tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28917138521012368542024-03-13T09:03:38.340-07:00Why Not Nikker?Nikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07121188185593072355noreply@blogger.comBlogger383125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891713852101236854.post-26281679203726903442018-08-29T13:38:00.003-07:002018-08-29T13:38:39.883-07:00Working up to blogging again...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This smoke is CRAZY. <br />
(And finally clearing up now that we've gotten some rain and colder weather!!)</div>
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I am thankful that we aren't "on fire", and this smoke is from somewhere else, but good grief is it gross here. </div>
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Our air quality has been anywhere from poor to hazardous. We have had several days when the air quality was worse than it was the day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens" target="_blank">Mt. St. Helen's blew</a>. And that's kind of hard to wrap my mind around...but at the same time, my irritated mucus membranes agree!</div>
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My home town was threatened by fire this last week and some of the neighboring communities took a lot of fire damage. Unfortunately some of those fires are still burning and the winds' now kicked up. Hoping and praying for minimal losses and some rain!</div>
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This summer has been miserable when it comes to the weather and all weather related things!!<br />
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Mindy and Wyatt have made three trips to Deer Park for barrel races this summer, and Kase I have drove over to visit. It's an hour one way, so that's not bad considering she lives about 7 hours away!<br />
For some reason, we missed ALL of her barrel runs, in part because she kept drawing early in races that start at 9am or 10am....<br />
And Kase likes to sleep in in the mornings! (0:<br />
Then there was the oddball stuff like, I'm outta gas...<br />
I needed to grab her some adult beverages and I didn't allot time for lines, slow people, and traffic back ups on country roads...<br />
That part of summer was awesome.<br />
The boys play really well together and Kase learns something new every time he is with Wyatt!!<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Chix in Wyatt's hat, Kid's hoping he doesn't have to wear it too!</span><br />
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Kase finally killed my old computer and now I HAVE to use this new one. It feels nice to type on, but I can't stand the way the pictures are on it and I cannot search them easily nor can I crop them. </div>
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Looks like I'm going to have to try and find some software or something to make it more user friendly. It's really set up for web surfing and social media.</div>
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It's got a touch screen option and I've had it almost a year and just haven't been able to get "comfortable" with it, I guess you'd say. Chad says it's because it's a Window's based operating system, rather than a Dell based system...<br />
Shoulda kept to what I was comfortable with!!<br />
Live and learn...again...</div>
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Fiona looks great!</div>
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Mindy and I got a menu plan together for her and so far so good.</div>
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Everyone is getting alfalfa hay in the evenings...</div>
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Mostly because Fiona won't eat her hay if she is separated from the others.</div>
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Well, she will eat it, but it takes forever and she walks around in circles, watches to see what everyone else is doing, nickers, and just messes around. And if the others do dare to leave, she paces and calls until they come back.</div>
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So EVERYONE gets alfalfa.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Chix sniffing Wyatt's head, one of her favorite smells!!</span><br />
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I ordered my alfalfa/grass small squares the first of July.</div>
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It's now the beginning of the first full week of September and I still haven't gotten it.</div>
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I called Glenn the first of August and he said he hadn't forgotten me or my hay. I was on the list.</div>
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So I'll call him either this week or next and check in again.</div>
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He hauls it from South Idaho, and it's really nice...but waiting is starting to get ridiculous and not all the reasonably priced hay is gone locally... And one of the reason's I use Glenn is because his price includes delivery and stacking.</div>
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Ugh. <br />
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Stresses me out, and causes me to get hay from the feed store, or the hay broker down the road...</div>
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Feed stores bales run about $13 per bale at around 80-100lbs per bale. </div>
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Gets expensive fast... Glenn's $10 a bale in my barn for nearly the same weight range.</div>
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So I'll wait, and hope I don't have to wait too much longer.</div>
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I've got five bales of unopened hay and then I've gotta decide where to go to get some more hold over hay.</div>
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Beep-Beep, aka Little Nikki, aka Nik-Nik is warming back up to Kase again.</div>
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But she still hasn't forgotten that he squirted her between the eyes with a spray bottle.</div>
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He really does love her and has set on her a few times.</div>
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She's not broke and really doesn't know what to think of him being up there when we want her to walk...<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Maybe he's gonna be a vet!! </span> </div>
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So I've got some work to do with her. Which will be interesting. I did a little work with her and the fly spray and realized that her feet are "stuck". She'd rather rear, which she isn't good at, then move away from her rear. She doesn't really understand my using pressure to get her to move.</div>
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So I've gotta find a spot and build us a small round pen to work her in. </div>
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The nice thing is that she doesn't need a lot of room to work in.</div>
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I have also come to realize while I mess around with her, that I make a lot of eye contact with Horse Girl and Fiona and trying to do it with her, is hard. Awkward actually.</div>
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I thought about it earlier and thought, well what did I do when working with the Hee-Haws?</div>
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Then I realized that I haven't done doodly squat with them since I've owned them...</div>
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(I've had them 8 years!!)</div>
