Before New Years

Hello Everyone-
Back at work today. had yesterday off- my farrier came. He could only do 9 of my horses. Out of 14. For the most part, they were good for him. They can get so impatient! But Dewey is fast and i like that. The last farrier I had was a wonderful guy and did well doing the hooves, but he took very long. He is only in his upper 20's and has some health/back issues. Took him 6 hours to do the horses, while Dewey took only about 2 hours. I just cant stand with naughty horses for 6 hours anymore. Was getting to be the worst part of having horses! If the farrier goes fast, then the horses are much better for standing away from their buddies for 10 or so minutes. The new boy, Antar did very well for him. He had to have his front shoes off. I dont do shoes unless I have to. And Antar is not being ridden, so he really doesnt need them. Antar is a great boy. Wish i could find him a person to love. Wish i could find more homes for most of my horses! But it is not the case at least for now. I have been in a 'funk' for the last couple of months. Trying to decide if i should continue this program. Most days, its wonderful and i have great fun with the horses. Then I find myself getting depressed about the calls and emails of all of the horses that i cannot help. I try to give owners options, but sometimes they dont work. Sometimes they do. I try to concentrate on that. I sometimes wake up during the night and my thoughts go towards my horses. Are they ok? Are they warm? did someone go through a fence? 99% of the time, when i do get up in the morning, they are just staring at me waiting for me to feed them. I guess winters are really a source of my thoughts. Its cold, its windy, its raining like it did on Xmas day! Then it gets cold. I know horses can take this. they have shelter and most times, they are out in the elements. They are not stupid, but they sometimes look miserable! But i told my farrier yesterday, its the humans who are more concerned then they are. They know how to keep warm and to survive. They have for hundreds of years. Harley, still plugging along with his big blanket. Eating more and more hay which is good. He gets mad when i adjust his blanket and try to feel his ribs to make sure he is still ok and either sustaining his weight or anything different. Cheyenne gets upset when I feed grain to Kobb in the mornings and she doesnt get any. Missy now needing a blanket in the winter after I saw her shivering one morning. Wondering how long that i can keep my rescue and horses. Wondering if the economy will get better and i can find homes. Planning on the big fund raiser for June. Lookign for another roommate. Well I can at least say that part of my life is certainly not boring. Thinking to myself, well its Saturday, i can sleep in! For about 1/2 hour because i know my horses are looking at their clocks wondering where mom is. A couple of days it will be 2010. Another year. Wondering where my new love is?! Going to lose some of my weight, get healthy to keep going and delving into the horses that bring me so much joy. What would i do without them? Complain more?? Oh yes, then you would be so sick of me! Have a great and safe New Years eve!

Who made the pasta???

Hello Everyone-
Well Monday again- the weekends just go to dang fast! On Friday, I had a so-so day at work, feeling alittle bummed out to go home. My roommate told me last week that she was going to move to Madison. Moving out. She was my best roommate. She really is a great lady. She helped me out with fences, my dogs, my wheelbarrow (this morning), cleaning, multiple things. She is really totally cool. A very good friend.
Anyhow, i come home on Friday feeling bummed. I get home and there is a card on the kitchen counter. Wasnt from the mail. but it was a great note thanking me for my work with the rescue and to thank me they left me a HUGE pasta dish! how awesome was that? But the thing that kind of concerns me? they didnt put their name on it! I would like to thank them, so i am doing that on my blog. Thank you so much!! Put me in so much better of a mood. It was such a kind, generous and wonderful surprise. And besides, it was awesome to eat. i have like 8 meals out of it! Had some on Friday night, Sunday night and now am eating more for lunch today at work! thank you again, my mystery pasta fairy! So many times, i come home and eat a grilled cheese sandwich or just some cereal. So this was fantastic!
So- only 4 more days until Christmas! Are you all ready? Just hoping that the weather stays good enough to drive to. Thank goodness I dont have all that far to go, but snow makes me a big old baby driving. So lets all pray that the weather holds for all of us to get to our family/friends in one piece!

Winter can be challenging!

Well, it has been awhile since blogging! Winter can sure be a challenge. Last week we got 17 inches and then sub zero temps right after it. didnt go to work on the day it snowed alot and then when i did go to work, it would take 2 hours to get there and then home again!! That gets stressful and tiring. Going either at a crawl or 20 mph. I have a 27 mile trip one way from home to work. Normally it takes from 35-50 minutes depending on how much traffic. And then of course getting hay to barns. but I finally have a nice path! Then its back to normal once again.
Ok, call me stupid. I am getting in another horse tonight. Hard luck case and this horse is not a horse that should be put down. But I really, really promise that I will not take in another horse. I just cant! I owe everyone under the stars and would like to start getting up to date with them. I think i wrote earlier that I got a part time job at Walmart. Well i also got laid off from Walmart! First time in their history of hiring seasonal workers that they laid them off BEFORE Christmas! It figures! HA! Anyhow, only got in 52 hours in 3 weeks, so i did get some money. Then i had to wait for my checks. They sent me a thank you card saying they liked my work and thank you for working (only 3 weeks!). I guess that was nice, but man! If i knew that might happen i would have gotten a different job - now all of the bigger places have hired already for the Christmas season. But I did get another job. I will be working for the guy who supplies my hay! He has graciously let me know that I can work for him on the weekends. I said a big yes! I do appreciate that! he has a big farm and also has Morgans that he trains. So I will be doing the usual, like feeding, watering, turning out, mucking stalls, grooming the horses before they do their training. I love this work. Kind of sucks in the winter time, but as long as I keep active, the cold doesnt bother me too much. And the other plus besides the obvious one of paying off hay bills is that he only lives about 10 minutes from me! And i also would love to see how he trains the Morgans he has! So excited about that. Not excited about 6:30 am! I get up at 6am normally to do my horses to get to work by 8am. Weekends, i actually like to sleep until 6:30 to 7:15 am! Doesnt anyone ever sleep in on weekends??!! HA! Well it will not kill me for sure. And i so appreciate the job! I dont think it will be an all day job either and if I can, I will take at least one nap a weekend! HA! Anyhow, everyone is doing well, keeping warm, eating and being horses, like they should! and Harley eating more! yeah! he still hates me and hates when i adjust his blanket or feel under. He wants to be left alone and mom! I dont need any meds! I hate meds! per Harley. Sorry Harley-boy, you will still get your meds!
I should blog before Christmas! Happy Holidays!

End of the burdocks!

