Articles by Jody — No More Pain Plus

Welcome to August! Hope you are enjoying the sunny days! Well after much harassment, my daughter Drea actually got me to start posting on Instagram…and I gotta tell ya, I’m having a lot of fun! Our new minis (Sven age 2 and Cisco, age 20) are super cute and I’m finding lots of reasons to post videos (or “reels” as Instagram calls them) about the boys and what we are doing with them. Plus, I’ve been throwing in stuff about our dogs, chickens, goats and even the occasional grandchild. As far as I can tell, Sven and Cisco haven’t done much...

Dealing with a wet winter is sure fun in Oregon!...not!

AVOIDING COLIC If there is one health issue that every horse owner has experienced, its colic. Whether a very mild case that just needed a little TLC to surgery and even death, colic is a common word in the horse world. If I could point a finger at the number one cause for colic episodes it would be gut health. That may seem really obvious when you put it into words, but in reality it isn’t. “My horse coliced because it has gut health issues” is not something you will hear very often. It is blamed on not enough water,...

Grace has come a long way in seven months. Not only changes to her diet (switching from our premixes to her own chosen mix) but now starting into some serious training!