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We halter broke them. </div>
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Kinda taught them to lead.</div>
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Petted them.</div>
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Brushed them.</div>
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Wormed them.</div>
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Vaccinated them.</div>
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And have taught them NOTHING.</div>
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Hard to believe...</div>
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So I haven't a single test subject. </div>
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Dang it!!<br />
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We put the donkeys in with the horses today. (Two weeks ago...took me that long to get this finished and up!!)</div>
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It was semi interesting and kind of exciting...</div>
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Forgive me yammering!</div>
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Some how I managed not to cuss!</div>
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Truly a remarkable feet these days...</div>
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But then again I do call my horse a turd bucket.</div>
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WTH is a turd bucket?<br />
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I'm not 100% sure, but Fiona was being a brat! (0:</div>
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Here is the drama as seen through my iPhone 5S.</div>
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Also known as Super Steve.</div>
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The last time I introduced a small new horse to the Hee-Haws they went at her like two cats after a mouse. (They did charge Remi, but she spun and snaked her head and they just veered off...)<br />
It was a yearling filly and as I think back I can't remember how long they had been gelded at the time, and maybe that had something to do with it, but it was NOT pretty.<br />
The filly ran and ended up coming by me, finally, and I'd had time to grab the hose (it was the only thing around at the time) and when she went by with them in hot pursuit, I made contact and left a few welts on the two of them. <br />
Pursuit over, separation started.<br />
After she grew a couple more hands and was no longer new and had gained some confidence their second meeting was less eventful....<br />
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I decided to have them live side by side with Beep-Beep, aka Little Nikki, aka Nik-Nik and the other girls for a month before they were turned out together.<br />
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As you can see from the video, they were too busy running from and with Fi to really care about the mini.<br />
Fiona thinks she owns them and got a bit protective of them, but that seems to be slowing down...and it also helps that Beep-Beep, aka Little Nikki, aka Nik-Nik doesn't like them.<br />
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I can definitely see progress!!</div>
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Whew! I'm so relieved.</div>
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I tried and tried to get her to stand square, but she's a big brat.</div>
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And so she's not square, but much improved non the less!!</div>
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Her top-line could still use some more work, but so glad the her lizard back's going away!!</div>
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The full side view!</div>
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She of course also looks so much better because she's gotten her summer coat on!</div>
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Took the tractor out and scraped a giant low spot out in front of the stall that Fiona uses for eating her grain.</div>
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I don't have the time to tie her out and soak her feet in a mud puddle like Jake suggested a couple of times a day for an hour or so...</div>
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I work 32 hours a week and have a toddler, and a husband who works 65-70 hours a week...</div>
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And goodness, it's been so damn hot...that it's all I can do to get her fed (and everyone else too) and the rest of the chores done before Kase and I have heat strokes!</div>
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Then lets not forget the all crap that has to be done in the house!</div>
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It does prevent her from cleaning up after herself, but she is robust enough now that I'm not too stressed out about it...</div>
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Well mostly that's what I'm telling myself.</div>
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It is "fresh" every time she's in it.</div>
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I had enough money saved up for my usual with some to spare, but Fiona's "new" feed bill kinda put a dent in it.</div>
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So due to my $$ horse money crunch, I'm passing on the soaking boots for now and hoping this will do the trick.</div>
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And then I can "fix" the area in front of my stall!</div>
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I've learned a lot from the comments offered up about Fiona's weight gain and I really appreciate them all!</div>
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I also thought Dr. Peters was being generous by telling me to watch her for that long, because I try to fight being a knee jerk reaction-er while dealing with my horse's health. And really NEED to have time lines clear "start and stop" places.</div>
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Now I know it's just the "norm", I' not sure if I feel like an uneducated dork, or just someone luck enough to never have to have been educated on such thing.</div>
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It appears as though I really never do stop learning!</div>
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Hurray for me!!</div>
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It makes good sense and isn't a really expensive or difficult thing to add.</div>
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I NEVER want to go through this again!! It's been expensive and stressful.</div>
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Kase's pony continues to be a gem as well...</div>
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She's gotten "mad" at him a few times, but it's funny...not really aggressive, explosive, or ridiculous...</div>
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Just some head bobbing, and a couple of foot stomps. Kind of like she'd do if her baby was being naughty.</div>
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He said, "hey this horse has a crooked foot!"</div>
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I said, "so, she's a pony and 11. Probably been like that her whole life. Trim it accordingly!"</div>
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Jake got Horse Girl and Little Nikki AKA Beep-Beep trimmed but told me to get to soaking Fiona's feet as they were too hard and dry for him to feel comfortable re-shoeing her. He said that they split like mad and will abscess at the drop of a hat when this dry and hard. </div>