Well, it is Tuesday, its snowing. I am taking care of my neighbors cats, dog, horses and mini donkeys. It seems to always give us a huge storm during this week! But i do have help. My other neighbors, Dennis and Laura (Michael) are also helping out. Which is good. i dont mind doing it, but it takes a while. and of course the snow is crappy as well! But I would rather have the snow then a ton of rain! Its more peaceful and I still have footing! Just a few updates on Harley. He is moving around a bit slower and deliberate. Probably because of his arthritis and the snow. But he is eating alot more hay which i thoroughly love! I put it down in a couple of different places for him. I also finally got all of the burrs out of his mane. My neighbor has this awesome comb just for burrs! But Harley is back to being his usual handsome self and now that he is in his own paddock, he cant get into more burdocks.
Anyhow, a huge storm coming from the west. its snowing now, but not too bad. Tonight we could get up to a foot of snow and in that case I will NOT be coming in to work. I am such a baby when it comes to driving in the snow. Just hate it. Snow a bit this morning and we were at a crawl from Cross Plains into Madison. An hour late! Drives me insane. No accident, just people going very slow. there is slow and then there is ridiculously slow! Which was what it was this morning! Have a ton of work to do today in case I dont come in tomorrow. So please everyone be careful if you are driving tonight or tomorrow! Might have to get some chips and dip for some comfort food for tonight! HA! Also miss the pizza delivery- I only had pizza delivery once in the 17 years of being here. Then they went out of business. Bummer. Nothing like hot pizza already done with the specified toppings to come to your door! Yummy!

Winter and snow

Well yesterday we finally got our first real snow fall. I want to say by this time last year we had quite a bit. While I would rather snow than a ton of rain, I am still not ready for winter just yet! Not sure why! Probably the reason there are so few rescues up nort! Plain and simple, the winter sucks! I dont mind when we get 30's and above. Very ok in doing chores. When the wind blows and its colder, its horrible! Last night wasnt bad I guess. But it took me about 2 hours to get home. the first snow is always awful when it comes to driving and that is what happened last night. The traffic was crawling for about 10-12 miles before I came upon a HUGE SUV turned over to its side. And it was over to the side of the road. I hope no one was injured! But dang! Slow it down. Is it worth it to get home the same time vs. slowing it down and getting home 5-10 minutes later? Isnt it worth getting home safe to your family then to spend a few days in the hospital? I think it is. So taking 2 hours to get home last night didnt bother me much. I have to say it bothered my horses feeding them an our later! they all screamed at me to hurry my behind up to get them some hay!! Even Harley whinnying at me! So I got done by 8pm and went inside to get warm myself. But it wasnt too bad. When you are moving around in the cold its better. suggestion- wear layers! It does work! One thing i do hate though is- wearing gloves. I only wear them when it is very cold out. Just always hated wearing gloves! Cant really feel the feed and pails to the horses. oh well. Another 4 months of cold and snow! Snow is great when i am done with chores and inside watching TV and cuddling up! Driving pretty much is horrible in the snow. I have 4 wheel drive and still i am a big time baby when it comes to driving in the snow!
I think its about time to bring out the water tank heaters and put on Harley's blanket too! He didnt seem to cold. I think he is eating more too. But its hard to tell. He tosses his hay out of the bin to get to the good stuff on the bottom. And he didnt eat all of his grain yesterday either. But he was waiting for the fresh stuff last night! Poor Harley. I would love to come up with the solution on giving him some of my extra weight! i would be a billionaire and then i could really rescue some horses!! I dream about what I could do with my rescue if i were to win a bunch of money. Actually there is 4 of us girls at work who put in 2 bucks each week for powerball. We have been doing that for 2 1/2 years now. We are due!! Anyhow, back to the dream. I would first buy the land around my place. I would grow alfalfa and then i would put up a BIG indoor arena that is insulated! I would put in more stalls and have little paddocks for them to go out or stay in their stalls as they felt. I would also have a bigger paddock for the horse who like to graze and run around. With big lean-to's for them to go inside when the weather is bad. I would also love to have a store with different kinds of grains and equipment for people and their horses. Have people come and demonstrate different kinds of supplies and how to care for the horse. I could Rebecca for my trainer and she can help with doing stalls and most important, training the horses to ride!! yes, that is what i would do! Still working on the fund raiser, will be up until June 26, 2010. Hope you can join us! Have a good weekend everyone!

Holidays and such

Well, its been awhile since I have written in this blog, sorry about that! But anyhow, the life at the ranch is going pretty well. Knock on wood, the horses are doing pretty good. I have had to fix a few fences, but now the herds are where they should be. Harley, driving me crazy as he was just out on my lawn and seemed to always find my burdock bushes! Every night pulling out burrs out of his tail and mane. I think he does it on purpose!! Anyhow, now he is in the middle paddock by himself. i have to make sure he gets all of his grain and hay. He will eat some and then walk off, then come back and eat some more, go over to his hay bin and eat some of that, go and lay down. He makes me dizzy! But if he were with another horse, they would be a balloon and Harley would get skinnier. dont worry, Harley has access to both paddocks on either side of him. So he can kabitz anytime he wants! He has a stall and a nice big tree to lay under! He has been gaining a bit of weight, not much, but some. I am hoping he eats more as it gets colder. Still cant really put his jacket on yet because it isnt that cold yet. He is such a good boy. Cant wait to see some real weight on him!
Cheyenne and Raven are in with Kobb, Honey, Daevin and Breeze. They didnt take too long to get their hierarchy established! cheyenne is now the boss. And she isnt a good boss. I still want to put her in with the brutes and put her down a peg or two! But I need to wait until the ground is a bit more dry because of her foot. They will run her around a bit before settling. then Kobb can be boss again and get his grain in the morning and at night. He is really at a good weight now and a very nice coat and i would like to keep him that way! He will be 32 next year! Cant even tell! Love that boy! And he is a good boss too. Just like Papa jack is. right now, even with a short day (light), me having 2 jobs and everyone healthy (knock on wood) life is good. Christmas is coming, I am in a cookie exchange (yummy)I am wondering when i have time to do my shopping! And really looking forward to going to lunch with my good friend Cindy and Lynn!
Plans for the fund raiser going well. Getting our contribution letters going this week. Getting more prizes and also adding on a demo with Pam about hunt/jump! More to come later!

