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@ LaunchesKayaks @lemmy.world

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  • Sandy and I had a Galentine's day celebration on Saturday.

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  • She is such a sweetie. :)

  • What are your Valentine's Day plans?

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  • It's a call duck! I love them!

  • Sandy showing the world that she's the Queen of Fuzz

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  • Aw thanks! I hope you have a good day, too!

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  • What kind of duck tho? I have some ducks, so you gave me introgued

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  • As god intended

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  • What are your Valentine's Day plans?

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  • You're welcome! Running a boarding stable is a nightmare. I'll stick to one horse lol. She's expensive enough lol. She's 26, and will be turning 27 in September. I'm hoping to get her to 30. She also may be able to be ridden again if the vet gives it the okay. I'll find out that when spring vet checks happen lol.

    If you snoop on my profile, she's like the main thing I post lol. I'm actually going to be putting up a new pic of her in a few minutes lol.

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  • I hope you can get a hot goth g/bf bro. Godspeed

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  • The horse. The instructor is cute, too, but engaged and I don't really have an interest in her in that way lol.

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  • Oh man that sounds awesome

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  • Ooo! How do you cook your duck? I raised a few male muscovies for food and they were great in soup.

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  • I'm sorry to hear you're having a rough time and I hope things improve for you!

    Thank you! I grew up with horses, so I've always been into it. I had a ten year break starting when I was 16 before getting back into the whole equestrian thing as an adult. Been back at it for almost two years now and I actually just got official ownership the mare I've been rehabbing for like a year and a half. Hoping she'll be saddle ready in the spring lol

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  • What would your doggo write?

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  • My beagle: Mom made a sandwich. It smelled delicious so I screamed at her so she'd know I wanted her to share. Mom did not share. My devastation is unreal and I must let the entire neighborhood know.

    My doodle: Mom wouldn't let me eat the very tasty looking plastic fork. My devastation is unreal. I must have my beagle brother let the entire neighborhood know.

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    new work computer wallpaper just dropped

  • This is Buddy. Buddy passed away last week and the world has lost one of the best horses ever.

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  • 1000000%

  • This is Buddy. Buddy passed away last week and the world has lost one of the best horses ever.

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  • Thank you! This might sound weird, but I've really really enjoyed nursing her back to health. It's been such a long, hard road but seeing it all pay off like it has been is so gratifying.

    Animal husbandry is something I've been passionate about my whole life, though. I spent my first ten years surrounded by animals being rehabbed and spent lots of time in the veterinary clinic my biodad worked at. And don't even get me started on how often I helped my childhood neighbors with their farm work and all the stuff I did on the horse farm I kept horses at as a kid.

    I come from a long line of farmers on my mom's side. My grandfather had ducks and cows and horses and was raised by his grandparents who were farmers that had left the Amish.

    I would love to have enough land to have my own livestock, but I settled for a house with a yard that's about 1/4 of an acre. I have some ducks and they're great but I don't plan on getting more after they all pass because they are messy and expensive and their outside enclosure needs constant repairs and it's all hard to keep up with. I also don't plan on getting any more cats after mine pass. I want to just have my dogs and a horse. I can get my time with cats at the barn. There's so many running around there lol.

    I've had so many critters running around for my whole life so It'll be weird without a menagerie, but it'll fit my lifestyle better. I live alone, so keeping up with everything in all aspects of my life is a nightmare at times lol.

    Holy shit I just wrote a novel. I apologize lol. My sleeping meds are kicking in and they tend to make me ramble.

  • This is Buddy. Buddy passed away last week and the world has lost one of the best horses ever.

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  • They are. My bond with horses has been one of the most impactful things. Nothing compares to having a horse trust you and care for you. I have no idea what I'm going to do with myself when my mare passes. She turns 27 this year.

    My goal is to get her to 30, but she's spent 2 years being rehabbed from a deplorable state, and I don't know how it has impacted her internally. Her weight is finally good, her teeth are wrecked but have been floated as well as they can be and she doesn't have trouble eating, her feet are gorgeous, and she acts like she's in her late teens. I don't know her medical history other than what I've been around for, which was just shots, teeth, and farrier visits dnd little injuriess I've treated and thrush she had at her old barn, and that's only going back 2 years. I was told she had at least one foal by her old owner but idk if that's actually true.I haven't gotten any extensive blood work and I am going to inquire about it at spring vet checks.

  • This is Buddy. Buddy passed away last week and the world has lost one of the best horses ever.

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  • Colic is awful. My childhood mare died of it suddenly and the grief was almost as bad as losing my grandfather. Probably sounds silly because it's a horse, but I was bonded with her as close as I did with my best human friend.

  • This is Buddy. Buddy passed away last week and the world has lost one of the best horses ever.

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  • Something got twisted, not sure what. The vet got it untwisted, but found tumors throughout his digestive tract that needed invasive surgery to fix. At that point poor Buddy was so far gone that he wouldn't have survived any more medical care. So he was put to sleep. It was a very sad day for everyone who knew him

  • This is Buddy. Buddy passed away last week and the world has lost one of the best horses ever.

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  • Buddy was 29. His death was totally unexpected. Colic got him.

    39 is such a long lifespan! I hope to get my mare to at least 30. She turns 27 in September.

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  • Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs

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  • Looks like my server is moving to stoat

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    Sandy was the best behaved horse for the farrier today! She even lifted her feet for him!

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    Sandy has never seen me so bundled up before and wa thoroughly confused.

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    Sandy chomping away on some hay

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    I told Radar that we're going to get a lot of snow and he had a crisis.

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    I forgot the cookies in the tack room and Sandy was not okay with it.

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    My beagle's latest trick to try to initiate play

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    What events do you think would make it into the song We Didn't Start the Fire if it was extended into today?

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    Had no idea Sandy was a paint!

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    This fuzzy lady is officially mine! Welcome to the family Sandy Lou!

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    Sandy's lunging cavesson came in! She was so good while I did the fitting!

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    Old Pic of Sandy Just to Make an Amazing Announcement!

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    What are some alternatives to Google Docs?

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    she rolled and only the parts that her blanket doesn't cover got absolutely filthy

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    I know corn ain't the trend anymore, but I found this amazing product when window shopping for horse tack

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    Took this neato pic of the barn cats at my riding instructor's farm last night.