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Drawing blood from the Jbird is not a problem, nor is giving tranq's for
floating teeth, etc. But when he sees a syringe - he is in orbit usually
on his hind feet. 

Truman

Susan Garlinghouse wrote:
> > Come out and try your theory on the Jbird. He's proved three vets wrong
> > so far. The only way we can do him is blinkers to keep him from seeing
> >   
>
>
> There's no way of saying 'okay' without sounding as though I'm being
> disrespectful to my elders,<g> but I've won a couple of pretty good beer
> wagers so far getting to be the one to vaccinate the 'uninjectable' horse.
> I'm sure it'll catch up with me someday, probably sooner than later, but
> done okay so far.   Banzai vaccinating's easy---sometimes getting a jugular
> sample is pretty interesting and getting a 12 cc blood sample from the
> facial sinus---now THAT's exciting.  :-)
>
> Susan G