the world as it is

Well it is Friday. I seem to like to post on Fridays. Hmmmm.. Maybe because I want the week to be over? probably. This week has been long. And now the week will be longer. Will be working on weekends now at Walmart. Doesnt seem too hard or even to use alot of brain power but will be busy, so that is good. We are supposed to get the 's' word (snow) next week. I guess we have been putting off winter for long enough. Time to come! Last night i was planning on going over to Pursley's where Lady is at. Michele is fostering her (thank you Michele)and i have been there to help (?)ok, just watch Michele ride Lady. We are going to get quite a few rides on her before either Midwest and the fund Raiser next June. I am hoping for a family to get her! she is doing very well, just needs more practice! She is so beautiful and caring. I am so surprised someone hasnt adopted her yet! She will be 20 years old and has impeccable ground manners. Only has been ridden the indoor arena and a few times in the outside round pen. Michele has done a great job with her on ground training, but hopefully Rebecca can really get her finished. She is an awesome horse and loves to be messed with.
We will be finding out in December if we get to go to Midwest again this year. This would be my 5th year in going. We have such a great time and I get quite a few donations! But other rescues want to be included and Midwest Horse Fair is really geared in accepting the breeds. So we may not be accepted. But i hope so! It took me 2 years of pleading with the board and they finally let me in. If they have extra stalls why not? Brings in more money for them. So cross your fingers.
So anyhow, Harley update. He is gaining but still so slowly. I have to give him bute with a syringe. He hates meds or powdered meds or anything foreign in his grain. So that is hard. he was a bit funny last night. Like I said I was supposed to go see Lady and Michele last night. Harley comes into the barn with a ton of burr's in his mane and tail! His tail was like a ball and there were so many burrs in his mane, i couldnt see hair anymore! Oh yes, I have time to clean you up boy! the places where I have that many burrs for him is behind the barn, so he has to walk through weeds to get through it. Wondering where he is going?? He doesnt usually stray that far. What a goof! and he really hates when I mess with him while he is eating. Puts back his ears and threatens to bite me. Dr. jean called last night saying all blood work was normal. Why isnt he eating and gaining more?? boy, if i could give him a feeding tube and dump a few hundred pounds of food into him i would! he may be in a bit more pain than i think.
Will be a nice weekend! Get a ride in before the 's' flies!! Yikes!
Take care-

A different week

So the weekend was good for me. Busy, but good. Saturday, had a conference that I helped to plan for my Ophth docs. Went from 7am to about noon. then I went to give plasma and then home. Got to actually SEE the horses. It gets dark so early now. Worst time of the year. I have lights, but its not the same as the daylight. Then on Sunday, i got up to do the horses, went back to bed for an hour and then got up to see Strider, a 19 year old Arab that a lady wants to find a good home for. Corinne, a lady who i know through the rescue went to look at him as well for her sister. Boy, is he a nice boy! Not your typical flighty Arab, but a nice, decent and well mannered boy! She has been doing natural horsemanship with him (Parelli) and the work really shows. He is bigger than I thought too. But really a beautiful boy! Lisa was very nice about explaining all she has been doing with him. She boards 3 horses (YIKES) at The Horse First in Brooklyn, WI. Wow! Say it again- WOW! NICE place! Big and beautiful indoor arena with lots of tack room, everythign you can think of! heated too! But anyhow, Lisa's youngest daughter really isnt a horse person so she needs to find a home for Strider. Both Corinne and I were very impressed with him. Good deal - she wants to find him a good home. Registered adn she is asking $500.00 for him. A great deal. Anyhow after Lisa was done speaking with us and we were talking about him in the parking lot, a family comes up to me! Its the Rodriguez family! they adopted Annie about 5 years ago! She is the QH filly who tried to attack me a few times after I got her from auction! OMG! I do normally keep in touch with my families, but I havent talked to them for about 2 years now! She is doing well and the girls are getting so tall! Young ladies now, not kids for sure. So it was a great day! Corinne was kind enough to give me a donation while we were out there as well. Thank you! I had to get grain and senior that day! Harley is doing well and actually gaining some weight too! his spine isnt so pronounced and he actually gets up when I go out to feed! I was giving him so much grain, he would nap more than usual. But now he is walking more and really, really looks forward to his little 8 pounds of grain/senior a day. Well I have to say I am saving money now with not giving him more! He is eating more hay and that is what he is supposed to be eating! I also give him alphalfa cubes as well. But little treats anymore. And boy he misses his carrots! He is such a good boy. Doesnt like me to mess with him while he is eating though! he actually will put his ears back at me! Only while he is eating though. REminds me of Breeze, Cindy and Kurts horse letting me know not to get next to her food!! OK then! tomorrow I start my part time job with Wal-Mart. Excited that I will have more money to pay for hay and things that come up. Wont be forever, I have to remember that! So Monday is almost over and thank goodness. Always busy at work on Mondays! Hope you all had a great weekend. Thank god for the weather as well!

work, work and more work

Well the last few weeks I have been putting in applications for part time jobs. yes, have to work harder and longer! But that is ok to keep my horses and rescue. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to! So Walmart calls me yesterday for an interview today. I go and get interviewed by 2 people. And then suddenly i have the job! Cashiering and helping in the toys department. I know some people who love or hate Walmart. Well for now, i love Walmart and sorry guys, for the most part I love Walmart. Great prices and I usually can find what I need and want. Not sure if I get a discount, hopefully i wont spend my check on stuff! But I wont do that. I only get what I need. So next Tuesday is my orientation day. I am going to be at Walmart on the West side of Madison. Would rather have the Baraboo location. They have a 24 hour store. So weekends are really the only time I can work. I would have loved the night shift on Friday and Saturday when I can come home, feed the horses, let the dogs out and then sleep for awhile and still have some of my weekend. But that wont be the case. But who knows? i could win the lottery before then!! HA! Have a conference that I am doing on Saturday- I have had to only work 3 Saturdays and this Saturday was an orientation day for Walmart! Figures!! So they are letting me do next Tuesday. Good the sooner the better. My full time job is the main priority, so if I can work around that, it will be good. Busy at work today, lots of phone calls and visitors. When it rains it pours! Oh no! I said the R (rain) word!! Yikes! Harley is doing pretty well on his diet. You can tell he wants more grain but he is eating more of his hay! Still waiting for my lab results. I called the office today. They said it was pretty much normal but Dr. Jean will be calling me. She will. I have to get some pics of him! Before he gains weight and is a butterball! Ok, so fat chance on that, but it could happen! Then we assess him for riding. so that is it for today. Will be back tomorrow!

Monday and back to work!

