Well what have I done since then. Hmmmm
Ata was going very well and I was almost riding her, when she got a very nasty allergic reaction to something and the whole underside of her neck was very itchy, and she rubbed it raw, and gave herself a huge hemotoma between her front legs, that made it very difficult for her to walk. Some drugs from the vet and a week or two later she was right again, but I was very busy at work and riding Sophie and Christmas and hay making, that I have only just started working with her again.
And now it is raining. Though I did trim her this morning and she was very well behaved.
Tika, I have been leading her round as much as I can, and she is doing this well, and I have been working at picking up her front hoofs, my goal with her is to be able to trim her before winter. Luckily her hoofs are not rock hard stone chrushers like Ata's and are chipping off naturaly so even though they are ragged and rough, they are not to long and are not causing her any issues at this stage.
Vague, I have been very slack, but she also got trimmed this morning and was pretty well behaved. I have been getting time to lead her round now and then and I think my little comedian ballerina mule is growing up!
Sophie has been going great guns. I have taken her to a western club day, a western fun ribbon day, and the PARC Christmas ribbon day, and at all of these she was very very well behaved. Though she does have yet to learn that jumps are to be jumped over and not just stepped over. She is such a cruisy little mare, but I do have to start hacking her out more and in different places, and get her out on some small treks. I have been a bit slack on her hoofs though, they were not to long but I realy need to keep up the balance work with them. I trimmed her this morning as well
Ben and E are their normal donkey gentlemen selves, they have almost moutled out now (they moult later than horses) They are standing in their shelter in this wet weather.
Zeb needs his hoofs trimmed and I plan on doing him tomorrow.
Lucy is still pretty sound in the paddock, she also is due for a trim tomorrow.
Angel is looking great for her age, carrying good weight, and I will also trim her tomorrow.
Now Amanda! I may have to get off my lazy ass and start working her again. or do some thing with her. I wonder if she would pull a cart? She pisses me off big time riding her, though she is not bad, she just does not want to do anything. And I have to ride her for every step or else she just slopps along. But she has packed the pounds on and is FAT. She gets extra food than the others as she has a long neck and reaches over the fences. I may just start harness training with her and see what she thinks.
Amanda was trimmed this morning as well.
The dog Jesse is doing very well, as is Mr Kincaide, and the ducks and chooks are laying and the ducks do love this weather.
Nutmeg how ever has not long left in this life. She has lost a lot of weight and has some sort of tumor issue in her mouth. It is not worth all the tests and she would not survive another anesthetic, so as at the moment she is eating, cleaning herself pretty well, going toilet outside and seems happy I am just letting her be. As soon as one of these things changes for the worse, she will go quietly to sleep in my arms, if she does not do as a lot of cats do, and find a nice sunny place and slip quietly away.
So that is all I can think of at this stage, I am gearing up for a busy year, with the horses, and with work, and we still have 3 paddocks of hay to cut!
Happy new year everyone
Kirsty
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