Podcast Follow Up

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Alright, friends, let me make this short and sweet. I just wanted to do a little a little follow-up podcast off of the little podcast that I did recently. I think it was like two podcasts ago. Go back and listen to that. If you haven't already listened to it, to know the whole deal. But wanted to give a little follow-up in regard to my one horse and having the vet come out and evaluate her for lameness and all that stuff. Vet came out. I was not making anything up in my head. She agreed, something looked off, something looked wrong. Ended up doing all the nerve blocks that they do to kind of assess what's going on, where things are coming from, and did x-rays, the whole gamut of the workup. And turns out her palmer angle on her left front, which we've had issues with in the past, is back looking not so perfect. And she also has some other some other changes on her x-rays and things like that, but um the vet seemed pretty optimistic that we caught the whole thing pretty early and that we can hopefully get it corrected before it it blossoms into like a full-blown problem. And I had I caught I messaged my farrier right away and it said, Hey, can you get out? You know, when's as soon as you can get out to address some of this stuff. Uh for people who don't have horses, farrier is the they're the people that like trim their hoofs, take care of their feet, all all of that stuff. When so when you have issues with the way their hoofs are shaped, when you have issues with things like she's having issues with the feet, essentially, they're your go-to person. Um, and my farrier is amazing. But I messaged him, I said, when's the quickest you can come out? And he literally came out today. So all my you know, it was so quick, everything was so quick. Like I called them the next day, the vet was out, the day after that, the farrier was out, and hopefully, I mean, we don't know where the end of the story is gonna come to. I'm I'm not saying we're at the end of this story, but I'm just hopeful that we caught everything in time, we got it addressed right away, and we're gonna start seeing some improvement, not going the other direction into something bad. And again, if you didn't listen to the podcast a couple of episodes ago, go back and listen to that so you know what I'm talking about and you know what I'm following up on. But I just wanted to give a little update on that, short and sweet, because what I was saying in that podcast is exactly true in this situation. If you if you have something stressful, if you have something that is frustrating, if you have a problem in your life that is giving you anxiety, if you have an issue that's giving you anxiety, stress, worry, fear, frustration, disappointment, all those negative emotions, we have a tendency if we allow, if we allow our primal part of our brain that's in charge of sympathetic nervous system, in charge of fight or flight response, if we allow that part of a brain, our brain to to do what it wants to do naturally, you're always going to want to just turn away from that thing that is giving you those negative emotions. Like it's our human nature to want to run away from those things, get away from those things, deny those things, don't address those things, pun it down the road, procrastinate, say, oh, I'll deal with that another day. It's just our human nature. And usually when it comes to a sit not a like I said, not a physical threat situation. We're talking about just a unfortunate situation that happens in life that is just a little is just problematic. Like we don't know how to deal with it. It it brings us upsetting feelings, it brings us anxiety, nervousness, stress, worry, all those things. Usually those situations are going to be worse if you turn your head or bury your head in the sand and turn away from that thing and try to get out of addressing it, try to get out of dealing with it, try to ignore it, try to kick the can down the road and hope that it goes away. These situations typically end up with better outcomes if you turn towards the thing that is causing you the bad emotions. If you turn towards it and say, okay, let me activate the part of my brain that does the critical thinking, let me logic through this, let me think about this, let me critically think, let me think about this complex situation and let me deal with it in the best way possible so I'm better off than I would be if I just stuck my head in the sand or ignored it or didn't deal with it or pretended it didn't exist. And like I said, I don't know the outcome of what's gonna happen with my horse. This is a journey, we're all on the journey together, kind of thing. But based on the feedback from my vet, based on the feedback from my farrier, all the stuff, the fact that we jumped right on it, the fact that I called right away, the fact that we didn't dilly-dally, the fact that we, you know, saw something a little problematic and and hit it right away, right off the bat, it's gonna be it's gonna be better than what it would have been if I would have just ignored it or or kicked the can down the road. So, like I said, just wanted a little follow-up on that. And also, this is off topic, but also foster good relationships with the people, with people in your life that do services for you, that bring you value, that help