Good morning everyone! This last weekend was great! NICE weather! Up to almost 70 on both days. We worked up a sweat on Saturday. I had 4 volunteers on Saturday, Michele, Michelle, Manda and Nika! All did fabulous. We had some hard, hard work on Saturday. The big barn was horrible! I had been feeding in there for 2 weeks and it was bad with hay, poop and pee. I usually clean the big barn at least once a week but couldnt get the crap outside due to the pouring rains we got a few weeks ago. So with 5 of us, it took us about 1.5 hours to get it all clean. Still a small problem taking it out to the big pile, but we put down boards to get to the back with the manure. Now that its nice out, I have been feeding again outside. The horses have access to go in and out as they please but if the food is outside, they would rather stay outside unless its cold and/or rainy. The flies and asian beetles all woke up this weekend as well. Love it when i have a clean barn! We also cleaned tanks, moved the round pen, cleaned up the loose hay in the barn. Thank you girls!! On Sunday, Sam came to help with the bigger stuff like fencing etc. He put some new boards on the fencing, fixed my side door to the big barn, put my cabinet in the office back up and organized in there. He had a starting time when he took stuff out. It appears that I have mice in there! How in the heck can they get in there?? Man! Now I have to buy some traps or poison. Most of my feed and such is in metal trash cans, so they cant get in there, thank goodness. Rebecca also came out to work with Mia. She was good for most of the time! But when its nice out they like to jump around and buck and snort! We put the saddle and pad on her. While she was a tad bit nervous, she was good about it. My saddle is pretty heavy too, so I dont blame her saying 'what the heck is on my back!, get it off now!' Rebecca is determined to train her to ride soon. I like that determination! And Mia is ready.
Then later in the afternoon, my friend Deb came out to visit. She used to help on volunteer day, but she has some problems with her hands and fingers and just cant do that type of work anymore. But is a great friend and really loved catching up with her that wasnt via email! Today, another great day outside. My vacation is coming up! The week of thanksgiving! When I was married, i used to go out to my cousin, Virginia's place in California. It was always great to get away from the hunters and let the guys do their bonding. And I am sure while they missed me, the loved it not having me around so that i wouldnt get in the way of deer hunting. But this year will be quiet and getting stuff done, like my garage!! I need and want to park in my garage. Was going to get at that on Saturday, but just ran out of time! Have to get some gravel in front of the garage as well. Might just lose my muffler if i dont! Anyhow, long week this week. I have to work all week, with a late meeting on Thursday night and then on Saturday morning. But it should go fast! Also have an interview with Wal-mart tomorrow for a part time job on weekends. Just need to get caught up with bills, make sure I have some extra for those just in case times- you all know what i mean about that!
And I am also waiting for the paperwork to fill out for the big fund raiser next year in June! We will be having it at Mandt Stables in Oregon, WI. Big and nice place! I am very excited! so that is it for today! I know back to work, but try to have a great Monday!

Friday and Sunny!

Josh, Mindy and Isabella (Ireland's filly) Adopted in 2007!
Ok, so my days lately are just asking, is it going to rain or be sunny? Being sunny this time of year helps me immensely!! the mud is slowly drying up and I can now go into parts of the paddocks to my old routine of where I put my hay for the horses. I can go in and work a bit with Raven. She has been letting me pet her with me one side of the fence and her on her side. She has let me pet her on her back, legs, her chest and also her belly. When I go in, she is alittle more hesitant and still will only let me do her neck and head. This weekend is me going to push her a bit and try to get her to let me pet her back. I still havent been able to get the halter on her yet only because of the mud and not being able to get that close to her- she is a great girl. So wanting to trust and love. I will eventually put her in the 'docile' horses, but the first few days always bothers me because the 'docile' ones will make her run and run around so that she knows that they are over her in their horse world. She should fit it well there. Kobb -ever since he has been boss, makes sure that he is in charge and he is keeping that title! He is relentless sometimes with Daevin. Not so much with Honey and Breeze. So hopefully he will accept Raven after only a few days of torture! Big, fat Cheyenne will go back in with the bullies. She likes them for some reason. but they are all strong in body and will. So whoever goes up there must be on the look out for a chastising if needed! HA! I love my horses so-
anyhow, still working on a place for my fund raiser for next year. I think I have found a place, and have emailed them the outline we have prepared already. Pretty preliminary, but tells them what I want to do. Its either going to be a big bust or just a wonderful hectic day! Either way, we will have great fun.
We have called it "The first ever Family Horse-Around" Cool name!
this weekend is busy for me. Saturday, will have volunteers that are coming. We have a ton to do to get ready for winter. Sunday, I have a few other people coming that cant come on Saturday. A good friend, Deb who used to come out but has some problems with her hands and fingers really cant do the heavy work anymore. She is coming out to get some horse love and hang with me as well. We also have to get things ready for the Jefferson Tack Sale that is in January. We sell all sorts of tack and baked goods. We do very well there. It also benefits the 4-H clubs in the area with the money they get for their tables. So all in all, a very good event! Lots of tack stuff there. 2 huge buildings full of people selling stuff. find great deals!
Also Rebecca coming out to work with Mia. Mia has been doing extremely well for Rebecca. Poor Rebecca lost her round pen so that i could use that for another paddock! I am extremely happy with what she is doing with my horses. She is kind, patient and really loves to work with them. She is still planning on trying to train her to ride even over the winter! i cant wait!
Oh, i will be going out on Sunday to see Blinky (now Mr. B) and Flicka. they were the two that found a great couple to adopt them. I couldnt take them into my rescue but advertised them for the lady who couldnt keep them anymore. I will be getting updated pictures of them up on this blog next week. thank you don and Lynne!
I will be sending out an email next week to my horse contacts to see about volunteering for the fund raiser and also if they can donate any used tack for me to sell at the Jefferson Sale. Its been a long week for me at work, but a good one.
I wish you all well!

thank you Jean!

Ok, so yesterday was a busy day for me. Stayed home in the morning so that my vet, Dr. Elmer could assess Harley. He was snoozing of course, but once he saw her he gets up! What is it with vets and the horses can smell them a mile away?? Boy, he was a BAD boy with me trying to get his halter on. He wasnt having anything to do with getting poked and prodded. Finally we get the halter on him. He is trying to get away! I guess he is a bit spoiled (ok, alot spoiled). I havent really worked with him and he gets to roam wherever he pleases. Jean is working him over but not anything horrible on his part- His heart good, his teeth good. He is obviously a little bit in pain with his arthritis in his hips. But when he walks around, he is better. comes from laying down all dang day! I am sore too after sleeping at night!
So anyhow, we are bringing his senior/grain wayyyyyyyyyyyyy down to make him eat more hay. So here is his first day of his new diet.
8 pounds of grain
unlimited hay (he always has that)
1/2 cup of veg oil on his grain
1/2 cup of molasses
1 gram bute in syringe with apple sauce or molasses (since he doesnt eat anything that is medication in his grain!)
So we will see how he does with that.
One thing I was not knowing is that if you give them too much veg oil the grain doesnt get absorbed as well. I was putting it on his grain each time (x3)
So this is his diet each day.
He is also getting a heavy duty wormer for 5 days straight.
Then I can continue on his every other month regime.
So, Harley, lets see the pounds come on! He is such a good boy and i really dont think its time for him to be put down. i think he can come around, gain weight and be ridden again! He also got his blood drawn (good boy at this!) and we hope there isnt anything wrong internally. Also giving him Vit E in his grain.
I love you Harley! You need to be with us for a long time! All of my volunteers just love him as much as I do. Hard not to. He follows everyone around. Like a huge dog! Anyhow, lets all pray for Harley!