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And just some various shots of her and Horse Girl acting like their brains vacated their heads while Chad target shoots with the BB Gun.</div>
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And they finally convinced Kase's mini horse/pony to run from the sound too...</div>
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Nikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07121188185593072355noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891713852101236854.post-49093832961753277482015-06-23T21:39:00.000-07:002015-06-23T21:39:14.553-07:00It's Never The One You Expect It To Be!<div style="text-align: center;">
Kase has remained interested in the horses and donkeys and their care.<br />
He wants to lead them, he wants to pet them, he wants to feed them, and he wants to love on them.<br />
But he is little and they are big.<br />
They are kind and gentle, but they aren't really kid's horses.<br />
They could be, one day, maybe...<br />
But not right now.<br />
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Chad's favorite thing to do was tell me that Kase wants a pony.<br />
And the more you hear something the more you begin to believe it (I think).<br />
I finally decided that he DID need a pony and so I started looking.<br />
Looking on Craigslist...what a bunch of loonies and sad, sad, sad animals...<br />
Who tries to sell a 3 year old small horse stud as a kids horse? More people than you'd think...<br />
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I joined a group on FaceBook group and there were TONS of ponies that could have been contenders had they not been in Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Wisconsin, and Missouri.<br />
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I was beginning to feel like this was a really dumb idea looking for a horse of any kind for him.<br />
There wasn't even a half dead lame old nag needing special care and lead-line work that wasn't a pony anywhere withing a days drive I could find...<br />
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I finally told Mindy I was looking for a pony.<br />
A new set of eyes and a new approach was just what I needed.<br />
Never would I have looked on the <a href="http://www.brn4dclassifieds.com/horse/" target="_blank">BRn4d classifieds for</a> a beginner kid's horse/pony.<br />
But Mindy did!!<br />
And that's where she found Kase's pony!<br />
Not a broke pony... But a broodmare-mini mare that has been handled by big and small people and was good with kids on the ground. A good lead line prospect.<br />
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Mindy sent me the add.<br />
I e-mailed the contact.<br />
Chad and I went and looked at the mare.<br />
I made an offer on the mare and we made a deal.<br />
I didn't bring a horse trailer, because I wasn't sure that this was going to be something we'd be interested in when it all boiled down...<br />
She was!! <br />
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Kase and I picked her up on a Thursday and I had to decide how to integrate her with the rest of the girls.<br />
The Hee-Haws were in the Jenny Craig For Men Pen, so that introduction will happen at a later date.<br />
I finally decided to lock the old ladies in the back part of the pasture and put Mini Horse, barn Name Nikki, in a stall with small run next to Fiona. <br />
Fiona loves everyone and has been raised with the mini donkeys so she should make fast friends....<br />
Right?<br />
Wrong!<br />
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To cut right to the chase, Fiona couldn't have been a bigger ass is she had tried.<br />
At one point I honestly considered sending her to Mindy's for the summer, so I could see if the pony was going to make the cut in peace and all in one piece.<br />
Fi charged the fence. Struck out. Pinned her ears and snaked her head while gnashing her teeth and about anything else she could think of.<br />
When Fiona would threaten the pony, the mini horse/pony would toss her head and squeal.<br />
Funny little beast doesn't know she's tiny and wasn't going to take any crap for the big dumb roan.<br />
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I kind of for got about it, but her royal highness took no time in reminding me once Kase's horse came home!<br />
On Friday afternoon I turned the pony/mini horse out for a look around the front part of the pasture and tied Fiona up. The video is how Fiona handled it...<br />
It's obvious to me that Fiona needs some time tied up...alone, with her bad attitude... (0:<br />
I'm working on a patience tree right now, so she doesn't destroy the driveway in front of the barn any farther.<br />
I'm not the least bit amused by her behavior, now or then....</div>
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I was really happy at how relaxed mini horse/pony was when I turned her out.<br />
She's really got a great demeanor and is pretty self confident.<br />
Kase and I are happy she is here.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eYLRQEP520" target="_blank">And the pony doesn't seem too unhappy about being here!</a><br />
The little horse couldn't care less about the hot mess Fiona was. You can't hear it in this video, but Fi was really making a ruckus at the trailer.<br />
The old girls didn't even bother checking on her either.<br />
I guess that everyone thought she was being a fool.<br />
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Because the Fiona- Little Nikki bonding didn't happen I decided to introduce the little woman to the old ladies. On Saturday, when I would have a whole day to watch, work on things, worry, pace, and wonder what kind of a fool I am.<br />
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I turned mini horse/pony out for about 45 minutes while Fi carried on like her brain was lost, just let her get the lay of the land before the other mares came up close.<br />
I decided to put Horse Girl on a lead rope while Remi was loose.<br />
Remi was interested and kind while introducing herself, Horse Girl got her first sniffs while on the lead, then I let her go too.<br />
The old girls and the little woman made a few hot laps, did a little bit of squealing- but no striking. And then just kinda stood around looking at each other. <br />
So I brought out some hay and made 10 one flake piles.<br />
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After an hour I brought in Fiona on a long lead line.<br />
She immediately charged towards Little Nikki and got the ever lovin' bossiness removed from her roan hide by the alpha mare. Me.<br />
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I then let Fiona say howdy to Horse Girl and Remi. The little mare came over to join in the group hug and Fi went all snapper turtle again. And again the alpha mare gave her some redirection and then Old Horse Girl took a pot shot at her and put herself in between Fiona and Little Nikki.<br />
I took Fiona to the farthest pile and let her start eating. Once she seemed to be fully involved her food I let her go dragging the 20 foot lead. I kind of thought it might help slow her roll if things went sideways and also give me something to dive at if I had to.<br />
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It only took her 20 minutes to decide to make her way over to where the little horse was, first innocently, then at a head down charge. That head down charge was foiled by her lead rope and almost sent her ass over tea kettle, but it only really slowed her down. It was enough for Horse Girl to send Remi out to intercept and to give Horse Girl a chance to come around the other side and remove some tail hair from Fi.<br />
