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Lately I have made it a point to drink at least 4 20-oz cups of water per day, so 80 oz per day for me! (always wanted to use that smiley, haha!) I have always been a "water person" but only lately have made a point of drinking a certain amount per day. Getting one of those reusable hard...

I love reading all of your updates each week, sharing in the successes and setbacks. It's comforting to know that while our battles are our own, we're all fighting the same war, so to speak. I'm doing just "okay" this week, as I had some slip-ups (nameably a Big Mac combo and a whole row of...

Congratulations on your 4lb loss dannigirl! Every great journey begins with a single step! Also to chime in on water retention, it seems counterintuitive but drinking more water can help with that! Kind of like how if you do not eat enough calories per day your body will go into "starvation...

I started typing out a reply explaining defragmentation in the way it was explained to me, but I can't get that to come out without it being confusing, so here is a link that explains it well.... http://www.ehow.com/facts_4914165_what-does-defragmenting-do.html. It doesn't erase anything; it...

I agree that this sounds like a "combo" problem--the combination of having too much fizz and too little respect. As much turnout time as possible to let him burn some energy off is a good first step. It might be difficult for a less-experienced handler to tell between fear and fizz, but in...

Wow Amanda with a quick glance at his color I thought I must have already posted to this thread with my filly until I noticed his star! My mare and yours must have conspired to be sneaky; my mare did nearly the same thing as yours. When I left her she was quietly hoovering her dinner but when I...

Not sure if this might help with Jewel, but when my girls get unusually itchy I often find that the central cleft of their udder or the sides of their hooha area is dirty--just something to check. My big mare loves to have her ****ies cleaned, the flirt! If it's warm enough, you might try a...

What a beautiful photo--Rowdy looks so relaxed and happy!

Ooo Chanda, based on your post I can rule out Montana from the list of places I could live... Snow that lasts more than a few days is too much snow for me! Glad to hear that overall most of your weeks have been good. Mine has been...busy. Our mini mare foaled Saturday night so we have been...

Here's my first and last foal--a filly born 23 March. Mom is AMHR but "Willow" is unregisterable. She has me wrapped around her tiny hooves regardless!

Congratulations!! I just love the loud pintos. What a cutie! Looks like there will be more to coo over soon!!

Thank you!

We named our new foal Willow, even though she is a filly. That is one of my hubby's favorite fantasy-type movies. She will toddle up to me and bump right into my legs and I think to myself, "out of the way, Peck!" Here she comes....

First turnout was so much fun today! I couldn't get the little poot to follow Charm (currently no attached turnout available--I have to lead Charm about 100 feet to her turnout area) but didn't want to stress them by taking them separately--and I had no one around to help--so I scooped Willow...

I purchased my AMHR mare on faith that she really did have papers (the person I bought from had just sent them off to be brought into her name). In my case it worked out and I received the papers in a timely fashion, but I don't think I would buy that way again. There are plenty out there with...

Hi and welcome Mindy! That was me that returned after 45 min to find baby partway out One thing I noticed the day my maiden mare foaled was that she looked like her center of gravity had dropped. Where she looked big and round before, that last day she looked narrower through her upper...

Thank you ladies for the reassurance! I have a doggie blanket that seems to help, I was just afraid to leave it on too long as the belly part of it is solid (but there is room for air to get to her navel). I wish I could post a video of her first turnout, I think she is going to be fun to...

Thank you all for the well wishes I think we are going to call her Willow. Charm is a dark bay...Willow's sire is a mystery, but I guess he was at least reasonably handsome! Willow seems almost a lavender color with silvery mane--whatever color she is, I like it! I wish I knew how long...

Thanks all! It was a normal presentation. This baby came out like greased lightning!! When I arrived on the scene, the baby's head and front feet were out, still in the sac, so I entered the stall quietly and set down my foaling kit...right away the rest of the foal came whooshing out and...

Yep--bad weather = baby--we had a filly last night! Sorry I did not make it to post sooner. When I checked on Charm at 8:30 she was starting to express milk so I figured she was close...well when I went back out 45 min later she already had the foal partway out! When this girl decides she's...