# Happy Thursday, from a Farm-happy horse pics to brighten your days :-) **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 1, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213 "2019-08-01T22:44:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/1 "2019-08-01T22:44:09Z")
Hello everyone! And happy days from a farm šŸ™‚ Ive been hiding out for about a month and a half, looking after my sick horse. Yesterday I moved the WiFi router in the farm to the other end of the building via a telephone line extension cableā€¦today I have Internet in my MotorHome! YAY! ā€¦but not good enough to let me upload a happy picture of a horse. Oh! FINALLY, I managed to upload it! IM just on the edge of the range. here you go šŸ™‚ ![Sky_Tounge](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/4/424756ac58d2be605a301d00c37aec2633dba22b.jpeg) So, I shall start to resume web stuff shortly šŸ™‚ ā€¦maybe we need a _Random_ category šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Farscaper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/farscaper/32/385_2.png) [@Farscaper](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Farscaper)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/2 "2019-08-06T22:01:53Z")
That one doesnā€™t look too sick. Except from having to lick a salty hand instead of a sugar cube, that is. Yuck! Hope they are all doing well. ---
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/3 "2019-08-07T08:54:45Z")
All is well in Salty hand land, as I have now fed/handled/chopped/served sooooo many carrots to them that now I am Carrot Flavoured! I am hoping to play with PG Snapshots later šŸ™‚ As well as Working on a websiteā€¦ And laying blocksā€¦ but in a stable! ---
**Author:** ![RobM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@RobM](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/RobM)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/4 "2019-08-17T15:17:36Z")
Iā€™m dealing with a Mustang that has chronic laminitis flare-ups and COPD. Whee!!! Hope yours is doing better! ---
**Author:** ![Printninja](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/printninja/32/1181_2.png) [@Printninja](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Printninja)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/5 "2019-08-17T18:21:41Z")
My animal rescue efforts are limited to cats. I commend anyone who takes on the challenge of larger species. ---
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/6 "2019-08-21T13:10:14Z")
nowā€¦ but it really really wasnā€™t good here for a while. improving slowlyā€¦very, but Purpurea Hemorrageaā€¦ not nice. ---
**Author:** ![RobM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@RobM](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/RobM)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/7 "2019-08-21T13:54:04Z")
Damn! Uncool - how old is your horse? Iā€™ve had mine for ~18 years and Iā€™m guessing he was somewhere between 9-13 years when I got him. He was captured off land in Nevada and would have gone to slaughter. After some initial arguments he trained up to be a bullet-proof trail horse. He would ride over anything. Now he is a lawn ornament living out his retirement in peace. He is a little testy that we restrict his meadow area so much, butā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/8 "2019-08-21T14:13:22Z")
well, the one with the hole in her neck has just turned 12 _Previously Infected Stallion bite abscess_ ![dsc_1256-gory-1-bright](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/4/4aa713fe4b9793616d41cfd7401f5463fac7dc32.png) and my one that WAS A TANKā€¦ until a few months ago, just turned 7. _purpura hemorraga_ ![20190625_190209_PH_1_nose](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/e/e399be3c295b7b3e0c5827a294bce61054a6eeda.png) oh the fun Iā€™ve hadā€¦ kind of why Ive been pretty quiet on here. not left the farm in about 2 months! living in a motorhome and now ā€¦my joints, knees and an ankle have packed in. guess what? Yepā€¦ PH is Zoonoticā€¦ do you think I can get any sense out of the Medical fraternity here? soā€¦watch out for this one yourself. > **[Streptococcus Equi: What the CDC Wants Horse Owners to Know About Bacterial...](https://equusmagazine.com/blog-equus/streptococcus-equi-cdc-horse-owners-woman-died-53738)** > > When was the last time you washed your hands? [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6530a5.htm?s\_cid=mm6530a5\_w](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6530a5.htm?s_cid=mm6530a5_w) > **[Transmission of Streptococcus equi Subspecies zooepidemicus Infection from...](https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/7/12-1365_article)** > > Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus (S. zooepidemicus) is a zoonotic pathogen for persons in contact with horses. In horses, S. zooepidemicus ... so now I cant walk properly , sit or stand up, both knees and an ankle taken out in a week and I thought I had shinglesā€¦ Ho ho hoā€¦ now the horse is improvingā€¦slowly, just ordered another TWO THOUSANDā€¦ steroid tablets! Got her down from 100 x5mg a day to 30! but stuck at that, with weird things happening if I try reducing. Her left eye swollen and closed up last week ā˜¹ Better again now. Expensive ā€¦field ornaments! Strangely enough, I havenā€™t got to ride or drive either yet, and they need training, but man! I have a beautiful relationship with them both šŸ™‚ ā¤ OH and they moved the wifi routerā€¦I lost van connectivity. curses! ---
**Author:** ![RobM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@RobM](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/RobM)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/9 "2019-08-22T10:19:26Z")
Wow - good work with the mare - steroid tapering really does take forever. Are you getting any treatment for yourself? If you want to talk outside of this forum, drop me an email. There isnā€™t a lot I can do, but Iā€™m at Yale University School of Medicine in the Pathology dpt. (non-practicing) I trained in virology, so I know ID fairly well, but focus on the research side. A Strep infection is way bad ju-ju. ---
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/10 "2019-08-23T08:06:36Z")
Anyway, this is the 2nd horse, the one with the bloody faceā€¦ Summer šŸ™‚ ![20190818_170313_swollen_left_eye](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/b/b143025d1145b8b0d4ceca2d9aa9c797eb2e4f52.png) She is rather cute, can be stroppy but is very loving, just had a really hard time with people before I found them I fear. she is improving, but if you zoom, you will her swollen left eye. ---
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/happy-thursday-from-a-farm-happy-horse-pics-to-brighten-your-days/3213/11 "2019-08-24T23:21:02Z")
So Yes! Cheers for the assistance @RobM, I have indeed messaged you with my feeble and somewhat drastic tapering scheme. andā€¦ here are my girls in full PIKEY LAND modeā€¦ ā€¦TBC!