Today we had a revision session held at the Easter Bush sheep herd and horse sheds. We started out at the sheep herd and basically did an hour revision session for handling the sheep. Had to refresh my memory on how to age the sheep based on which teeth were erupted (milking teeth vs. adult), which was fairly easy to do. We did not have to flip the sheep over, as this is less likely to be on the exam (woohoo!). It is easy to do, but can be a pain if the sheep are not cooperating...hence the reason they will not ask us to do this on an exam. We finished with the sheep and changed into our horse gear (boiler suites and regular boots). Apparently the water pipes froze and burst overnight due to the large amount of frost that accumulated overnight. We made our way to the horse sheds and did a quick hour revision on horse handling. We had Connie, which was very nice and was about 16 hands tall. We basically went over picking up the front/back legs, walking/jogging around and tying up to a metal ring with a slipknot. There was a girl in our class that was having the hardest time WALKING the horse around. She was pulling on the lead too hard and was also nervous and I think the horse knew she was nervous and also didn't like the fact that she was pulling on the lead. She kept stopping every two feet too and just looked absolutely confused (confused to what I do not know, walking a horse is fairly simple...). It was quite ridiculous to watch. I'm not a big horse person and have never had much experience, but walking and jogging a horse is really easy. Oh well, I guess some people are just more nervous with large animals than others. Went home afterwards and have been studying ever since. I am working on Endocrinology right now and reading up on the Thyroid gland. Getting to Hypo/Hyperthyroidism in a bit. Hope everyone is doing well! Talk to you all later!
Oh, and by the way, REVISION is a British English term that means "preparation for exams". There was a debate as to whether the word was used correctly or not since revise means to change. Ugh! More British lingo to store in my brain...
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Lol - I was wondering about that revision thing. I was chalking it up as a Dan-ism. :)
When my mom was a kid she was 'forced' to go on a horseback trail ride with her girl scout troop. The horse she was on brushed her off on a tree. The next year the horse she got to ride lay down (while she was on it) and wouldn't get up. Perhaps the girl who had trouble walking her horse is related to my mom. :)
Happy revising! Talk to you later!
I too like Tanya, thought the revision thing was a "Danism". Thank you for clearing that up for us. I think you are getting into the large animal segment of your studies. Liking it more than you suspected? I hope you have a fabulous weekend. Tell Kristen hello for us all.Send more pictures when possible. We really enjoy them back here :)
Love,
Mumsy
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