You never know what you're going to see at New Bolton Center, the amazing veterinary facility that is in our backyard. A friend's horse had an appointment on Thursday, and she asked me to meet her there to lend moral support. She clinched the deal by offering me a dozen eggs from her chickens (which have started laying more plentifully because of the longer days).
While we were there, not only did we get to watch New Bolton's world-class farrier, Patrick Reilly, at work changing a hoof cast, but we also saw a goat-patient being wheeled between buildings on a stretcher. (Another friend who volunteers there said she recently got to babysit for a kangaroo.) And as my friend led her horse back to the trailer, three eagle-eyed professionals scrutinized his gait (the verdict was good); unaccountably, the scene reminded me of fashion editors peering intently at an exquisite haute couture model walking the catwalk.
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