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And this is how it went for about 4 hours.<br />
By dinner time poor ol' Horse Girl was flat wore out. Mini horse/pony was too. Remi and Fiona seemed fine, but I was running out of daylight.<br />
So Fiona went back to the stall for the night and the other girls stayed out together.<br />
The night was a success, and the morning started where it left off the night before.<br />
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But Fiona only got into REAL trouble once, and was then allowed to tell the little horse that she was her "boss" in a less than aggressive way. Horse Girl allowed her to snap at her, shake her head at her, and take a couple of steps at her. But once she exceeded the allowable limits set forth, Horse Girl would send Remi in to break things up. It was pretty incredible to watch.<br />
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And now, they all eat together, sun together, nap together...<br />
No more than an ear flick is needed to express what they need.<br />
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Thank Goodness!!<br />
I was really ready to ship Fi off!!<br />
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Have you ever even considered that you could have a young, well bred, well cared for horse with a body score of 4? (When I was relaying to my sister how skinny Fi was, I told her that I was sure she was a 2. So really hearing she was a 4 was kind of refreshing I guess you'd say...)<br />
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One that you have wormed and vaccinated?<br />
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Fiona came out of winter thin. </div>
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I set up an appointment for Dr. Peters to come out and float her teeth. In March...<br />
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I <a href="http://whynotnikker.blogspot.com/2015/04/fionas-dental-work.html" target="_blank">blogged about it, here.</a><br />
With her age, AND her care he said it was kind of odd that she was so thin.<br />
But we figured she'd bounce back pretty quickly.<br />
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Well... She hasn't.<br />
Dr. Peters was out the last week of March.<br />
I wormed her the Friday following his visit and gave her her vaccines.<br />
Then I waited. And waited some more,<br />
waiting for the weight to come back.<br />
She filled in in her flanks, but then it all stopped.<br />
And she has just stayed at that weight... Skinny....<br />
At 45 days I wormed her again.<br />
Just in case.<br />
And waited again, and waited some more...<br />
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And still nothing.<br />
So I made an appointment for Dr. Peters to come out.<br />
I didn't want to be like the crazy lady that waited too long, or didn't wait long enough...<br />
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(I also had him give Kase's pony the one over and get a health cert for Remi. (More on that later..))<br />
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Dr. Peters asked me if I felt like she'd gained since he'd floated her teeth. <br />
I told him yes, some, but she hadn't changed in what seemed like a month.<br />
We talked about her energy level, her personality, what she was eating, how she was acting, and if I noticed anything other than her weight that concerned me.<br />
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Everything was normal. She didn't act hungry when I pulled her for her grain. She wasn't constantly stuck to the round bale... She plays, she is bright and responsive. Nothing seemed off. Nope. Just worried about her weight.<br />
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So he gave her the physical once over.<br />
Gut sounds were good.<br />
Heart, lungs, pulse, temperature, capillary refill, all good.<br />
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So he drew blood and took a stool sample.<br />
And I waited for the results.<br />
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Everything comes back good.<br />
Nothing on the clinical surface as a reason for her failure to thrive.<br />
So rather than more tests, we decided on over feeding her.<br />
I left the feed store with over $200 worth of groceries for her.<br />
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Dr. Peter's menu was this-<br />
For the next 4 weeks was this feed her:<br />
*Free choice alfalfa/grass hay<br />
*4 lbs 2x's a day of Purina Ultium<br />
*2 cups of <a href="https://www.smartpakequine.com/ps/cool-calories-100-3725?cm_mmc=MSN-_-nb_sp_3rd%20party_weightgain-_-cool%20calories%20100-_-+cool%20+calories&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NB_SP_3rd%20Party_WeightGain&utm_term=+cool%20+calories" target="_blank">Cool Calories</a><br />
*1lb 2x's a day of alfalfa pellests<br />
*Add something with stabilized rice bran in it.<br />
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He chose the <a href="http://purinamills.com/horse-feed/products/ultium-competition-horse-formula/" target="_blank">Purina Ultium</a> because as far as feed goes it has the most calories you can feed.<br />
It also is 6% sugar. Sugar equals empty calories.<br />
Sugar can also make crazy horses.<br />
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My sister almost passed out when she heard how much sugar he wanted fed.<br />
We also found it odd that he wasn't really impressed or interested in the fact that I was feeding <a href="http://renewgold.com/" target="_blank">Renew Gold</a> which really is a great feed and does contain stabilized rice bran.<br />
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So Mindy and I worked out something with a little less sugar.<br />
I'm feeding the following instead.<br />
*Free choice grass hay and alfalfa 2x's a day<br />
(Now that everyone's in full hay mode, I'll get some mix in shortly and then stop the straight alfalfa.)<br />
*2 lbs of Purina Ultium 2x's a day<br />
*2 lbs of Renew Gold 2x's a day<br />
*1 cup of Cool Calories 2x's a day<br />
*2 cups of alfalfa pellets 2x's a day<br />
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I think maybe I can see a change at 1 week...<br />
But then again, I don't know.<br />
Maybe I want to see something that's not there...<br />
I've shared with Mindy, and she thought it was too early to tell yet.<br />
And my pictures are kinda terrible...<br />
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These pictures aren't the greatest, but I'm struggling to get my camera out with a full battery right now so these are cell phone pictures.<br />
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Next Tuesday (the 23rd) we will be rounding out our 2nd week of feeding her up.<br />
I'll post pictures that are taken with my "good camera" as near to that day as possible, so someone else with a critical eye can look her over.<br />
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I'm kinda freaking out, as I have had her since she was a weanling and has never had a weight issue. Even with all the TB blood she has, she has been an easy keeper.<br />
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And all that was really happening was some pasture clearing work....</div>
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A tiny bit done and a ton to go.</div>
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The NASTY crows hatched their chicks and had gotten to be just awe-full...</div>
