Pluim's Perfect Pets

17/02/2024

Bowser escaped to the backyard a couple of months ago and the dogs chased him up a tree. In doing so, my poor cat broke several nails and even embedded one into his paw. After several X-Rays, and some care from the vet, they still weren't sure his nails would even grow back. I am happy to report that all of his nails have grown back correctly and quickly (that cannot be said of my nails when I break them!)....

Bowser escaped to the backyard a couple of months ago and the dogs chased him up a tree. In doing so, my poor cat broke several nails and even embedded one into his paw. After several X-Rays, and s…

12/02/2024

Did you know that according to my Apple Watch, a 30 minute ride on W***y is essentially equivalent in calories burned to me on the elliptical for about the same duration. Which one do you think I find more enjoyable? But fitness is incredibly important for any rider, but especially those with showing goals or horses that have had injuries or are just injury prone in general....

Did you know that according to my Apple Watch, a 30 minute ride on W***y is essentially equivalent in calories burned to me on the elliptical for about the same duration. Which one do you think I f…

08/02/2024

W***y got the Knotty Horse Apricot Oil Brightening and Conditioning Shampoo for Christmas this year. Naturally, up until two weeks ago, it had been too cold to bathe any horse (and honestly it's too cold again already). But we had a string of days where it got into the 70s, and I had tried pulling W***y's mane, and it was just gross and white from dirt....

W***y got the Knotty Horse Apricot Oil Brightening and Conditioning Shampoo for Christmas this year. Naturally, up until two weeks ago, it had been too cold to bathe any horse (and honestly it& #821…

02/02/2024

Get up early. If you live on a farm, your first items probably revolve around feeding animals and letting them out. Probably doing stalls. Do a day's worth of work if you have a full time job. Bring horses in. Feed them. Probably find 100 million small chores to do around the property/barn. Find time to feed yourself and loved ones....

Get up early. If you live on a farm, your first items probably revolve around feeding animals and letting them out. Probably doing stalls. Do a day’s worth of work if you have a full time job…

05/01/2024

I am not going to review my previous goals from 2023, because I know how much I really didn't accomplish, especially in terms of this blog. Wordpress does a year in review email where it informed me that I wrote 13 blog posts this year. My goal was 52. Needless to say, I need to write more. The animals had a great Christmas....

I am not going to review my previous goals from 2023, because I know how much I really didn’t accomplish, especially in terms of this blog. Wordpress does a year in review email where it info…

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas from the W***y pony

13/12/2023

W***y had his favorite massage therapist come out on Friday to work on him. His whole right side had a lot going on from his neck to his shoulder, ribcage, all the way to his glute. Man kiddo, sorry about that. And then I was able to get his chiropractor this week and he was very out on his right poll, and a couple of his lumbars....

W***y had his favorite massage therapist come out on Friday to work on him. His whole right side had a lot going on from his neck to his shoulder, ribcage, all the way to his glute. Man kiddo, sorr…

27/11/2023

This is by far one of my favorite traditions I do (or attempt to do) every year for the blog. Basically, this is a rundown of things that the pets (and W***y) are putting on their wish lists, hoping mom, dad, or Santa Paws might get them under the tree. Let's start oldest to youngest! Titan dog wishes for snacks, always snacks....

This is by far one of my favorite traditions I do (or attempt to do) every year for the blog. Basically, this is a rundown of things that the pets (and W***y) are putting on their wish lists, hopin…

22/11/2023

The past few years have been a wild ride, but it's important to step back and think about what you are thankful for this time of year. Honestly, there are so many things that I could wax on about, but I'll try to keep it strictly about the pets this time around. I am thankful that W***y has been feeling fantastic, looking fantastic, and going really well....

The past few years have been a wild ride, but it’s important to step back and think about what you are thankful for this time of year. Honestly, there are so many things that I could wax on a…

20/11/2023

For once I am the lame one, and W***y is not. For those of you who don't know, I play kickball three times a week. We are in the off-season, but we had a big tournament on Saturday. My knee has been bothering me for several weeks, but three games in a row on Saturday seemed to be the straw that broke the camel's back, and my LCL has become extremely unstable in my left knee....

For once I am the lame one, and W***y is not. For those of you who don’t know, I play kickball three times a week. We are in the off-season, but we had a big tournament on Saturday. My knee h…

14/11/2023

It hasn't been quiet around here. There are loads to fill you all in on, but I am currently waiting on a lesson and hopefully some media to keep these blog posts a little more entertaining, so in the meantime, I wanted to get you all involved in something I've wanted to try for awhile, and can fill in the gaps during the quiet weeks....

