About
My name is Eileen O’Connor.
In December 2007, I became a 100% owner of my first horse. In March 2008, he had colic surgery and has since struggled to regain his previous good health.
The photo in the header is of my horse.
My horse’s health challenges became my puzzles to solve, and caused me to think about what good health or homeostasis means for horses.
In this blog I hope to find some clarity about diagnosis, cost of treatment, the use of supplements and the role played by veterinarians, trimmers, farriers, owners, trainers, physical therapists and the horses themselves in a horse’s good health.
The address of this blog was inspired by a quote from Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, an early 20th Century astrophysicist. Eddington once wrote, “We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about `and’.”
In this blog, I want to look at the “and” between horses and humans and what that has to do with good health.
you have a very pretty horse. Your blog is a very impressive site, and reminded me of your wonderful writing style.
Truth be told, however, I have always harbored a deep fear of horses. (They are just too big) I didn’t even want to ride the ponies as a kid (too smelly as well)
But that is not to say that you should not continue to follow your passion. That is what life is all about.
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Hi Eileen, You first paragraph on your “about” page really grabbed me! How is your beautiful horse doing now? Read a few of your posts and you write with much insight. Hope all is well in your world today. Gayle
Thank you, Gayle. All is well. My horse continues to heal with the help of some amazing people. We are about to start on a “Flower Essences” program with Kathleen Aspenns. My horse also has a good horse buddy who gives him that essential horse-to-horse time in the field.