the Sage By Nature blog

My musings and writings on holistic horse care, health care, and on becoming sage…continued.

Archive for the 'rain rot' Category

Lucky Clovers, A London Detective, And A Curious Offender: When Your Horse’s Behavior Is A Clue, Not A Sentence

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Figuring Out What Ails Your Horse Is Sometimes Akin To Searching For Four Leaf Clovers When it comes to figuring out different ailments that have afflicted Sage over the years, I have had to use a fair amount of “holmesian deduction”. For lack of a leprechaun to guide me, I cross the stormy sea to [...]

Even Darwin Might Put a Blanket on My Horse Right Now

Friday, January 30th, 2009

To Charles Darwin, it was not necessarily survival of the fittest but survival of the adapters. Those who fit. As with many things in life, adaptation and flexibility are key. Thus, I went out and bought a new blanket for my horse Sage and put it on her today. And felt immediate relief. I think [...]

A Passing Storm

Friday, January 16th, 2009

When I first moved to the soggy Pacific Northwest from sunny California, friends and family joked that I would be growing moss between my toes in no time. Well that didn’t happen, but over the last couple of years my horse has had a case of rain rot during the winter. This winter after her [...]