I never thought I’d say it. Spring is awful. And gross.
The world is YELLOW – Which is just SO wrong! The world shouldn’t be yellow – it should be GREEN!! Green - like new, fresh grass coming up for the first time. Green - like leaves starting to peer out on trees. Green - like the feel of new life.
NOT yellow.
Go ahead. Stand outside for only a few moments, and you will start to glean a nice yellow shimmer. It’s like the trees are up-chucking pollen everywhere. I am officially grossed out.
Which leads me to my next dilemma: Is it possible to have your horse on too many supplements?
I find myself doing a lot of research into the physical well-being of my horse. Hours, days, and weeks later, I find that this has culminated in a veritable store house of supplements. And yes, I can defend EVERY single one of them. This does NOT, however, negate the fact that my horse almost appears to be eating more supplements than feed.
Lots of people say Arabs are low maintenance. Well, I’m here to say officially: NOT really. Apparently for this lovely little fact to have ANY merit, they must be situated ONLY in the climate of their birth. Unfortunately, the low country of South Carolina is a FAR cry from the ridiculously arid dessert of Arabia.
Case in point: This winter my poor pony has undergone the most drastic of coat changes. Not only has he grown in the most wretchedly thick, short haired (yet, not warm!), winter coat, he also has found a way to ingrain every bit of skin/coat fungus possible. On top of that mixture, add in a heaping case of bad grass allergies and stir vigorously. Your end result will be a sufficiently puffy, miserable, red-headed pony.
Basically, he’s as pitiful as a pony can be. Staring at his dull coat marred by various bald spots, with swollen face and legs just makes me want to cry. Hence, my desperate search for a cure.
I am sure the service reps at SmartPak want to kill me. I have updated, changed, removed, and added all sorts of supplements to Sudi’s standard order over the past two months; I’m making even myself dizzy! On top of that, the vet has prescribed antihistamines and antibiotics to my frenzy.
Thankfully my pony is a good sport. He probably thinks I’m a hypochondriac, but I have a good defense! I’ll just blame it on the allergy meds!
Happy Riding! I sincerely hope you’re enjoying spring more than we are!