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So bad in fact that if you zoom in on the last picture you'll see the neighbors cat in the center tree...</div>
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When I came out it was surrounded by the mom and dad crow. One on each side screeching like there was no tomorrow.</div>
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The tree he is in is at least half an acre away from "their" tree.</div>
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If it's not dead rotting stuff on the fence post, it's bird dookie on everything, and if it's not that, then it's their constant noise.</div>
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I officially hate them!</div>
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I don't remember them being this ridiculous last year.</div>
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I found out the damn things aren't a protected species and the BB gun is now in the barn...</div>
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When they start getting all up in our business, I let a few fly at them.</div>
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The dog's so annoyed by them that she waits for them to land and charges them. On her own, without any encouragement. She watches waits and charges.</div>
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But they haven't moved out of the neighborhood yet.</div>
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Seems like I've been caught with my head in the sand a few times in the past couple of years with my horses.</div>
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This time Fiona was the one to give me a giant piece of humble pie.</div>
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I usually make sure we have a dental visit every other year unless I have a reason to do it more often.</div>
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With Kase's arrival and Mikes schedule being so flexible for me and her pick up, Fi ended up being gone an entire year longer than I expected that pushed out her dental care a year more than my usual.</div>
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But for a young healthy mare who was on grass pasture for the entire 18 months she was gone, it didn't seem like that big of a deal.</div>
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I kind of thought I noticed her hip points sticking up more than I though they should/had been.</div>
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But her winter hair was on, she always presents her head to be petted, and when I petted her body (which wasn't all that often honestly), she didn't really feel too thin. I could feel her ribs easily, but with hay in front of her 24-7 I really didn't panic, and figured with the warmer weather coming it wouldn't get any worse.</div>
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I was wrong on all accounts.</div>
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First, young healthy horses with bad teeth can get under weight.</div>
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Even with an easy warmer winter and hay in front of them 24-7, they can get under weight....</div>
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And mine did.</div>
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I called MPEV and made an appointment with Dr. Peter's. It was a 3 week wait.</div>
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Why did I wait?</div>
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Because I really like him. He does a great job, and comes to my house to do it.</div>
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(I'm still not too sure about hauling a horse into the vet with Kase in tow. I'll have to one day, but if I can avoid it, I'm going to.)</div>
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He is one of the best in our area as far as dentistry goes, and hauling to WSU wasn't an option.</div>
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So we waited.</div>
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I started her on beet pulp and alfalfa pellets soaked in water with ReNew Gold on top.</div>
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The long and the short of it boiled down to a front tooth.</div>
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Yeup, a broken/cracked lower front tooth that cause her chewing to be off and then everything to wear oddly/off.</div>
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She had some ulceration's in her cheeks, but no other damage, waves, or other issues.</div>
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And of course Kase was enthralled with all of the "gadgets" that he had and used on Fiona.</div>
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Not because they are good, but because she was using the wires on the fence to try and get Kase's attention after he had walked away.</div>
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It didn't bring Kase back, but I did give her some love and then caught her up and gave her her grain.</div>
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<br />Nikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07121188185593072355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891713852101236854.post-14020799967760228752015-04-11T20:23:00.000-07:002015-04-11T20:23:51.267-07:00My Little Snack Bar...<div style="text-align: center;">
I've got some "new information" on who really is dining there.</div>
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My daycare lady took the day off on Thursday of this last week, which turned out to be beneficial, because Kase was under the weather and I'd already planned to be at home rather than at work. Soo, before he took a nap, we went out and "played". </div>
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That more or less put us outside around 10:00 am.</div>
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I haven't seen the hawks or the eagle in about a week or so, but the crows are active almost non-stop. They are always moving around, squawking and doing their thing.</div>
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I can only assume that they have some sort of route that they fly as I see them coming and going from basically the same areas. But I could be imagining things also... Trying to be all sooper sloothy in my spare time.</div>
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Anywhooo, we were filling our water bucket with rocks and water when the couple of love birds came flying in... What I decided was the male bird in first with what I decided was the female bird coming in behind him...</div>
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I gender assigned them this way, because the first bird was being berated by the second for some wrong doing...</div>
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The second bird was so mad at the first that it was hop/flying up to the eye level with the first bird that was on the fence post, squawking at it, then landing and repeating the process. (Imagine someone so mad they are jumping up and down yelling at someone.) It really did this about 5 times, then Seven charged over there to see what was going on. </div>
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The birds left when the dog invaded their space. Once they left, the dogs interest did not, the dog just kept sniffing and circling the post, so of course I had to investigate.</div>
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There it was. A lovely snack. Kind of.</div>
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It was some nasty, smelly, half rotted piece of hide with flesh still attached to it.</div>