I got a call last night from a lady in Canada. She left me a message to call her. Which is fine, but she is in Canada! My answering machine is very horrible so I got all of her numbers except the last one. REally dont have the funds to call someone in Canada. If you would like to talk to me, emailing me is much better! Its free!
jpulvermacher@ophth.wisc.edu - Also with the scammers around, I dont want to call this number and then my phone bill comes in and I owe a bunch of money! Not that I think this woman is a scammer, but I have to be careful. She said that she was on my website and to call her. Well, if you are reading this (Corrine, I think??) please email me or call me back after 7pm at night! I was also working late last night and didnt get home until 8pm. But I apologize if you are someone who wants to just talk! But as I am watching my pennies very carefully, even calling a honest person at a regular phone number is a bit over my budget right now. Trying to find a place for my fund raiser next year and not having too much luck at that. but I am still looking!! Need a place big enough! Not alot of stables that are big enough for this- But I am trying to find one.
I also want to thank all of my volunteers and donors! You all mean so much to me. I would NEVER be able to do this without you all! thank you so much!

Its Monday!

Well, the weekend sure goes fast! Even with our extra hour! Well, my weekend was trying to clean up around the house, inside and out. Even though its Monday, i have to really think on what I did during the weekend! Saturday- Still over hang. Oh yes, cleaned the barn since Harley can go in and out as he pleases. Got the moldy hay out of the barn (yes, my hay guy replaces that!) I was pretty tired over the weekend. Worried about Harley- My vet is coming out tomorrow to check on him. I dont know how to explain about Harley! he is so dang picky and what he eats. i have different kinds of hay all over for him (he gets to go anywhere), he has 2 HUGE pails of sweet feed and senior feed. Gets veg oil on one of them, gets a TON of carrots (ok carrots are the love of his life!) but still he does not gain weight. So I have to get Jean out to assess him. So give him a little thought or prayer! He is such a love bug. I just cant lose him. Not right now! Anyhow, good thoughts for my big boy Harley! Sunday- I completely forgot about the packer game! OMG! Against my Brett Favre. Oh well. Must not be that important! I was feeling a bit down about my hay. Lately, my hay guy brings me out some hay and 2 of the bales were moldy! Yuck! So that means he has to come out to bring me more. He had a Morgan sale and his horse didnt bring in alot of money. And these horses are such good breeding!! So sad! A friend of mine bought one of his mares- such a great deal!
I found out who has been gettign out of my fences! Yes, it was Duke! He gets down to the ground tries to inch underneath the last wood line! Gets stuck and of course Mom is going to come and help him out of being casted! What a goof. Well I try to help him, the mud is very bad there. I LOSE both of my boots and am stuck in the mud up to mid calf! Finally get him out of there and Duke looks at me as if to say, boy that was pretty cool! pretty proud of himself he was!! What a goof! Time to start teaching him tricks! But I think he knows them all!
I also got into a better mood later afternoon. A woman had 9 bales of hay to give me so I didnt have to go to my hay guy to get a couple of small bales until he can get out to my place today! Yes!
anyhow, off to get some grain and see about feeding my babies.

pictures from Saddleridge Stables Fundraiser!

Sheryl B. did a wonderful thing for me and my horse rescue. She organize a trick or treat ride on October 25, 2009. We all had such a nice time. Horse and riders dressed up and then did a trail ride and went to a few other places for candy and of course a great trail ride! A few of us went on a haywagon ride. Then back after the trail ride to judge the costumes and then have some treats for both horse and riders.
the trail ride went a bit longer than expected so the obstacle course was not done. But boy, did we have a great time!
Here are a few pictures from this fundraiser. This wonderful group of people donated over $400.00! the money went to my farrier and also my hay bill! thanks to all who contributed and also went on the ride! Thank you to Sheryl and all of her friends who helped put this great fundraiser on!

a few more!

1st pic is Honey, she is my wild child! She is the mom to Maverick!
2nd pic is with Cherie, Sarah and Missy! October 24, 2009

a few more pics!

1st picture is with me and Duke, my chaos boy! he is still with me!

2nd picture is Ace- He was such a good boy! He passed away last summer.

Last pic- Winter 2007 Shadow and Honey. Honey is still with me and Shadow died 4 days after her son was born. Breeze is her son. Passed April 11, 2007. Rest in peace sweet Shadow!

Storms on a Friday!

Yes, more storms, more mud! Last night a ton of rain. But it was in the 60's so its not so bad, damp and cold! Harley eating more grain, not so much hay. He is bored being on his own, so he will walk from paddock to paddock to visit all of the horses. But i need to keep him on his own so that i know that he (and he alone) is eating his food! Poor guy. Groomed him last night too. He really liked that. Rebecca hasnt been really able to come out to work with Mia, but hopefully the weekend will see some sun and she will be out! I got some pictures back from Cherie from last weekend ride on Missy. It was so nice that day! Cherie has been taking lessons for years now. Sarah, first time on a horse! She loved it. I love to see that face of someone on a horse who has never been! Missy was very good that day also. This weekend includes going to a Morgan sale. No, not buying! this is a VERY high end auction of very upscale Morgans. My hay guy has some he is selling so I wanted to go to see these horses! Not that Max or Lady are not good quality Morgans, they just arent in the same league as these Morgans! Sunday- I AM going to get my garage organized so i can get my Jeep in there. have to baby my Jeep for as long as I can! Glad today is Friday even though there is mud outside and my legs and ankles are crying for some regular exercise instead of what I have had to do to feed the horses. another good day also since the horses havent gotten out of their paddock last night! yeah! Work has been busy. I think we turn back our clocks this weekend as well. I am extremely thankful for having a few days where i can actually SEE my horses in the morning while feeding them! Anyhow, i hope you all have a great weekend!

Yes, there is some sun!

