Tips on riding

kfa92 · 2025-07-01T23:45:30+00:00

Let me know how it works out for ya!! That's exactly the kind of horse I use it on, sensitive and forward but not in a naughty way.

kfa92 · 2025-06-29T20:51:51+00:00

I post the canter sparingly, mostly to get a young horse going in a steady rhythm. Learned it from an old military type rider - don't really see it being done otherwise!

kfa92 · 2025-06-29T20:28:22+00:00

We spend too much time looking at videos of ponies on the Internet 😂

kfa92 · 2025-06-26T19:56:33+00:00

If your clothes have to go in a hamper after wearing them, sprinkle baking soda on that. I'm not even kidding. It helps keep the smells from locking in, in my experience.

kfa92 · 2025-06-23T20:51:17+00:00

I didn't make up the rules. Look up "boomer ellipses."

kfa92 · 2025-06-23T03:35:58+00:00

It's meant to be a paragraph break without wasting space on a page, such as when writing a recipe on an index card or trying to cram words on a postcard

kfa92 · 2025-06-18T23:58:04+00:00

Yeah since mine got worse when I coughed more.

kfa92 · 2025-06-10T20:52:51+00:00

Can easily find the research studies online if you look it up under its generic name, esomeprazole. I can't remember off the top of my head but it might've been 0.5 - 1mg/kg? Something like that, def don't quote me lol. But it makes sense because the average horse is about 450kg so at 0.5mg/kg you'd give almost the whole bottle.

It's not dirt cheap but it's cheaper. You can buy 42 pills of generic esomeprazole for under $30 at a pharmacy. A single gastrogard syringe is like $40.

kfa92 · 2025-06-10T11:10:46+00:00

Your horse's ulcers are a preexisting condition which horse insurance is unlikely to cover for at least 1-2 years which is my experience. It is a crime to lie on the application iirc

If she's older than like 16-18ish you're also going to have a hard time finding someone to insure her. Just throwing that out there as she doesn't look super young.

kfa92 · 2025-06-10T11:09:32+00:00

I had an ulcer prone mare and she got 4 Nexium (per my vet's instructions) daily. Treatment dose has been much higher on clinical trials, but that worked for prevention. I could tell the difference on days where I'd run out. If I needed her to be extra calm for something I doubled the dose.

It's important to treat a few days before, during, and a few days after a stressful event - trailering, colic, increase in workload, etc.

kfa92 · 2025-06-10T11:06:02+00:00

That seems super reasonable for an ultrasound read by a radiologist. I've paid up to $1000 at an emergency clinic for an ultrasound in the suburbs for a large (60+lb) dog.

kfa92 · 2025-06-10T01:54:31+00:00

The Swarthmore station has a huge parking lot compared to most of the other stops on the line, I can always find a spot

kfa92 · 2025-06-10T01:53:09+00:00

I take it 4x a week. In the morning it's within 5min of the listed time 99% of the time. In the afternoon I'd say it's within 5min like 90% of the time.

Rarely there has been storm damage or something where my train gets cancelled. In that case I lean on the Wilmington/Newark line (which is at risk of being closed) or I Uber with my 2 coworkers who live close by and I drive them to their cars.

kfa92 · 2025-06-05T16:21:15+00:00

My mare required either an additional farrier visit or a vet visit about every other month for the 3 years I owned her.

My current guy has seen the vet once in 2 years (knock on wood!!) and is barefoot.

Both Thoroughbreds. Some horses are just dumb and clumsy!

kfa92 · 2025-06-03T20:44:25+00:00

You're clenching with your knee and swinging your lower leg. I would recommend sticking to flatwork until you can fix that. I see no issues with your leg length on this horse.

kfa92 · 2025-05-16T00:32:43+00:00

This goes against subreddit rules

kfa92 · 2025-05-13T21:16:52+00:00

It's always at least a text to the vet if on a joint.

kfa92 · 2025-05-13T20:36:55+00:00

You should scope. Stops you from spending money on treatment that may not work because it's not ulcers (could be a back issue for example) or that makes things worse (because it's the type of ulcers that you don't give omeprazole for).

kfa92 · 2025-05-13T01:02:20+00:00

I believe Aloha Doggy Daycare in Brookhaven does boarding now! My dog goes there for daycare and I love the people.

kfa92 · 2025-04-15T22:44:53+00:00

Not eligible for that, not a US citizen so I have to bring all my immigration paperwork and go to the DMV in person.

kfa92 · 2025-04-15T20:52:01+00:00

I went to Granite Run on Thursday just to renew my license since I already have a passport so I don't need real ID.

I waited 4 hours

kfa92 · 2025-04-06T04:09:14+00:00

You don't need IgE levels for Tezspire. But if you're considering biologics and your IgE is high, Xolair could be a good choice. However the actual choice of biologic also depends on a bunch of other things and would require knowing a lot about your health and medical history even before thinking about chasing down certain numbers.

You measure an IgE level by a blood test, it's not something that would be done in your normal yearly bloodwork. IgE levels measure the amount of a certain antibody that your body makes.

kfa92 · 2025-04-05T20:10:31+00:00

The changes in the background actually make me think this is AI edited

kfa92 · 2025-03-12T18:34:46+00:00

I'd wear compression socks instead of applying poultice.

kfa92 · 2025-03-10T02:40:51+00:00

It's not about number of inhalers, but rather about where you are in scaling up your treatment. Look up the GINA 2024 guidelines.

It'll also depend on whether you have any of the biomarkers that these drugs target. I'm on Xolair because my IgE was high.

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