you. Like what I mean when I say that is like my vet, I literally I called their office at 7 p.m. on a Tuesday, and they were at the barn at 11 a.m. on a Wednesday, like the next morning. And and this was this wasn't an emergency call. This was a routine. I need someone to come out and do a lameness eval, and they were there the next morning. And this is not a practice, it's not like they it's not like that happened because they aren't busy. These people are booked up months in advance for for visits and routine visits, like they are very busy, but I feel like I have a really good relationship with my vet, and I feel like they care, and I feel like they saw it was my horse, and I feel like they made the they made it they made it a priority to make sure that she got that my horse got taken care of. And same thing with my farrier, he's in high demand, his schedule is is always booked like four months out, like and I messaged him and and within 24 hours he's he's there and he's you know looking at my horse and and trying to help. And I I believe not that I'm saying they put me before other clients, that's not what I'm saying at all. I think they take care of good care of all of their clients, but what I'm saying is this is why you have a relationship with people who who do services for you, with people who you know, you want to be a client to someone and you want to be, you want to have that relationship with them. So when you need something, you know, they're willing to come out and help, like they're they're willing to do it quickly. They're you know, they're they're they're invested. That's the probably the best way to say it. They're invested in in helping you and being there for you. And you know, my my diesel mechanic on my truck, same thing. I have his personal cell phone number, and obviously, of course, I do not abuse that. I'm not it's not like I'm texting him uh you know all the time about my truck. Like, obviously, I don't abuse it, but like that's the relationship I have with my diesel mechanic. Is it's like, yeah, if if I need something, like these people are there to help me. And um, that's something I didn't really learn until that's something I didn't learn about life until I got the horses, and I realized how much you really need your village, like you need your village around you. And I'm sure those of you out there that have children, I'm sure you can relate. Like they always say, it it takes a village to raise children, and you know, with I I know the hor I know horses are not children. I'm not trying to say that, I'm just saying when it comes to the horses, I feel the same way. Like you depend on a lot of people to take care of these animals. Like, I have a hay person, I have a vet, I have a farrier, I have somebody that handles my truck, somebody that handles my trailers, you know. You need a village of people, and I never really appreciated that until I had the horses, and now I very much appreciate, yeah, like you need you need that, you need that extended family, and you need to foster those relationships and you need to develop those relationships, you need to find people that you trust, and then you need to foster that that relationship with those people. So when you need something, you know, they're willing to help you, and you you have a go-to person to help you, you know, along these same lines. I I was I was hauling across the country a couple years ago when when my one horse coliced, and I I was like in the middle of nowhere, I knew nothing around me, I knew I had no idea what resources to go to. Like my cell phone didn't have great service, and I was completely freaking out. And I called my vet from home, you know, and like obviously they're multiple states away, they can't help me, but I mean can't physically help me, but I didn't know what else to do. And in that moment, I felt comfortable calling them and asking them for guidance. And again, going back to what I'm saying, they were amazing. Like they picked up the phone in the middle of the night, 2 a.m., and they helped me. Like they googled nearby hospitals, they gave me advice, they told me what to do, and like they didn't get paid for any of that. It was just because I had that relationship with them, you know, that that client and vet relationship, and that's so important. So, again, just a little side bit, just a little food for thought. Uh, this is very important to have those people in your camp, those people that you can trust and and foster those relationships so when you need them, you have them, and you you can trust that you can go to them. All right, I said this would be short and sweet, so I'm gonna keep it short and sweet. Just wanted to do a little follow-up. Like I said, this journey is not over. We will see what happens with the horse, but uh as it stands right now, I'm happy I acted on my gut instinct. I'm happy, I'm happy that I took the plunge and just got the professionals out there, got them to look at her, and hopefully, you know, that's going to save us a lot of heartache now in the future. We'll get this thing corrected, we'll be back up and running, and hopefully, all is going to be good. So, obviously, keep you guys posted. Thanks for tuning in again. Please come back and also share this with anyone that you think might like this podcast. That would be really appreciated. All right, talk again soon. Bye.