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Cassie’s Story
The life of Cassie and Horse Health Info
The life and times of Cassie and her battles with insulin resistance, chronic Lyme and laminitis. Also, horse health info and links.
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Recent posts on this blog
Better, but still not right
Well, Cassie has been doing better over the past few days, but she still isn’t right. Blood work taken this past week came back OK. There’s no indication that her Lyme is flaring up again. I find that a little …
It’s been a long time
Been very busy this summer! Cassie ended up going through another round of antiboitics for Lyme early this spring. She responded wonderfully and even ended up going back into work! We’ve spent most of the summer so far building her …
The laminitis and founder roller coaster
I just came across a post on another blog that describes the laminitis / founder experience as a roller coaster ride. How true. Check out this post from the Hoof Recovery Center blog. A roller coaster it is. Foundered horses …
Insulin Resistance and the Diet Dilemma
It’s amazing how figuring out the diet for an Insulin Resistant horse can be both so utterly simple and frustratingly complicated at the same time. Start with your hay analysis, plug it into the handy-dandy spreadsheet from the Equine Cushing’s …
Barefoot update and random rambling
Cassie is doing great barefoot. I removed her impression material last week and she actually seems to do better without it! So far the toe on her club foot isn’t getting chewed up like I worried it would. I have …