It hasn’t been quiet around here. There are loads to fill you all in on, but I am currently waiting on a lesson and hopefully some media to keep these blog posts a little more entertaining, s…

06/11/2023

Bowser went for his recheck on Friday, and he couldn't be more excited that he got a clean bill of health. Over the course of the past two weeks, he broke the collar he has had since we got him as a kitten, and learned to remove the E-Collar (cone) no matter what. There were times where I would put the cone back on him 5 times in the span of 30 minutes....

Bowser went for his recheck on Friday, and he couldn’t be more excited that he got a clean bill of health. Over the course of the past two weeks, he broke the collar he has had since we got h…

03/11/2023

A quick heads up, the following article is for a company that we support, and is a single owner family business. While I am not sponsored by Sweet Dees Tees directly, I have received their swag and will work with her on collaborations in the future! With the Holidays and several birthdays right around the corner, one of my favorite activities is purchasing gifts for my loved ones....

A quick heads up, the following article is for a company that we support, and is a single owner family business. While I am not sponsored by Sweet Dees Tees directly, I have received their swag and…

02/11/2023

We just had a solid 40 degree weather drop. That is so much fun. But when it was in the 80s and your horse has a fully winter coat and decided to gallop around his field for 30 minutes, you will not see me complaining about a temperature drop. Honestly, both W***y and I prefer the cold over the heat (so does Titan dog, who has been going in and out all the time the past two days)....

We just had a solid 40 degree weather drop. That is so much fun. But when it was in the 80s and your horse has a fully winter coat and decided to gallop around his field for 30 minutes, you will no…

23/10/2023

Around last Thanksgiving, I asked Princess Peach's vet if she could take CBD chews for her anxiety/enthusiasm. The last time we had a bunch of guests, she literally had a panic attack (from excitement, not being overwhelmed or nervous) and we had to send her to our bedroom and hold her for a few minutes until she could calm down. We thought the calming effects of CBD might be beneficial this time around, but she had just started on her Galliprant and I wanted to make sure there were no counterindications....

Around last Thanksgiving, I asked Princess Peach’s vet if she could take CBD chews for her anxiety/enthusiasm. The last time we had a bunch of guests, she literally had a panic attack (from e…

22/10/2023

A little over a week ago, Bowser got out overnight and I found the dogs barking outside first thing in the morning. This is not unusual, they will chase squirrels and feral cats at 5am. However, I come outside to a loud MEOW! which was unusual because most of the time the feral cats are GONE. I found where the meow was coming from....

A little over a week ago, Bowser got out overnight and I found the dogs barking outside first thing in the morning. This is not unusual, they will chase squirrels and feral cats at 5am. However, I …

21/05/2023

Man oh man have I been gone from this blog for too long. I really set all of these lofty goals in January, and then I completely fall apart by February. I need to prioritize this space more, since I have so many things to write about. A lot has happened in the past five months, but today's post is specifically in honor of the second anniversary of when we got Bowser!...

Man oh man have I been gone from this blog for too long. I really set all of these lofty goals in January, and then I completely fall apart by February. I need to prioritize this space more, since …

15/01/2023

It feels like this week I've barely had time to squeeze anything in. I've had to do stalls for all the horses at the barn I board at this week, and with early sunsets in the winter, that means that I really didn't have time to ride except Thursday. I squeezed in a quick twenty minute ride where W***y spent the entire time on the edge of being explosive....

It feels like this week I’ve barely had time to squeeze anything in. I’ve had to do stalls for all the horses at the barn I board at this week, and with early sunsets in the winter, tha…

03/01/2023

I wanted to talk about my accomplishments and goals for 2023, and start by analyzing my goals from the beginning of 2022. From my previous post, my horse goals were: Keep W***y Sound (mostly everything is predicated on this) - W***y has been predominantly sound this year, we have just been working on strengthening everything once the problem was correctly diagnosed and treated....

I wanted to talk about my accomplishments and goals for 2023, and start by analyzing my goals from the beginning of 2022. From my previous post, my horse goals were: Keep W***y Sound (mostly everyt…

02/01/2023

I just went back and read over 2021 accomplishments and 2022 goals and I realize how much and how little I succeeded on some of things I anticipated happening in 2022. Let's start with some good things that happened this year though: W***y is sound, we even got to the real root of his problem (his SI) and had it treated appropriately....

I just went back and read over 2021 accomplishments and 2022 goals and I realize how much and how little I succeeded on some of things I anticipated happening in 2022. Let’s start with some g…

14/12/2022

Yesterday was the first day I was genuinely cold while riding. It was in the 40s and I was wearing a sweatshirt that the wind just tore right through. My hands felt like frozen blocks. But this is the weather of W***y. Honestly, it's the weather of me too. I 100% prefer being cold to being hot, and so does W***y....

