Hi,
Rocky is fine. He has a website now. It's www.rockytheracehorseandfriends.weebly.com
. It
only has a few things. The only horses on it are Ruffian and Barbaro.
Rocky hopes he can get me to put more horses on it. Please feel
free to go on it. Nobody really knows about it yet. Rocky doesn't
know how to open latches yet. It won't be long before he figures
it out. The arena (pasture) latch is covered in these little bugs.
I call them Lolli's because when I was little I found one and called
it lollipop(lolli for short). It's really gross to open the arena
gate because the bugs get all over. Rocky and I got to ride. We
jumped this little jump I made in my front yard. I haven't been
trail riding though. I have to ride all by myself on the trail or
riding at all. I get nervous riding on the trail because people
tell me that there are bobcats up there. I wish the pony pals could
come riding with me. I gave Rocky a hug for you. He said he liked
it. Give Lightning a hug and a cookie for me.
Your Number 1 Fan,
Gabby
Dear Gabby
Thanks for sending
the link. Now hundreds of people will know about your website since
you wrote about it to Club Pony Pals!
My mom really liked
your site and asked can you please put a link to clubponypals.com
under the picture of Rocky that Anna drew for you?
My dad was curious
about the bugs. Can you take a picture or draw one so we can see what
it looks like?
Its smart not to trail ride very far alone. That's why Lulu, Anna
and I always ride together. Pony Pal Trail is only a mile and a half,
from Anna's house to mine.
That's about the
only trail we ride alone.
The jump in your
front yard sounds great. Mom had me take some pictures of jumps we
made in our yard, here's one.
I know how scary
it can be riding. Last winter we saw coyotes right in town here. We
were lucky they got trapped and taken to a park way north of here.
Lightning said thanks for the cookies. She liked the hug too.
Pony Pals.
Friends,
_______
Dear
Pam,
Cimmaron's abscess is gooey now. I got an abscess in my left hip
back in December 2000, and the abscess destroyed the cartilage in
my left hip joint. Now I'm stuck with a metal hip joint. Please
tell your dad that I said thanks for the info. As soon as Cimmaron's
abscess is gone Dr. L will take a look at the leg Cimmaron's been
favoring. If a horse has an abscess why can't vets just surgically
remove the abscess?
How did you find Lightning?
Please answer my questions. Friends, Cayce
Dear Cayce,
My mom said abscesses
are not good for talking about over dinner, so my dad had to wait
until we finished dessert.
While we ate
I thought about your abscess and was sad to think you were sick. I'm
glad you got better. Do you set off metal detectors if you go through
one?
After dinner dad
said we could talk about abscesses if I helped him do the dishes.
I dried while he
washed. I think he washed extra carefully when he started to tell
me about hoof abscesses.
He said they are
caused by an infection in the foot. Hoof abscesses can be caused by
a puncture, a stone bruise or just by a crack on the bottom of the
foot.
White blood cells
and bacteria cause fluid to build up inside the hoof. They make a
pocket that pushes on the inside of the hoof and that's what makes
a horse lame.
A vet tests to see
where the hoof is sore, then cuts a little hole open at that spot
with let the abscess drain. That little hole will let the bad stuff
drip out of the horse's foot until it gets better. If the hole plugs
up then the horse's foot gets sore again.
I told him you said
why not make a bigger hole?
He said that is
dangerous because then it takes too long for the foot to heal. After
the hole opens, the horse's foot has to be bandaged until the hole
heals up. If it was a big hole, that could take a long, long time.
I told him you wrote
about soaking Cmmmaron's feet. He said some things that can help hoof
abscesses are warm soaks in Epsom salts or sugardine (a paste of sugar
and iodine) as a poultice. I didn't know this but Dad said that sugar
is an antibacterial!
My mom bought Lightning
for me from Echo Farm in New York. She won lots of ribbons there.
Mr. O'Connor of that farm bought her and two other ponies from Ryan
Kelly in Ireland. She flew to America in a plane.
Friends,
_________
Hello
Pam,
How are you?
What have you been doing lately?
How's lighting?
Have you been out to Ridley farm lately?
i am on holiday's and i am pretty bored, but i have done some fun
stuff like i have went fishing
and i caught two bream's and they were too small to take home so
i had to chuck them back.
I better go
your no.1 Samantha
in australia
Dear Samantha
I'm good.
We are getting ready
for next weekend's fall festival. We polished our saddles this weekend
and cleaned all our bridles. Lulu went to Green Market and bought
some periwinkle blue yarn so we can braid our ponies manes and tie
them with little blue bows.
We all are going
to wear matching blue jeans and our blue vests to offer pony rides.
So we are getting all that ready.
The last time we
rode out to Ridley farm was before school. We always look for that
barn we found once but we couldn't find it the last time we were there.
Maybe when the leaves are gone from all the trees we will be able
to see it better.
How come you are
on holiday? For us school just started. We get Monday off for Columbus
day, then our next holiday is Thanksgiving at the end of November.
What holiday are you on?
I went fishing with
my dad last year at lake Appamog. We caught some bluegills and sunfish,
they are kind of like bream. Were you fishing in the ocean? The internet
said that Australian bream can be almost four pounds! That's big!
How big were the ones you caught?
Let me know.
_________
Hey,
Pam! How are you doing? How's Lightning. I found a good animation
that look's like Lightning.
Though,
I was thinking you and your "Pony Pals," would like to
create your own animations.
How's Fat Cat? How's Jack And Jill? How's Splash and Daisy? How's
Woolie? How is Jezebelle and No Tail? What are you thinking about
dressing up in for Halloween? I want to dress up in something horsey!
Hope you have A happy week!
Summer.
Dear Summer
I liked your drawing.
It does look kind of like Lightning. Anna does most of the drawing
for the Pony Pals. I like to write better than to draw.
All the cats, dogs
and horses are fine. Splash and Daisy are busy getting ready for the
Festival, mom said that they can come be part of the pony ride too
so Snow White, Acorn and Lightning don't get too tired. So we had
to wash their bridles and saddles, too.
I want to dress up
as Cleopatra on Halloween. My mom said I can wear one of her sparkly
dresses, I have matching sandals and a special hairband. Cleopatra
rode horses! She ruled all of Egypt when she was only 18!
This week was fun
at school. I did a paper about Cleopatra for my teacher and she really
liked it.
What are you studying?
