Damn damn damn...

God, you know you really must love your animals when you can spent 2 days without complaint working on their 'play' area. In my case, it's an electric fence that encompasses approximately 6 or 7 acres for my horses to run & graze in. It's quite nice, really. In that little space, there is a small patch of trees that they can get shade from, and a small pond that they can drink or swim in (and they do), and a patch of sand that they love to roll in, too. But I'm getting off task.
Every winter, I try to keep them in the small paddock as much as possible, for several reasons. One being to keep them from breaking loose - a big deal when you consider that I was pregnant all winter, and didn't really need to be chasing a half dozen horses across the tundra.
The other, and probably more important reason, is to keep them from destroying the grass trying to hibernate below the snow & slop. THAT is the same reason I try to keep them off that pasture in the spring when the ground is soft, and the grass is not growing strongly yet.
However, our well failed about a week ago, and it was quickly getting to the point that I could NOT satiate their thirst from the tanker that the well man had left behind. I HAD to fix the fence from it's winter with the deer, and I had to fix it fast.
SO, I spent 2 days fixing shorts, repairing broken spots, and flagging like a mad woman so that mom's arabs, and my son's geriatric pony could see where the boundaries are.
Fat lot of good that did.
Mom's senile loopy ass 16 year old paint ran through my electric wire gate. The one that's been there for 2 years. Nice. That would have been irritating enough had the weanling arab & the geriatric pony didn't follow her out the damn thing.
Larry was putting the horses up at the time, and he did manage to get my big girls, Rosie, Bub & Sparky in before seeing that Champ (see geriatric Pony) had headed down the trail, then heard the barn door open, and made a break for the barn - through the still pulsating electric fence ... which he got caught up in, and could not break free from the snapping fence.
Larry switched off the fence, and Champ promptly RAN (no, really... he did) down the trail and into the field to the north of us. He was (easily) caught, but still.... now I have fence, and gate, and flagging to do all over.
I think poor Champ is blind or partially blind, so he will need to be kept mostly seperate from here on out. Cant' risk the old feller getting injured or caught up in the wire again. Poor old man.

Moving faster now...

SOOOO.... Middle of Feb. the stud colts were de-studded, and they are right now, tucked in with the girls out in the BIG pasture.
On the home front, we've already had to take little David to the hospital a few times now, ended up he had RSV, and it wasn't over until he'd been admitted. That was a while ago though.
Now, everyone seems to be healthy & happy.
I will try to be better at this.....

2009 New Years News

Here we are end of January already - WOW. I had to put this in the blog, as I haven't touched the blog until today, since what, Thanksgiving-ish? Oy. Since last I blogged, Christmas came & went, new years too. Oh, yeah, and I had the baby.... because of that, I have started up a website exclusively for baby-updates, so that's one more thing for my own distraction.....I thought I would give it a go anyhow.... *Ahem* without any further ado,

I'd like to welcome our second little boy to our little family unit, and the world at large.

Our little David John is named for my father, and was born January 12th, at 10:05am, rather unceremoniously via c-section.... hey, don't knock it till ya tried it, pal.... works just fine for me!

He was a WHOPPING 9#, 0 - oz. and 19" in length.He's a sweet little booger, too. Just Mr. super snuggles, just like his brother, who, by the way, adores him.

DAMN, it's been a little while, hasn't it???

WOW! Oops.
what can I say? I was wrong in my last post. The stud muffin is still a stud muffin. I was unable to procure the truck to facilitate a move for him to see the Doc to remove those spare parts. Then, not long after that, the truck's health began to fail, and it was relieved of it's duties here. SO, no truck to move the trailer, no good place on the farm at the moment that would offer the right facilites to put said Arab into dreamland to snatch away his extra bits & pieces.... so... here we are still.
If anyone knows of a person that would like Mr. Big, Red & studly, I am offering him up at the low, low cost of $500 - cash or hay. LOL! I will now go and immediately make a better, nicer post on life......

Black Friday

I hope everyone had a nice, pleasant Thanksgiving. Ours was pretty much normal for the crew here. We were lacking only my little sister, and my big sis's hubby.
My big original plan for the day was to head down to the Black Friday sale in Shipshewana to drop off a stud horse. For anyone that cares, there isn't anything wrong with him, I just have no room for a stud at the moment, and although he is a sweetie, I have that whole 'impending problem' feeling that just won't go away. I know I don't have time to start 2 colts in the spring, and he's 4. For an arab, that's perfect to start - however, Lady - my big sorrel - had a baby oh.... 3 years ago June who has been on my roster since birth. Sorry, but the filly gets higher priority based on ... well... she's mine & I said so.
I think I'll have time for one colt between baby feedings, & issues, just not time for 2. Oh, and I'm homeschooling my little guy now, so that's a little bit of time shaved off the day as well.
SO... with luck, Ma & I will go to the fabric store for a few sale items I can use to make some kiddie Christmas presents, and keep away from a little trouble.
Monday, we have an appointment to get the stud gelded. Hopefully that will make him more sale-able, and at the least, I'll be able to turn him out with the girls without worrying about any hanky panky consequences, oh, and quarter cross breds. blech.
The reason, by the way, for NOT going to Shipshe? -
1) prices at auction suck, especially at Shipshe. He would probably bring in around ... $40 or so. IF I was lucky, that is, and THAT would not even cover the auction fee & coggins, let alone the gas to take the truck and trailer down there.
2) No one wants a 4 year old stud colt. Nope. Gelding, well - maybe. But untrained stud never gets the draw that even an untrained gelding would.
3)My biggest beef with him is that he is simply a stud. Loose those loose parts, and I think I can tolerate him until he is sold, or given away - if it comes to that.
IF you know of anyone at all that would like a good little prospect well, send them my way. I will cut them a deal, and he will be gelded before I post again, for shore.;)