Yesterday was the first day I was genuinely cold while riding. It was in the 40s and I was wearing a sweatshirt that the wind just tore right through. My hands felt like frozen blocks. But this is …

29/11/2022

It's already the end of November. I have no idea how that happened so quickly. I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. We had 15 people over at my house. Bowser is all of us after Thanksgiving though, completely worn out. And he didn't even do anything! Princess Peach had some CBD with all of our guests coming in and out this extended weekend....

It’s already the end of November. I have no idea how that happened so quickly. I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. We had 15 people over at my house. Bowser is all of us after Thanksgi…

18/11/2022

The biggest obstacle with W***y is that when he is feeling good, he tends to injure himself in the field acting like an idiot. And sure enough, W***y received a bad report card this week, acting like a dingus on Tuesday, torturing his friend and just being all around a t**t. Of course, this is coming at daylight savings time, where it is getting dark at 5:15pm and for some reason traffic is infinitely worse than normal, so he's not in as much work as I would like him to be....

The biggest obstacle with W***y is that when he is feeling good, he tends to injure himself in the field acting like an idiot. And sure enough, W***y received a bad report card this week, acting li…

16/11/2022

I am completely failing at keeping my goal of writing two blog posts a week. There's always next year, and I will continue to try to meet that goal throughout the end of 2022. Right now though, I need to catch you all up on what has happened since the beginning of October. I turned 30! I did get a beautiful Dressage Whip as a birthday gift and cannot wait to try it out in a show next year....

I am completely failing at keeping my goal of writing two blog posts a week. There’s always next year, and I will continue to try to meet that goal throughout the end of 2022. Right now thoug…

06/10/2022

Most of Southeast Virginia, especially horse and farm owners, were wishing for rain up until this past week. We were something crazy like 8inches behind this year. It was a very dry August and September. So when Hurricane Ian was making his way towards us, I know a lot of us were hoping we would get some rain from that. We did, and it basically has not stopped raining since....

Most of Southeast Virginia, especially horse and farm owners, were wishing for rain up until this past week. We were something crazy like 8inches behind this year. It was a very dry August and Sept…

03/10/2022

Have you all ever taken those personality quizzes to see what kind of animal you are? I'm fairly certain that if Bowser were to take one of them he'd come back with half cat, half dog. The quote that comes to mind, from Spaceballs, "I'm half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!" How, you ask, is my Franken-kitty half cat and half dog?...

Have you all ever taken those personality quizzes to see what kind of animal you are? I’m fairly certain that if Bowser were to take one of them he’d come back with half cat, half dog. …

29/09/2022

For the first time since starting this blog, I sat down to write, and had nothing to write about. The dogs are super happy and quiet, Bowser is both extremes, running wildly or sleeping like a rock, and W***y, while experiencing some setbacks in our recovery, is still progressing. So I have nothing excited regarding the animals to talk about. But the term, "no news is good news" applies at least....

For the first time since starting this blog, I sat down to write, and had nothing to write about. The dogs are super happy and quiet, Bowser is both extremes, running wildly or sleeping like a rock…

28/09/2022

I alluded to the fact that the past couple of times I've taken W***y anywhere, he has not been so great at the whole getting on the trailer thing. With a new horse, I would just assume he wasn't trained very well, and go back to scratch and start practicing loading regularly. With W***y, I knew he was being stubborn--he used to load right on the trailer with no problems!...

I alluded to the fact that the past couple of times I’ve taken W***y anywhere, he has not been so great at the whole getting on the trailer thing. With a new horse, I would just assume he was…

23/09/2022

I realized that some of my readers may not know much about me outside of who I am in regards to my pets. I thought I would take some time to tell you all a little about me and some of my favorite things outside of the dogs, cat, and W***y. I work for the Federal Government. I love my job, but I think most people find what I do pretty boring....

I realized that some of my readers may not know much about me outside of who I am in regards to my pets. I thought I would take some time to tell you all a little about me and some of my favorite t…

21/09/2022

W***y and I had a lesson on Friday and I think I may have been a little too forthcoming with Lehua's advice. See, during the clinic, Lehua told me that we could be pushed a bit more, and that we would both rise to the occasion, so I shared that tidbit with my trainer, and we paid for it dearly....

W***y and I had a lesson on Friday and I think I may have been a little too forthcoming with Lehua’s advice. See, during the clinic, Lehua told me that we could be pushed a bit more, and that…