Arizona Eventer

Guess we should maybe look at the dressage test for the schooling show on Sunday… or maybe we’ll do that tomorrow 😅
It’s all about exposure for his brain and not %s right now so I’m not too stressed about knowing it

I get they need to make operating revenue, but there’s no other sponsor money/donations they can use to put towards keeping fees down for memberships/show fees? 😳🤷🏼‍♀️

USEF: “Equestrian sport is not standing still, and neither are we.”
(So here’s all of the fees that are increasing!!)

Me: I absolutely will be standing still 😅 at this point between USEF/USEA I’m gonna be spending more in annual fees to go to one show than it costs to actually go to the show

Also to note he did say when he sees him he may still recommend another ultrasound based on how he knows his legs should be
(But shout out to the other vet he recommended that got back to me about trying to schedule asap, they may just have another customer on their hands lol)

Not saying I’m going to bug my farrier for every little thing involving legs…but I told him what was up with Donte, he called me, said what he thinks Donte has (wind puff) based on knowing his race/eventing history and explained it based on the mechanics of the tendons and tendon sheath

FOR FREE 😂

70 pound Red and tan Doberman puppy with natural ears and tail looking at the camera while laying on a large tan and light gray dog bed that is on a dark gray couch and black leather ottoman

70 pound Red and tan Doberman puppy with natural ears and tail looking at the camera while laying on a dark gray couch and covered by a light tan and chocolate brown blanket

Red and tan Doberman puppy with natural ears and tail looking at the camera while laying on a tile floor and wearing a person’s black rain coat with the hood over his ears and sleeves rolled up

70 pound Red and tan Doberman puppy with natural ears and tail looking at the camera while barely being able to sit under an island counter top without hitting his head. He is sitting over an air conditioning vent in the floor to cool down

And a few more Gus pictures in case you’d like to know the face I currently have to leave every morning when I go to work 😭

Red and tan Doberman puppy with natural ears and tail looking straight at the camera wearing a light purple collar and tag under a kitchen island counter top. He is sitting on top of the air conditioning vent in the floor.

Red and tan Doberman puppy with natural ears and tail laying on a tan and chocolate brown blanket with a chewy equine branded unicorn dog toy in his mouth

Red and tan Doberman puppy with natural ears and tail facing the camera and sleeping in the front seat of a truck with his head resting in a hand reaching over from the driver side

Red and tan Doberman puppy with natural ears and tail looking at the camera while laying in a small dog bed that has a tan interior and maroon and tan lined diamond pattern on the outside

If anyone needs a morning TL cleanse:
Please enjoy puppy Gus pictures
aka 4.5 months ago when he was a smol 20lbs and not 70 🥹

Immediately pre-ordering the special edition of a book I already own simply based on the edges…you know very normal-person type behavior 😂🐎

I get that aspect and respect the profession, it just sucks when my vet changed owners and has gone toward a more “corporate feel”… I don’t want to be cheap but if I’m paying that much for diagnostics I at least want more of an answer of what could have cause it besides “I don’t know” 😬

Sees Donte has some inflammation in his LH tendons
Has vet out to do (basic) lameness exam and ultrasound
Determination is that he has inflammation in his tendon but vet couldn’t say/doesn’t know exactly why
Gets charged $584

I might as well just light money on fire at this point because wtf 😅

a stuffed white cat is sitting on top of a box and asking why ? Alt: a badly done stuffed white cat is sitting like a person on top of a box and asking why ? with its arms outstretched

Me: How wonderful that the Phoenix metro is set on a grid and streets are so easy to name and navigate!

New developers trying to be unique (and also fit as many houses as possible in on subdivision): hold my beer

Me (having to now research the EFF out of all street names for 22 total blocks):

Flea bitten Gray horse with a dark gray muzzle and snip that runs slightly up his nose then fades into the light gray sniffing the camera on the left side of the picture

Flea bitten Gray horse with a dark gray muzzle and snip that runs slightly up his nose then fades into the light gray sniffing the camera in the center of the shot

Flea bitten Gray horse with a dark gray muzzle and snip that runs slightly up his nose then fades into the light gray sniffing the camera and only his muzzle is in focus

And some goofy ones because he has never once lacked personality

Portrait of a Flea bitten Gray horse with a dark gray muzzle and snip that runs slightly up his nose then fades into the light gray

