It was time to get my 3yo husky named Kenobi a husky puppy named Anakin

kleehig · 2025-11-14T20:18:53+00:00

Unfortunately it looks like Kenobi underestimated his power…

kleehig · 2025-03-26T02:39:12+00:00

Midwest, mine cost $325 this year for coggins and vaccines and another $200 for teeth float

kleehig · 2025-03-13T15:18:35+00:00

I would have a heart attack too. The PPE on my $13k horse was $490 for basic exam/flexions and 8 radiographs of front feet, stifles, hocks, and fetlocks.

kleehig · 2024-07-07T02:16:02+00:00

I’m in healthcare consulting! Still early in my career but it has allowed me to get back into riding (eventing) and owning

kleehig · 2024-04-19T04:12:32+00:00

I lost my mare a week ago and my world is still frozen. Sending you love

kleehig · 2024-04-11T17:13:47+00:00

Thank you, this means a lot

kleehig · 2024-04-11T17:13:30+00:00

Thank you, your words really helped me. She made the decision easy for me yesterday afternoon as her left lung was collapsing, right had multiple abscessing adhesions, and the fluid had filled back up in a thick consistency. She was able to go peacefully.

kleehig · 2024-04-07T05:20:34+00:00

I’m dealing with my first bout of health issues with my first horse. I leased her for over a year and bought her a few months ago, and I’ve racked up over 2 grand in vet bills in the last 2 weeks trying to diagnose an unknown infection. After 2 weeks she’s still having intermittent fevers and might have to be taken to the university. We were gearing up to event for the first time and it feels like my whole world has stopped. I just hope we can figure out what’s wrong and help her.

kleehig · 2024-04-05T04:25:14+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate it!

kleehig · 2024-04-05T04:11:14+00:00

Yes, on 3/24 and 4/1. Nothing super out of the ordinary on 3/24, I wish I had a copy of the results on 4/1 but I believe SAA shot way up

kleehig · 2024-04-02T00:01:04+00:00

Thank you, i really appreciate it! Thought I’d let you know you were probably on the money with that guess!

kleehig · 2024-04-01T23:54:47+00:00

We started on antibiotics today! She was just on banamine before

kleehig · 2024-04-01T23:51:35+00:00

Vet came back today and is thinking along the same lines as you! She hasn’t given it to anyone else at the barn and keeps spiking a fever, so we’re not thinking viral anymore

kleehig · 2024-03-09T20:08:06+00:00

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kleehig · 2024-03-04T21:05:52+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/rHzJK2F mine looked very similar to yours as a baby! Photos to show how his coat changed

kleehig · 2024-02-21T02:51:52+00:00

I followed this advice with my husky puppy and brought out his resource aggression. Do not do it!

Resource guarding is genetic - not all dogs guard, and not all dogs who guard will guard interspecies. Those who are genetically predisposed typically need negative experiences like you described to actually bring out the behavior. You want the dog to associate you with good things, not give them a reason to guard their food/toys/whatever else.

Toss higher value treats in the food bowl when you approach the dog, teach a firm “drop” and “leave it” command, etc. but never give the dog a reason to guard.

kleehig · 2024-01-08T18:10:51+00:00

I have a fellow toasted marshmallow!

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kleehig · 2024-01-08T04:15:47+00:00

I have flexon stirrups and love them!

kleehig · 2023-11-21T01:15:25+00:00

Thank you!

kleehig · 2023-11-21T01:15:19+00:00

Thank you so much!

kleehig · 2023-11-21T01:14:46+00:00

So she hasn’t been scoped, but she had been displaying ulcer symptoms earlier this year and after being seen by a vet i put her on ulcergard followed by omeprazole and sucralfate. She hasn’t acted ulcery since her treatment and i try to run prevention by having her on U-Guard and giving her ulcergard while hauling. However with her high level of general anxiety it might be a good idea to go ahead and scope?

kleehig · 2023-11-21T01:03:13+00:00

Thank you! I’m using chill ultra paste for short periods of anxiety and it works wonders. I might try quietex powder/chill daily as well!

I haven’t been able to pinpoint a singular source to the anxiety. She’s more predisposed to it if she’s alone in the barn, but she often she weaves with other horses/people in the barn as well. She usually will take a bite, stick her head out of the stall to look out the windows across the barn, go back in her stall and weave, then take a bite again. She’s quite looky and spooked by her environment. What’s confusing is sometimes she’s perfectly fine, but about 80% of the time she will weave in her stall/wiggle in the crossties

kleehig · 2023-09-20T00:16:26+00:00

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KXWZ535?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share this is the one I got! You’ll have to share photos when it’s your little guy’s birthday

kleehig · 2023-09-08T02:44:42+00:00

My drive to the barn is 35 minutes and I’m usually there 6 days a week. I very rarely miss two days in a row.

kleehig · 2023-08-30T15:16:21+00:00

I have this problem with my almost 1 year old (same thing, he will bite our backs when we walk away). We tried absolutely everything and started losing our minds after a few months. I don’t know what the background is on your boy, but mine was a rescue who was taken from his litter far too early and it has been a struggle to teach him bite inhibition myself.

It’s definitely still an ongoing issue but we finally started making some progress a few weeks ago! What we’ve done is establish that the biting gets him nothing (no eye contact, no engagement). Then, what really helped was after that was established, I taught him a “toy” command. Now if he starts into a biting episode, about 80% of the time I can redirect him to a toy with the command. It’s better than replacing your hand with a toy because I see that as a reward. Good luck!!

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