Meet Shiner.Shiner is standing in for Pookey Bear today, because Pookey Bear looks wretched.
Don't be alarmed--health-wise, he is better than he has been in months!
At his check-up yesterday he was walking nicely, so nicely that Joe and Dr. W decided not to even mess with his little rubber shoe.
He even escaped without x-rays--a first!
No, his wretched appearance is not health-related, but rather a management problem.
After three weeks of being cooped up in his stall but being relatively mobile and active, he has ground his beautiful fluffy $having$ down to dust. And because the ground outside was so treacherous that I really couldn't take him out of his stall, I have been unable to strip it and clean it.
The end result is that his whole entire bay body is covered with a fine layer of dust, making him look a wee bit like a grullo (a color I have always admired).
Hopefully, the weatherman who is predicting temps in the seventies this week will be right, and Pookey can have a much-needed bath.
Until then, he will be using a stand-in...
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