Ruby, colts and varmints

 

Ruby and her new owner

The sale of Ruby went well today. Even though Ruby played hard to catch (insert eyeroll) it didn't seem to bother this lady. Once caught, of course, Ruby was her normal good self. We had a nice long chat, discovered people and interests that we have in common, and generally had a good visit. She asked all the right questions, didn't miss anything, and best of all, Ruby likes her. 

All chilled out while the humans chatted

She plans to breed her to Sweet Mr Katz, a cutting horse stallion who happens to be owned by someone I know - I took lessons from him and my dog Reba was out of his dog Alice. The horse world is a small community!

I had a good visit with Shayla yesterday, took a few photos and got to mess a bit with her two yearling colts, Zipper (the paint) and Fire. Mostly we concentrated on getting photos of Fire. Here are just a couple of him, mostly quick snapshots so forgive the lighting and focus please! 

3 feet up!

He is a nice minded colt- and he is going to be big! We measured him to top out at 16 hh. 

The last couple of days I could tell that the raccoons had come back- the cat food in the barn was completely cleaned up and the bowls were scattered. Well, I started putting the cat food in the locked feed room at night to discourage the coons from freeloading, and this morning I could tell just what they thought of that. 

This was the water bowl that I left out. It had never had food in it, only water. It's one of those collapsible silicone dog water bowls.  They totally destroyed it! I am using a stainless steel water bowl for them now. Sink your teeth into that ya li'l varmints!

Now that Ruby is gone I can change out my herd arrangements. Belle can live with the other 2 mares, as Ruby used to push her around, and I can take down the partition in the mare shelter . Now to wait for warmer weather and the snow to melt so I can get Ted in there with the skid steer to clean up the corrals! C'mon spring!