{"id":264779,"date":"2025-05-31T04:36:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T04:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/knowledge-is-power-my-shetland\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T04:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T04:36:23","slug":"knowledge-is-power-my-shetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=264779","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge is Power | My Shetland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-78177\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The chaps and chapesses hadn\u2019t been weighed for a while so Monika came over with her scales.\u00a0 This is very important as we have a horse vet from south coming up to see all the old ones (Kolka, Haakon, Iacs, Fivla and Vitamin) and Iacs will be sedated.\u00a0 An accurate weight = accurate anaesthetic dose.<\/p>\n<p>We did the little ones first.\u00a0 All were very good about being caught and leading onto the scales.\u00a0 They are used to this routine now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78182\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8969.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78181\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8974.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78180\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8971.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Then it was the other\u2019s turn. First, I chose Vitamin and then Fivla, who was skulking in the shed hoping I wouldn\u2019t find her.\u00a0 Haakon was the only idiot (I was ashamed), walking over the scales but just missing it by one leg.\u00a0 I won in the end\u00a0 by pushing fourth leg on and his weight was measured so he stood there sulkily defeated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78179\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8975.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The results were very interesting. I had been worrying for ages about everyone\u2019s weight.\u00a0 Were the Icelandics too thin?\u00a0 Apparently not.\u00a0 Was Tiddles looking a bit bony and emaciated \u2013 definitely not.<\/p>\n<p>It is incredible how just looking and prodding doesn\u2019t give any sense of accuracy. In fact I was totally wrong.<\/p>\n<p>So, Monika\u2019s invaluable help and use of her scales were the answer and Plan B(iv.z) was made.\u00a0 No more hay when it\u2019s raining, no matter what for the little ones, even if they are utterly miserable. Stop the fattening mash and linseed for the old Icelandics and Shetlands \u2013 they don\u2019t need it this time of year.<\/p>\n<p><span data-huuid=\"14776410494933504707\">Scientia ipsa potentia est<\/span> <em>(knowledge is power)<\/em> as they say and now I know, I must stay strong.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78178\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8977.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-47143706-78177-683a874757592\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=47143706&amp;post_id=78177&amp;origin=myshetland.co.uk&amp;obj_id=47143706-78177-683a874757592\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-47143706-78177-683a874757592\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\tThis entry was posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/category\/myshetland\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MyShetland<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/knowledge-is-power\/\" title=\"5:45 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2025-05-30T17:45:22+01:00\">May 30, 2025<\/time><\/a><span class=\"by-author\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/author\/francestaylor\/\" title=\"View all posts by Frances\" rel=\"author\">Frances<\/a><\/span><\/span>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=249643311490&version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chaps and chapesses hadn\u2019t been weighed for a while so Monika came over with her scales.\u00a0 This is very important as we have a horse vet from south coming up to see all the old ones (Kolka, Haakon, Iacs, Fivla and Vitamin) and Iacs will be sedated.\u00a0 An accurate weight = accurate anaesthetic dose. 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