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Dog Shedding Season Tips

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For helping dogs blow their coats, especially ones that aren't regularly bathed or groomed, washing at the beginning of the season and most of the way through is very important. My dogs have always been farm dogs and have great farm dog coats that self maintain for the most part. They also tend to be double coated, so the undercoat becomes an problem come shedding season. At beginning of the shedding season we bathe the dogs so their coats are freed up from any built up oils and dirt. This allows the hair to shed out well and not become matted. I usually bathe them once more at the end of the season to finish out the shedding, so I can one final good clean to remove the worst of the hair. During the time in between vacuuming regularly, especially places they lay or rub on, and brushing will help keep your house a little more fur free. For the actual bathing I prefer to do a shampoo first. I now use  Isle of Dogs Silky Oatmeal Shampoo . It is a very concentrated formula, so I'm
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Pain Salves

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Having muscle pain is nothing new to me. I grew up with my mom using Bengay and she now practically bathes in it. "Great for your sinuses!" She often quips if you mention her version of perfume. I personally only use Bengay in the winter if I'm going to be going outside, since any form of icy will make me so cold.  Now a days, I typically use Salonpas's deep relieving gel . It has aspirin in it, so you are getting that right to the muscle in need. Which happens to be a giant help when my Celebrex isn't quite doing the job. Salonpas, however does best on small areas because its hard to move around on the body without getting too much on.  A friend introduced me to Amish Origin's Deep Penetrating Pain Relief Greaseless Cream . A little goes a long way and its extra spreadable. No aspirin in this one, but it does a nice job. It feels and smells a lot like Bengay, but is closer to a liquid. It actually reminds me the most of a creamy version of a horse liniment we
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Low Histamine Diets

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This article has been moved to https://chronicallyspecial.blogspot.com/2021/04/low-histamine-diets.html
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Creamy Italian Dressing

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 Salad Dressing Getting salad dressing when you are on a low histamine, MCAS diet is rough. Common issues with salad dressings for me is lemon juice and milk. Vinegar I try to limit in my diet, but condiments is an area I don't worry about unless I am in a flare. Creamy Italian dressing is a nice substitute when you are a ranch lover. Is it perfect? No, but if you're on a heavily restricted like mine you take what you can get. A nicety of many condiments is they are often mayonnaise based or easily switched to it. I can't find a creamy Italian dressing premade, but with a quick google search I found this recipe  to use on allrecipes. I avoided some things, but it gave me a good start. I used a small (~1 cup) food processer to combine the ingredients and stored them in an old mustard bottle. The recipe I was referencing used a whole cup of mayo. I just added all the ingredients then filled the rest of the way with mayo.  Ingredients 1 cup mayonnaise ½ small onion 1 tablespoo
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Who I Want To Be

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 After watching Awkward 302.10 "Who I Want To Be" I realized I should try answering that question for myself. I want to be a good friend, wife, and mom. I want to love myself and be proud. I think I have the pride thing down. Whoops... I want to be content and in the moment. I want to be the best person I can be. After watching three seasons of Awkward I can see how I may be best off not being in education. I relate a little well to Val. A little to inappropriate while being true to herself. I have been thinking recently about the irony of me having always dreamed of being a instructor/counselor who helped people learn about the joy of horses and animals in general. I wanted to help save lost souls by introducing them to furry souls who give you exactly what you need. I was told no I shouldn't just try to be a farm hand and work with fox hunters. I wasn't up for it. I never thought of going to school to be a business woman and trying to find a farm to help run. I was
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Back at it?

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So, I've been back to thinking about sharing my thoughts again. Partially, just as a way to get my thoughts down for myself, but also because I hope there is a chance that my journey may help another learn things easier. I have been listen to some romance novels as a "guilty" pleasure. "Guilty" because I don't actually feel any guilt over it. I know some might judge me and make fun of it, but its my way of loosing myself. The most recent one is very religious, but it doesn't bother me. "The governess of highland hall" is very non-judgmental. The characters are very religious, but don't judge others. They seek to know what God wish for them to do and only ask for help to stand by any trials and help to make the right decision. One of my biggest issues with many churches I have been to and how many people treat their faith is that God is going to grant them money. I've always felt that was very wrong. I don't feel like you should ev
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So this Saturday I sat down and did some research again into my horse's mysterious ankle funk. Finally this search has seemed to be fruitful. Before I always wound up chasing my tail trying to find a condition that fit well. The issue is it is a persistent scratches like funk that hardly responds to even the most aggressive treatments. To get to the point it seems he has Pastern Leucocytoclastic Vasculitis or PLV for those of us who don't speak science well. The big reason fo r trying to find a name to put to it is because we have had vets trying to diagnose and never getting it right most of his life (10+ yrs). This scientific article that really gave me the "AH HA!" moment. Equiderma also has a decent article on it. They have the most layman friendly article that summarizes all the information I found from other sites well. Back to the vet journal article, they described the non-pigmented skin issues, but what no one else mentioned is the pigmented skin issues. Pi
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