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It smelled REALLY bad...</div>
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So I guess that Mrs. Crow really didn't like the dinner that Mr. Crow had brought home.</div>
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On the flip side, it was ALL gone when we came out to feed the girls after Kase's nap. (0:</div>
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As a side note, Seven found a deer hoof on the side of the road yesterday, Friday, while we were driving the tractor up and down the road. So maybe they are related...maybe not. Kase and I also spotted a chicken wing with a spine attached to it on the side of the road, only farther down.</div>
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So maybe we live on the death road... </div>
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Or the eagle is eating the neighbor's chickens and various other small birds- but probably not the deer, as it was too big to be a fawn, or the coyotes in the area are actively hunting anything that they can, or maybe it's an owl who also would not be taking down a deer, but would be hunting. Everything dead could have definitely been brought in by the crows including the deer pieces as it could have been a road kill.</div>
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No matter how you look at it, someone or some thing is hunting, eating, and leaving parts and pieces behind.</div>
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Pieces like these.<br />
Not sure what kind of bird this one was, but it fell at some point today.<br />
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On the horse front, I finally got a hold of the shoer. </div>
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Jake had to have surgery on both of his eyes for cataracts and is just now back to work. So he is really, really, really behind. He is supposed to be out on Monday around 4 to get everyone done.</div>
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Fiona will be the only one getting shoes. It's a trim for everyone else!</div>
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I wormed everyone the week before last, and gave everyone a tetanus shot.</div>
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I kind of gave up on the west nile stuff after 15 years of vaccinating for it. Not sure if that's good or not, but haven't heard about a breakout around here so I'm just going to skip it too, until I hear of a reason not to.</div>
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The Motorcycle Neighbor had all of his friends out riding his track.</div>
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The Shooting Neighbor had all of his friends out at his range squeezing off everything from .22 to .338. </div>
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Then Chad and I were trying to burn some of our piles, so I just assume that the eagle decided to lay low until we had all quieted down and went inside.</div>
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It looked bigger than a robin, but maybe it was a robin...or a kill deer...</div>
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That it's spring time in North Idaho and not a single game cam at any of the pawn shops that I stopped at? The hopeful side of me was. </div>
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The cynical side said, "Duh, everyone's back to work and it's tax season! There will be nothing good in the pawn shops at this time..." That side of me was correct. Nothing!</div>
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Sooo, now I have to decide what "real" dollar amount I want to put on my "sleuthing". </div>
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Cheaping out is now no longer an option! LOL!!</div>
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I figured out Friday where the crow's nest is. It is easily in sight of the dinner post, but on the neighbors property not ours. It's the tall tree on the left, kind of behind the tree on the right. If you look really closely or enlarge the picture, you can see the nest.</div>
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As a side note, when reading up on crows and their behavior, I read that they can/do hatch white chicks...</div>
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Smart and weird...</div>
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On the flip side of that little set back, Kase and I were out "working" today (Saturday) and saw someone who is definitely capable of bringing in a cat... Just as Shirley suggested.</div>
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Unfortunately for me, I only had a cell phone...and that bird looked just like a spec of pepper! LOL!</div>
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I really hope that he/she will be around tomorrow when we're out. I'll have my camera with a fully charged battery, and I'll be able to snap a few pictures of it!</div>
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Way back when I lived on the farm at the landlord's we had an eagle that hung out for the entire summer. </div>
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It was awesome! I got a few pictures of it, they weren't great but I did get them!!</div>
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Now, to decide if I want to pay full retail for a game cam...</div>
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I came to the horse pasture to take care of my horses and found another kill. Kinda fresh, kinda not.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">This picture was taken after I cleaned up the post. Funny thing the horses were hanging out waiting for us with the "ick" right there for all to see. Maybe they don't like cats...</span></div>
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It was so gruesome and shocking, that it totally stopped me in my tracks...</div>
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I looked at it in sheer disbelief...</div>
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And I'm a farm kid... The butcher your own animals farm kid.</div>
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But this is defiantly the work of a large bird. </div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Abbi is also a little bit creeped out by the whole experience today... She may need a doggy downer to get to sleep tonight!!</span></div>
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Nikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07121188185593072355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891713852101236854.post-3380915897970069762015-03-23T07:08:00.000-07:002015-03-23T07:08:09.050-07:00Sooo.....<div style="text-align: center;">
How do I tell Kase that the Easter Bunny bought the farm?</div>
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(I have been dieing to share these pictures with that comment... But can't put it on FaceBook because I'll end up offending someone... /0: )</div>
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Wow, it was just as fun to type as I thought it'd be! </div>
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Anywhoo, I was taking Fi from the pasture to the stall for her grain and I saw this rabbits foot. </div>
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My first thought was, "Oh, no! Seven murdered one of the neighbor's kid's pet rabbit!"</div>
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I don't know who may have a rabbit, but now I'm thinking about hiding the evidence AND keeping Kase from finding it and trying to play with it.</div>
