Animals have a terrific sense of humour. Mine have just co-ordinated a mass outbreak of malingering.
Every single last one of them has gone down with a complicated illness or injury.
It all started a few weeks ago when Tara the chestnut mare ripped her lower eyelid open. The vet who came to stitch it then discovered that she was also lame, and had suspected Cushing’s disease.
Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it
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