Boy, what a nice weekend! And today is great too! I get home on Friday to find my upper paddock horses have busted out (I am sure Duke did it!)and were all out on the lawn. Along with Cheyenne and Raven. Raining again and mud up past my ankles, trying to fix the fence (thank you for helping me Susan!) and then putting them all back. so I get them fed and go into the house for some much needed sleep! I wake up on Saturday and oh my gosh! I see the sun!! Yes!! I have a couple of girls coming over to see the horses and maybe take a ride on Missy! it is still very muddy, but we stay to the driveway and road. My road is not traveled much- But it just so seems that on Saturday they have a course for some dirt bikes! Never happened in my 16 years here! Missy did very well - We just faced her towards the bikers (and they went slow). Cherie, Sara and Tom all going down the road with Missy! Cherie has been taking lessons and Sara- never been on a horse! Boy, she loved it and they took tons of pictures. i will get some of those and post them tomorrow probably. We all had a great time. Thanks to Tom (Cherie's dad) who brought them out to my place and put up with our horse world! Sara did very, very well too!
Sunday- Went to Saddle Ridge and had the fund raiser! 13 riders with horses all dressed up for Halloween went on a trail ride and went to several places to get candy. Randy, the owner of Saddle Ridge took us non-riders on the hay wagon to the places. Oh my gosh, was the weather great or what?? I tell you, that when it rains for a long time, I get that sort of depression when i dont see the sun. The weekend sure lifted my spirits big time! The ride on the hay wagon was so peaceful and we all just enjoyed the country side. Then after a few hours, the riders came back and we judged for best costume. We had a pair that was mid-evil, Grinch, Dorothy and more! So much fun. the day was getting late, so we didnt do the obstacle course. I guess we will plan on a tad bit earlier to get all of the activities in. We had some treats for the humans as well as carrots and alfalfa cubes for the horses. It was so much fun. All in all, the event raised over $400.00! The money went to my farrier (who was here yesterday for my naughty horses) and the rest will go towards my hay guy! Thank you to Sheryl Bennett for organizing this event! And to all of the folks who donated and went on the ride. Would love to do this again next year! Lots of hard work went into the planning, but it was so worth it to meet new people and new horses!
Monday- I stayed home from work because Dewey, my farrier was coming to do my horses. They went alittle bit longer than they should have so it was time! Just about all of them a tad bit naughty!! But it was raining and we decided to pull them into the barn so we could all stay dry. But they all got done! Thank you Dewey!
Today- Tuesday, back to work and there is sun again! Thank you God! Love the sun! We can deal with cold, but must have the sun! All in all a great 3 days!

a Few pictures

I thought i would put some pictures up!
top one is of Lady, a 19 year old Morgan Mare. She is up for adoption!
Bottom is Angie- She is a 20 year old Arab mare and was adopted by Karlyn in Middleton.

Rain, rain and more rain

Boy, do i hate the rain! Ok, most times. When I am trying to get things done around the horses, i hate rain. I slip and slide. Its comical really. I should have some tape me when i am feeding. There is a small hill for the upper paddock horses. Most times I have enough grass to get my footing, but sometimes not. Trying not to let the wheelbarrow full of hay go back down the hill, turn over and then I slide down to mutter some unmentionable words, put the hay back into the wheelbarrow and try again. the horses are actually getting mad at me for not hurrying up with their dinner! I am telling them I am coming and they are still whinnying! Good gracious! It will be just another 2 minutes! Well at least most of the horses have a decent coat on them right now to be ok with the rain. I still feel bad, but they are designed for poor weather. I keep reminding myself of that.
Raven is still pretty shy about me touching her. But food is a great motivator. I think she knows i wont hurt her, but she is still not liking me to touch too much! She has gained a bunch of weight, has a good coat on too. She is definitely a sweet pea. Cant wait to be able to lift her feet. her hooves arent all that bad, but they need a trim. She goes back into the double stall tonight since we have all of this rain!
I have a family coming to see the horses on Saturday, which will be fun. I havent seen them since Midwest. Which reminds me. I got in my application to the Midwest Horse Fair. Will hear in December if I get accepted or not. This will be our 5th year of participating. But the Midwest Horse Fair committee has told me that they may not allow rescues in anymore. The fair is for BREEDS, not rescues. Kind of a long story, but a couple of other rescues wanted to go last year and got denied. I guess the reason and a couple of other ones that did get in was 1. we got our applications in on time, 2. we rescue mostly a particular type of breed. While I do mostly accept Quarter horses, I will also take in just about any type of breed. But I call myself a QH rescuer. 3. i fought a few years in getting in when i first got accepted. I think that they had extra stalls and then allowed me in. So then they just accepting my application each year. While i think that denying the horse rescue groups out as a whole is not right, i know they have their rules. i am also willing to forego a year or two if they allow rescues in - if they have the extra stalls and to help promote our groups. I get a fair amount of donations in at this fair as well as meeting wonderful new people! We have such a great time! This next year I was going to bring Max and Lady. Will be so much easier than the yearlings last year who all hated to get on the trailer! Yikes! Bad news there. The one thing i hate with horses is trailering. Alot of them are ok, but some are not! and I never know which ones are not until its time to trailer! I used to have a trailer but had to sell it when i needed money. So practicing with them is not an option most times at my place.
Sunday- We have the Saddle Ridge Fund Raiser event at 1pm! Horse and Riders will do some trick or treating around the area to other stables and then back to SaddleRidge for some games and fun. We will have prizes and each horse and rider will get some goodies as well. I have Sheryl B to thank for the effort she put into this event! It will be so much fun! We will have a costume contest, most candy recieved, apple dunking (horses), and an obstacle course at the stable. People can come and watch the activities as well! So far we have about 12-14 riders. I cant wait to see all of the costumes! I hope it isnt raining though! You all know what i think about the rain! Stay dry!

Wednesday!

Well i am a bit tired today. Went to dinner with a few people that I used to work with. Went to Great Dane. Good burger! We talked about stuff happening in our lives, and also other people we all know. Had good food, friends and conversation! then I had to go on my way home (later) to pick up bales of hay! I have been 'out' of hay for a couple of days now. When this happens, its usually because my hay guy has to do stuff around his farm. He has hay, alfalfa, soybeans and corn. Now tis the season for the beans! So no time to come and bring me hay. Happens once or twice a year. Pros and cons for this- Of course I have to go get it, stuff 6 bales of hay in my Jeep (its not a good vehicle!) and then come home. But I do like serving out the smaller bales vs taking sections of the big square bales off. Lots easier. And I love his grassy smaller bales. Different pasture he gets those from! When i get rich, I am ONLY ordering those! My horses love those! Nice heavier bales and all wonderful grass hay. Anyhow, so I get home at 8pm last night, feed the 'kids' and all were happy! Got in at about 9pm. Went straight to bed. Tired today, but I think that is from the rain! And hoping that i get hay today since it is raining and hard for my hay guys to get into their fields! Everyone at the ranch doing well. harley is eating more hay. Oh yes, last night getting home late, cant see as well obviously. Harley off somewhere sleeping and I am calling him so I can give him his grain! I was getting worried, cuz I didnt see him in his usual spots for laying down and lounging! I thought I was going to have to get the flashlight out! Then I hear him! Like this exasperated neigh saying 'I am up here, you dingbat!', 'Get me my food now!'. So he was found and ate all of the food I gave him! yeah! the boy just isnt hungry sometimes. Cheyenne waiting like a beggar who is looking for his hand outs and he wasnt sharing any of it! I like that! you go Harley!! Love this guy! Just want him to have a bit more hair on and then his nice winter blanket goes on! He hates when I adjust it and when I feel his ribs underneath it. I believe that Mr. Harley is a pretty private horse! he will also get a tad bit crabby with me when I brush or hug him while he is eating. he is busy! Do that later! Just puts his ears back at me and turns to look at me. I have no worry that he will bite me or anything bad. He doesnt move fast enough for one thing! HA! Love my Harley- he will make a family very happy someday.
So that is my update for Wednesday. Have a good day everyone!