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....And couldn't find the keys to my locked pick-up.<br />
I'd let Kase play in it a few days previous to discovering it was locked. All 4 doors...<br />
The keys are kept in the visor, because they have a house key on them to keep me from locking myself out of the house. And to keep it easy for us to move the truck if we were in some sort of hurry and it was in the way.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Our burn pile is still smoldering thanks to the stumps that were in it. Kase and I go and "feed" it everyday. I kind of think he will be sad when it's finally out!</span><br />
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Chad keeps his spare key at work, because he doesn't like to have too many keys on his key ring.<br />
Why at his desk at work.<br />
Because. That is why.<br />
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Sooo, I report to Chad that I'm locked out as soon as I discover it.<br />
I was kinda bummed because I was going to haul some various trash from around the place and pick up a half ton square bale of hay from the hay broker up the street.<br />
He says he will look for them when he can remember.<br />
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Good enough, the time has passed and I won't really have time until the following weekend to get hay or do the cleaning and dump run.<br />
That weekend comes and goes, but it was cold and windy and until it was nearly over, I'd forgotten that I needed the extra key.<br />
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Soooo, last weekend Chad rips apart his desk. His shelves to the left of his desk. The drawers in the filing cabinet and every nook and cranny in the office to no avail.<br />
He reports back to me that it's a lost caused.<br />
So I start tearing apart my car.<br />
All of the little hidey spots that I have and nothing.<br />
All of the little hidey spots that Kase has...<br />
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On Sunday we were all heading out to start a burn pile and do some work on the driveway and I was complaining about Chad's loss of the spare key and he starts on me about letting the kid play in the truck and not paying attention... And did I look everywhere... and blah, blah, blah, BLAH!!<br />
I say yes I did, blah, blah, blah, BLAH!<br />
Then Chad starts digging through the pockets on my coat and pulls out they keys to my pickup.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">It is really TOO early for this kind of dust!!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">And yesterday I killed a mosquito on Remi!!</span><br />
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Make lists in my head of things we'll need Chad for, what I can do while he is "doing" his own "work", and what I might be able to see to 80% completion while Kase sleeps.</div>
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Mostly because Kase is older and I can do more with him.</div>
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Last year we tried, but his naps are pretty short and he wasn't happy just being put into his stroller to watch... This year I'll get him some "tools" for him and we'll start messing around with work!</div>
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In my Pre-Spring walk-a-bout, I took note of a few things that were frustrating...</div>
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First off, I miss judged how much hay I'd need to get to the next haying season. Bah!!</div>
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I knew that we'd hauled with a smaller trailer and I'd need to haul a few more (5) bales in my truck to have the same number that I'd had last year to start the year with. I also knew Fiona would be eating here and that would add a few bales... (10 was my guess) Well, I hauled in 16 more bales.</div>
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I'm just thinking, REALLY Nikki?!</div>
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How could you have so grossly under estimated your horses hay consumption?</div>
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I have been slowly feeding out the 40 small bales I bought too.</div>
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But I feel like their consumption is right on where I thought it would be.</div>
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I've found a source, but really to me, it's the principal of the whole thing!!</div>
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BUT Fiona always presents with her head and neck.</div>
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Anywhoo I was giving her the once over, (and she has started shedding...no one else has...)</div>
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And really she is under weight.</div>
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No one else is ribby...</div>
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And it's been about 3 years since she saw "The Dentist" so I'm assuming it's her teeth.</div>
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Nothing is falling out of her mouth.</div>
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No odd chewing... But it seems like the most likely thing...</div>
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It's all I can really think of that would be the issue...</div>
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An issue that I'm pretty sure wasn't there a couple of months ago.</div>
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They are all in good condition really, and Fi's not horrible, but for being on free choice hay constantly, she's not heavy enough.</div>
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So weird to have her thin coming out of such an easy winter...</div>
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Horse Girl's teeth haven't been done in about 5 years. She was evaluated when Fi's were done, but the vet said they looked pretty good and since she wasn't doing a darn thing except eating, she should be fine. Matter of fact he told me that until I saw cause to have them done, just let her be. I feel like she may need something, just because it's been so long.</div>
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She is a kind and loving soul... But I'm never going to ride her again.</div>
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Her mucus runs outta her nose almost nonstop. </div>
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She isn't really coughing, but it's coming...</div>
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On one hand, it's been 3 years since her teeth were done, and they were AWEFUL, but on the other hand what's the point.</div>
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I have already started working on my mind set about her health. If I cannot keep her comfortable without pumping her full of steroids this summer, I'm going to let her go.</div>
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I hate having a stuffy nose and feeling like I can't breathe. Not being able to breathe easily on a daily basis, coughing nonstop, with thick mucus running from your nose and being poked everyday with a needle...</div>
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It damn near brings me to tears thinking about it.</div>
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The Hee-Haws haven't had any dental attention since they were gelded...</div>
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Except to get some weight OFF of them!</div>
