Spring Fever

We've had a patch of ugliness lately. Rain, cold, mud.... just plain undesirable weather conditions. Today was so warm that Yogi and I went to the barn to take BooBoo's sheet off this morning. Yogi loves being at the barn. He likes that he can be off leash and run around with the other dogs. The resident dog is Bulldog. Her name is technically Diva, but we all know her as Bulldog. She's an English Bulldog who's bark is definitely worse than her bite.

So Yogi and I went for a long walk on the bridle path. He was so good. I think next week, I may try to get him to walk along with me as I take BooBoo on a trail ride. BooBoo loves dogs. Yogi just likes sniffing stuff. He was  caught off guard when the cow next door let out a serious MOO. I think it was his first time hearing a cow. He was perplexed.

If I can ever get the pics off my phone and onto my computer, I'll post them.

Speaking of spring fever.... if you're a horse person or even a dog person, you know it's time for shedding. Seriously, there's a lot of hair flying around here! I have two products that I can't live without for shedding season. For the horse, THIS is where it's at. The Epona Shed Flower. It's a simple thing, but worth $50 in my book. It's actually less than $5.

So for the dog, the Shed Flower is not quite as effective. The Furminator gets a lot of hype, and let me just say, it's so worth it. It's around $50 depending on the size of the dog, but all those ads are accurate. I have lots of friends who are skeptical about it, but I let them try it once and they are hooked. They too find that it's worth the money. Yogi looks like a million bucks when he's done. And the vet keeps asking me what I do to keep his coat looking so nice. Nothing. I just bathe him with Tresemme once a month and Furminate (yes we verberized it) him about once a week. It's fabulous.

In the meantime, I'm trying to get my horse ready to show this year. Look for updates on that and my journey back to competitive riding coming up soon!