Friday again!

Where in the heck did this week go? Oh yes, I know- I was sick Monday and Tuesday, back to work on Wednesday and had so much work to do, never got a chance to get on the blog. Now its Friday again. Couldnt let another day go by. Anyhow, i hope everyone has some good stuff to do this weekend. its supposed to be sunny. I am sure glad, because its pretty muddy at my place and I am tired of sliding all over! I have stuff to do around my house this weekend including cleaning my garage up so I can start to park in there once again. that isnt the horrible part. I have to also get some gravel down by the barn, shovel it in the wheelbarrow and then take it up to the garage and fill in the holes in front of the garage. Otherwise i may end up with no muffler on my car! HA! Everything going ok here at my house lately. Harley is eating more and absolutely loves carrots. I am trying my best not to OD him on carrots, but I love to see him eat! Trying to invent a way to take extra pounds off of me and give to the skinny! Would I be a Ka-trillionaire or what???!! I guess I need to have some magic or something. Also working on my movie this weekend. I am writing a movie about the horse rescue and then submitting it to Disney (or who ever will take it!) Trying to be true to reality but not so much to scare the be-jesus out of the little kids. but it will be an educational film as well to teach people that we are still slaughtering horses out, being very irresponsible about breeding and just throwing away these beautiful animals of ours! it will have to be a bit on the cartoonish-animated type of animals. I know i want some big stars to be the voices! One of them will be Dakota Fanning. i just love this little girl! But I think she isnt all that young anymore, but she will still be one of the voices. Next week i will post some excerpts about it. I think its fun even though chances are more so of not selling it to someone in the movie world. I have a cousin who does know writers, producers, directors and some actors and that might help. its all who you know! But it is fun. I hope you all have a great weekend!

Its Friday!

Thank goodness its Friday!! Yippee! Anyhow, twiddling my thumbs here at work today. Waiting for stuff from one of my docs to get ready for our big conference/seminar tomorrow morning. I am back here from 7am to about 10am, go home quick to let out the puppies, then off at noon to speak to the Boots and Saddle club in Beaver Dam! Should be so much fun! Then on Sunday, the family still coming to see Mia. Did you all hear that we are getting some snow showers on Sunday? yikes! NOT ready for that yet! Not ready for the S word yet! Nope! Dont want to hear it! Anyhow, the weekend is the weekend and I am so grateful for it. Been so busy at work these last few weeks, which is good! Should get a tad bit of time to clean my house too. Weird things sometimes also do happen. My new Roommate who moved in Sept 1st, is VERY nice! We were talking last night about how old we each are and then I ask her when her birthday is. She says May- I say May what? May 15! OMG! That is MY birthday too! Weird huh? But anyhow, she is a great lady and we are enjoying each other's company. My brother also lives with me part time. He works at a place called Rawhide up north and works for 7 days and then off for 3 or 4 days. Its a home for boys that have sort of messed up. Some are there voluntarily and some are there court-ordered. Anyhow, stressful job and my brother has decided to quit, so he will be home more as well. He has the finished basement, so most times, I dont know that he is there! So - good group here at home. I plan on taking some nicer pictures of the horses this weekend, so you will see some next week! Everyone- Please have a safe, warm and great weekend!

glass is half full

Hey everyone-
I am truly sorry for the blog yesterday. We all get our days dont we? Sometimes it just gets to us. But i am better today and will see the glass as half full not half empty. I have some great things coming up and am very happy about those things. Just been working alot at work, trying to get Raven to let me pet her so i can get the dang halter back on her. Hard when its raining though! She does let me pet her neck and up to her forelock on her head. But she is in the round pen with no shelter. i know she will be ok, but would like to get her back into the lower paddock with buddies and shelter. She is just so guarded. I hope she wasnt abused. But I just dont know. I am also worried about Harley. I have put some weight on him, but not enough and lately he has been bored with eating his grain and i think he has actually lost some weight! So back to the drawing board to giving him different stuff to eat. he is the pickiest, skinny boy i have EVER encountered!! Cheyenne is with him, so she reaps with the rewards of his leftovers and she is a dang big pig now! I also get down in the dumps with bad weather. I dont mind the cold, but want it to be sunny! Well we do live in the midwest.
But- i do have a couple of nice things going on soon like i wrote before. this Saturday, i will be going to the horse and pony club in Beaver Dam to talk about my rescue and Sunday i have a nice family coming to see Mia! It would be great if they wanted to adopt her! She is an absolute sweet pea! Rebecca hasnt been able to come out to train her because of all of the rain. too slick and I dont want either Rebecca or any horse to get hurt. So that has been put off. But it will get better, it always does. I also have to work Saturday morning- so it will be a busy weekend for me. I have vacation time left to use so maybe i should use it huh?? HA!
So anyhow, i apologise and please dont worry about me! i will tell you when it really gets rough! thanks for the well wishers. You mean alot to me!

Sunny and bright

It's Wednesday and a beautiful day. But my spirits are low today. I am working hard at keeping my home and horses. It is hard. Some days harder. Some days, you get a bit depressed in thinking that I can come out of my debt and be ok. Don't get me wrong, I am ok, but would like to be better, who doesnt? The economy is hard on everyone. I get calls and emails from families who lost their jobs, getting a divorce, getting cuts in pay. What do they need to do? Is find a home for their horses. And I cant take them all in. I shouldn't have taken in Raven. If the guy were to ask me today to take her, I would have said no. But most days are good and if I have even an extra inch, I will take them. I need to find a way to rescue more horses! I am asking that if you read this blog and can either take in an extra horse or foster for me, please let me know. The rewards are great! I would love to take in more horses. The winter is looking very bad for people in being able to afford their horses and other pets. If they cant afford to feed themselves, how can they afford to feed their horses?? Horses can be -and are- expensive! I know this,every horse owner knows this. Right before winter, everyone looks at their barn to see how much hay they have and how much they need for the winter. Sometimes they are fine, sometimes not. I would propose to starting a fund for people who need help in getting some hay or a blanket or whatever else they may need! But that takes money. If you would like to donate to this fund, I will have a separate account and everything will be for people who need some help, but don't really need to find placement for their horses. I hope I can get donations for this. If everyone I knew would donate just 5 bucks, we could get alot of people helped! Good gracious! We need to help others in need. One thing that gets to me is that when people see overweight people who ask for help on their animals. People say, ' well obviously THEY arent starving!' Give some of that food to your animals. Ok, I am overweight. You know the reason why? I can only afford eating cheap pizzas, bread for sandwiches, cheap mac and cheese. It takes money to eat well!! I spend all of my extra money on my hay and grain, not for myself. I am 50 pounds overweight. I am not lazy and dont spend much on food for myself. I happen to be a person who will gain weight just looking at carbs! My horses, dogs and cats all eat better than me and I am ok with that! That is my choice. I am not a lazy person! So please, poor people are generally more overweight. So dont use the words, that you cant give to overweight people because they eat just fine. They dont! I dont! But like I said, I am ok with that. I would rather give my money to the animals who cant fend for themselves! Boy, getting myself all worked up now! Sorry about that. I just have to do what I have to do and then have a hissy-fit every once in awhile to get over my stress. Then I am better. Then I say, Oh, Jenny, just get off of your pity party and live your life each day... I know most people are like me. Sorry if I offended anyone, but as this says, its a blog and I write my thoughts and feelings. This business is not the weak at heart for sure. And sometimes I am weak and have to feel sorry for myself. And today is that day! I am just asking for people to see about helping a neighbor and/or friend out if they need it. Open your eyes, they are out there!

