Today was super windy, there are strange lights in the sky, and things seem to be falling apart all over the place. My sister had her car impounded because the shocks were worn out; my cat Bubby has some sort of skin condition that is giving him scabs along his spine; I had to euthanize my other cat, Otis, due to that condition male cats get with their urinary tract; I lost one of my jobs; I had to put my pretty red truck in the shop to get a new rear end ($2500); other than that, things are going along just fine! Nuzzling Muzzles knows what I'm talking about with her recent bad day. Seems that things just pile up and hit you all at once. Oh well, life goes on, and I trust that God has a reason for everything that happens to me, so let's just focus on the positive things:
Chickory is now getting easier to catch, and although I still can't walk up to her and put the halter on like I can with Peppy, she no longer turns her head as far to the right as she can. I can walk her down in only a few minutes, and can pet her out in the middle of the pen, but have to get her in the mini pen to catch her. She lets me pick up all 4 feet, and is quite happy to eat grain out of my hand- which is not something I normally do, but I am using it with Chickory to build trust. She leads much better now and has discovered that she can't get away from me on the lead line- she tried!
Peppy is back out with the mares, enjoying roaming around on about 8 acres of pasture and bush, and coming in every day for his Frisky Foal.
I plan on hauling the last 12 round bales this weekend, then I will have all my winter hay in, and can start my winter program- move all the horses around so that Beamer is where Chickory is now, and the mares and weanlings are all in the pen where the hay is- which means less work for me! I will use a round bale feeder for them, but will fork hay over the fence into Beamer's feeder. I may put Chickory in the pen in front of the barn and use one of the stalls as a run in shelter for her until she is 100% sound on that back leg. She is coming along really well on it, but is still limping slightly.
So even though things went all cattawhumpus for a while, it's not all bad. Life goes on, and I still have the best husband, the best dogs, and the best horses I could ever want! And, I may add, the best friends and blogger buddies!
3 comments:
Sorry to hear about your tough day, though maybe letting go of one of your many jobs might be a positive opening up to a new opportunity or just give you some "personal time " Somehow with faith and time it all gets put to rights again. My gang are all in for winter quarters as of yesterday,called the boys in last night then had to move my tush fast as they were on the run!! sort of "hey lady , what took you so long?" Hope things continue to improve with Chicory. Andee is well and her usual sweet self.
There is definitely something in the air. I wish I knew how to escape it. So sorry about Otis and everything else. If these "challenges" could just get broken up and spread out over a longer period of time, it would be easier to deal with them.
Sorry for your loss of Otis. And all your other things! Life just hits you at times! Ours was last week! I couldn't agree more, I have the best husband, my health, kids and my horses. Life is good!
Good work on Chickory! Slow is fast, my motto!
You asked about Grey and he seems to be doing well. The owner doesn't ride him very often though and is having some issues with that. His owner wants me to rope off him some, but the weather here is not cooperating. Every time we have plans to go to a practice roping, it rains. The owner is still happy with him and keeps referring me, so I guess in the end his happy with him.
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