A Rolling Reveal

Abby loves a good roll. Add in a nice squishy mud spot and she is almost as happy as she is when I bring her candy corn or candy canes.

I often pull out my camera and shoot some snaps of her enjoying herself.

After her most recent roll I was looking through the photos and smiling at her obvious enjoyment. But then, a flash of white on her belly caught my eye.

What on earth was that white spot near her udder? I began scrolling back through the pics I'd just taken, looking for a clearer picture of it.

Was it a healing scrape? A fungus of some sort, or maybe even a granuloma? Not going to lie, I was worried. I've had her for over ten years but I'd never noticed that spot before.

I decided to look back through photos of Abby rolling and the best place to find those was right here on my blog. 

I did a search and the very first hit was all I needed.

There that cream colored spot was, clear as day. Somehow I had missed it in the past.

Abby and I have been together ten years and during that time my orthopedic issues have worsened.  It is difficult for me to bend and look under her belly, but seeing that white spot, and the jolt it gave me, pointed out that I'm not the only one getting older; Abby is, too. 

And while the belly spot turned out just to be that - a belly spot - I plan to more closely check her over from now on.

On a totally unrelated note, she does have another issue going on. More on that tomorrow.

Stay 'tooned!

Spot On!

Finding that wonderful FAM with the giant spots at GLC has fueled a latent passion of mine - finding spot variations. I've had my eye out on eBay for a while, and decided that it might be a good idea to document what I had so that I make an informed search rather than relying on lucky finds like the one I had Saturday.

So, this morning I photographed the pieces that I had and for which I was looking for variations.

 The black Appaloosa Lying Foal. (The one on the right is a pearly.)

 The black Appaloosa Scratching Foal.

"Dappled Dude," the Western Prancer, and named after a Girl Scout camp horse I fell in love with when I was in elementary school.

 Some dapples, hmmm? Hah!

 My belly band Family Arabian Stallion.

 Say what you will, I think the FAS is a beautiful mold.

 My Indian Pony with light brown spots.

For this one, not only is there a size variation, but a spot color variation as well - there is a dark spot variation to find!

 My belly band black Appaloosa Family Arabian Foal.

 He has extensive spots!

 And Tribal Dancer, a piece from my carpet herd.

These are common pieces that would usually not go to a show or make a blog post - it's kind of nice to see them shine a bit!

 Finally, my sandy bay Quarter Horse Yearling.

I believe there is a darker color spot variation for this mold/color as well.

Wish me luck as I begin my search!