Its a better Monday!

Hello All!
Well its Monday, but at least its not rainy and cold! Love the sun. Back at work, and of course extremely busy. We had our first meeting for our big fund raiser for next June. Right now, it looks like it will either be June 19 or June 26. Cant wait! We have tons of ideas. Now all i have to do is swoosh the owners of Falmouth to have it there. Their facilities are extremely beautiful with lots of areas to park and have many, many things to do! I will requesting a ton of volunteers to help out with about every aspect of our day. We also will only have it from Noon to 6pm. I am hoping that this will be an annual event! We all seem very hyped for this event to happen and hopefully it will be a big one if we get enough advertising out there.
Ok, so back to the horses. Everyone is ok but not liking the cold and rainy stuff. They all seem to have a bottom-less pit right now. Except for Harley. I think I need to get him some alfalfa cubes and soak them. He just is such a picky eater! And any other one of my horses would down a 50 pound bag of grain and/or senior if they could. He is eating about 7 pounds each feeding. He is starting to get his coat, but I know he is a bit cold at times with this crappy weather. But I dont want to blanket him just yet until his coat comes in. He loves to lay down on the lawn and just be lazy. Poor boy, I just want to give him about 50 of my pounds and then I would feel better! Raven, the new MFT is doing well. She is allowing me to touch her a bit more. Michele and I took her out of her stall and put her back into the round pen to clean the stall up. She is a pig! We put a tank in there so that she cant waste alot of hay. It has steel on top so that she cant whip it out. Wasting hay is a pet peeve of mine. They cant be too hungry if they waste hay! But she is getting a nice coat on her, gaining weight and seems happy. Cheyenne likes to hang with her. The other horses are doing well. I love to watch Daevin and Breeze play in the morning. They run and run and play all of the time. I cant split them up! They are too cute! Cheyenne will end up going in with the upper paddock group and Harley and Raven will go to the lower group. Cant have 2 of them in the middle anymore since my septic tank froze last year with them walking over it. Anyhow, I had a good weekend, slept like a rock last night and feel good today!
I hope your weekend was good!

Its Friday!

Hi Everyone!
Well, its cold, windy and rainy. I want the leaves to stay on the trees until the colors come! I actually wore a coat last night doing chores and feeding. Rebecca and i put Raven in the double stall last night because of the rain we were going to get last night. Glad we did that! She is in a big round panel pen, but there is no shelter. So now she is dry and warm! Harley and Cheyenne are usually just out on the lawn and i put them in the lower paddock with the shelter of the big barn last night as well. So the other 4 horses were a bit put off by that! They have been in there before, but not much during the summer. I put out extra hay for all of them to munch and not be too worried about the hierarchy and they must have done that all night, because most of it was gone! Raven will be in the double stall for a few days until she comes up to me to put her lead rope on. She still has her halter on, but that is needed until she gets calmer and less feral. She is coming along tho!
I only feed grain and senior in the morning to Kobb, Harley, Cheyenne and Raven and was bringing in the grain to Raven to her stall when Daevin comes up and bites me full on my arm!! ouch! I have a nice swelling and bruise there now! he thought he was going to get that grain! I brought out Harley and Cheyenne outside to feed them their grain as well. Harley kills me- Any other horse I have would down a 50 pound grain bag, but he just daintedly eats its at his leisure and walks away and then goes back to it and then leaves some. Yes, he gets about 12 pounds of the stuff each feeding, but he needs to gain some more weight! Most of my horses can just look at grain and gain about 50 pounds, just like their human mom! Anyhow, chaos this morning. We all love our routine and it just wasnt happening this morning!
Last night Rebecca and i went over to Pursley Valley Stable where Michele has Lady boarded. Rebecca is a wonderful friend who found me and is now training some of my horses. She worked already with Mr. Butters, Missy, Mia and now with Raven. She will also be working with Lady. Lady is 'greenbroke' - She has been ridden many, many times in the arena, but only really at a walk and trot. Alittle bit of cantering, but not much. She has not been outside with a rider on her. So Rebecca will work with her and get her going so we can get her adopted out. Lady is a registered 19 year old Morgan mare. She is a love. She has great ground manners, but just needs the work on her for riding now. She has come around really well. Anyhow, I am not letting Rebecca go as she is a great person, friend and trainer! She has a way with horses.
Anyhow- the weekend- Not much except for getting my garage cleaned out again so that I can park in there again and then on Sunday- my first meeting with some friends on the fundraiser for next year! I hope you all have a great weekend! I may even get time to blog tomorrow.

Here she is!

So here is the last little girl that I got last Sunday- She is a bit skinny, has the wormy belly, has some bad scrapes and is very scared. i also have to watch that I dont get kicked. She is fast! But last night she allowed me to hold on to her halter, walk her a few steps, scratch under her chin and a FEW pats and scratches on her upper neck. She is coming along and she is eating everything that she can! I looked at some of the MFT pics and she does look like one. She seems to have alot of potential. I just dont know what age they stop growing at. If someone knows, please leave me a comment. I will look up some more later. Been super busy at work lately. Setting up conferences, doing a ton of excel spread sheets (those i dont like) and setting up a bunch of stuff for the doctors I work for. I really like working for them, but it always feast or famine with them. I have nothing to do or all 4 of them want me to do something for them. But i like those times too.
It is supposed to be rainy and cold the next few days, so I will put this filly in the double stall where the other horses can terrorize her some. But at least she will be warm and dry. The round pen has no shelter. I love this time of year when their winter coats are just beginning to develop. Its the velvet time, I say! And they love to play more when the cooler weather comes. I just hope we have a bit more nicer days before the winter.
Rebecca suggested the name of Raven. I like it for the filly. Might keep that if no one comes up with another name. So look at her and give me suggestions!
Talk to you tomorrow!