A Flea bitten Gray horse with a dark gray muzzle and snip that runs slightly up his nose then fades into the light gray standing behind a log that is in the foreground

Three quarter profile Portrait of a Flea bitten Gray horse with a dark gray muzzle and snip that runs slightly up his nose then fades into the light gray

Portrait from the knees up of a Flea bitten Gray horse with a dark gray muzzle and snip that runs slightly up his nose then fades into the light gray wearing a dark brown leather halter looking at the camera

Anyway before the heat made him too itchy and patchy, please enjoy some of the armature pictures I took of Zar that I’m adding to a shadow box for him

But I just don’t feel like that support gets reciprocated. Like I know they don’t know my whole backstory with him, but it’s a big loss either way and to not even get a “how are you” or “I couldn’t imagine having to make that call for my cat” check in just sucks.

TW horse loss
Not to be too sad on main 😅 but it sucks that my closest friend(s) haven’t really said anything or offered consolation about having to schedule all of the last arrangements for Zar this week.

No matter how mundane their venting is I try to validate their feelings and give my support

I usually have something similar, but it’s like it came one time in the beginning of the year and has definitely overstayed its welcome by now 🤦🏼‍♀️ Hopefully I’m able to find time to do nothing 😅 maybe I can schedule that for next weekend lol

I don’t want to just be going through the motions right now, I want to actually want to go do things. Even if I have to do them alone!! And I don’t want to feel terrible about telling people “I’m busy” all the time because I’m busy trying to find where tf all my energy went 😬

I’m in the process with my therapist of trying to find something medication wise that might help too because even the high from having a good lesson only lasts until I get back home if I’m lucky then the spoons are gone again 😅

Gonna shout into the void and ask what are good ways to get out of a funk?
Not like a “oh I just want to chill today” vibe but like the energy to just exist is taxing so trying to start things I think about wanting to do is essentially a no go 🫤

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5 month old brown Doberman puppy sleeping with his nose against someone’s side and his bottom teeth peeking out

5 month old brown Doberman puppy sleeping with his nose smooshed against someone’s side and his top front teeth peeking out

A brown, 50 pound Doberman puppy sleeping halfway on a gray couch and halfway on a black ottoman pushed up against the couch

A brown Doberman puppy in profile with his head in the back of a gray couch looking out a window directly behind the couch

A bit of timeline cleanse for anyone who needs:

It’s just Gus being the absolute sleepiest baby who doesn’t know he’s entered the “3-36 month trex phase” of puppyhood (please no one tell him yet 😅)

It’s a good day when you discover medication is water soluble/doesn’t have a coating so no coffee grinder is needed 🙌🏻

If not still smol puppy at 19 weeks then why smol puppy shaped??

(He is pushing being over 50lbs 😂)

Sitting in the airport (away from people or masked up) listening to a banger movie soundtrack with coffee and a book while I people watch…unfortunately I feel like this is my peak form 😂

Getting a text from my farrier about what time to meet this morning…I did not have an appointment in my calendar 😳

Luckily he had me on there twice because u had to reschedule so it was sorted out but the anxiety I had for a solid 57 seconds before I remembered was real 😂

I hope I’m not jinxing myself when I say at 4 months old Gus is not being the typical “trex” Doberman puppy people talk about…
This is him 87% of the time. The other 13% is eating, potty time, and working on some basic obedience/targeting work 😂

Figuring out walking in his summer shoes!

13 week red/brown and rust Doberman puppy sitting in front of a dark bay thoroughbred horse looking at the camera. In the top of the picture another horse muzzle can be seen in frame

Bay thoroughbred horse standing in a sand arena with a red/brown and rust Doberman puppy standing in front of it on a purple leash

People ask how I would deal with having a “Velcro dog” breed like a Doberman…I just look at them and tell them I have Velcro thoroughbreds so I should be fine…they laugh but I am not joking 😂 they supervise EVERY little thing I do while I’m outside 👀

Ugh 😭 why are horses like that

Thankfully it stayed dry here for this shoeing cycle and I was able to treat it daily for the first few weeks. The vet said his X-rays showed the pocket of white line was gone!! He had to cut out a bit more hoof in that again spot but we got one back on!

True 😅
I’m also just nostalgic because we don’t have them in Arizona and I would like to save big money again…incessantly played jingle and all lol