a pony that you are the
boss without hurting it.
Barbaro was a really
nice horse. His breaking his leg was very sad. It's really sad that
happens to lots of racehorses, not even just famous ones.
I will hug Lighting
and give her a two Mrs. Pastures cookies for you. I know that will
make her very happy.
Thanks
for writing,
Your friend,
_________
it
is cool how you tame a wild horse Taylor
Dear Taylor
The Picture It story
about me taming a wild horse made me laugh. My mom sometimes works
with horses that are not broken, but High-Eye seems like he might
be pretty hard to tame. I'm going to have to look and read what happened
this week…
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