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And rounding up our walk-a-bout is the fact that we- me really needs to get halters on the Hee-Haws and get some time with them and Kase in a more controlled setting. A setting with a purpose. To this point it's just been pet, feed, pet, throw treats at them. </div>
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On paper Patron is mine. In "life" he's more mine than anyone else's, but I honestly think he'd like Kase to like him.</div>
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Jack-Jack wants nothing to do with Kase...</div>
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All three mares are interested in Kase and very cautious, or seemingly cautious.</div>
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None of my horses are treat crazy and I also get large treats and have been trying to keep Kase only throw them out to them... But he really wants to hand feed. And they are pretty good about taking stuff gently... I don't want to tell him no and make it not fun for him, but want him safe too...</div>
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Fingers don't grow back!</div>
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The last thing I want to do is scare him off of anything that I consider "fun".</div>
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Well, that's not right, the last thing I want is for him to get hurt... Followed by the previous statement!</div>
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Abbi and all her bravery barking from the well lit sidewalk into the dark and then running back inside.</div>
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And the girls were snorting, jumping, flinching, and spooking at the slightest noise.</div>
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Where ever it comes from they bring in apples, banana peels, partially eaten steak (some one's dog's getting ripped off!), partial loaves of bread, and in this instance part of a burger...bun included.</div>
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Kase and I were playing in front of the barn when the "incident occurred" and that crazy red head levitated 4 foot off the ground for about 6 seconds and all the while her feet we going as fast as they could go. She hit the ground running and full speed, bumped into Fiona, nearly killed a Hee-Haw on the corner and motored off into the trees.</div>
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She came out of the trees tip toeing looking for the attacker and trying to regain her composure.</div>
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The bird, now joined by it's buddies even looked at her like she'd lost her mind.</div>
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Then finally on (last) Friday morning the moose showed themselves.</div>
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I couldn't see the cow, but the calf decided to snack in front of the house so I was able to get a few pictures of him!</div>
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They hung out in the neighborhood for a few days, and are gone now.</div>
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It's not easy when you're addicted...</div>
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I actually forgot this Friday (which is now last Friday!), so I may have been on the Facebook.</div>
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But it was accidentally!</div>
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I'm trying to make Friday's my blogging day...</div>
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It's on my list of stuff to do this year. I figure it will help me push a little harder to do horse stuff, as I'll need it for fodder on my blog! LOL!!</div>
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We will see how that goes!</div>
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Kase and I don't like to be cold... Luckily we haven't hit any new real low temps recently.</div>
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It's hanging out in the 30's during the day and only dropping into the high teens in the evenings.</div>
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The little human refuses to wear gloves, so when his hands are too cold he will let us go inside. Some days it's pretty quickly, other days not so much. I've tried putting mittens on him, but to no avail. He's not happy if he doesn't see his hands-fingers.</div>
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We take the Danger in the back we have some alfalfa cubes and some hay. First we stop at the gate and feed everyone some cubes then its out to make sure that the big gate isn't snowed in after snow falls. (We also take a shovel and course.) Then we go into the gate and check the large bale and put out our few flakes of hay that we've got in the back. </div>
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We drive it around the property checking the fences (or that's what I tell myself) and then up the driveway and through the neighborhood. </div>
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Kase likes that process, crazy kid!</div>
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I just like it when it starts and we can do our "work"!</div>
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I caught a few pretty good pictures of my two kids last Sunday.</div>
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I use it to pull the gate closed when I'm driving through on the tractor (yes, it's that small!) and or when I'm packing Kase through the gate.</div>
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We're definitely ready for spring around here! Mild winter or not.</div>
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She's already started legging her horses up to start her barrel season.</div>
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I'm hoping to be following her around with Kase taking LOTS of pictures this year. We did't do as much traveling together last two years, for obvious reasons, but this year I'm hoping will be different!</div>
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We did the usual trek to The Olympic Peninsula to celebrate with Mindy, Fred, and Wyatt.</div>
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We had a blast! <br />
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Went to <a href="http://olygamefarm.com/" target="_blank">The Game Farm</a> and laughed out butts off at the demon Lama's, sweet talked the cute little deer of all kinds, rolled up the windows and scream/squealed at the charging buffalo, (this presented a REAL problem for Mindy and Wyatt who were in the backseats of the old cop car we were in as they couldn't control their own windows. Chad was driving, so they were trying to direct him and their windows as he was trying to not run over the charging buffalo and keep them safe and happy. It really made for a GREAT time!! That car is available for purchase on their <a href="http://www.theotherguysauto.com/" target="_blank">car</a> lot if anyone's interested! (0: Dent free! LOL!!!), we stopped and tossed bread balls at the bears. It is so amazing how their paw/eye coronation is. It honestly didn't even seem like they were looking at us and they just snatched them right out of the air! They seem so sad, yet so happy, its odd... When we got to the elk we kept the windows up and only fed the cute exotic deer for the most part... They are almost as aggressive as the buffalo!! So besides the deer, we only fed a calf elk until we were leaving their area, then a couple of cows got the rest of our bread- well except for the bread Wyatt set aside for the peacocks. That kid loves them! They are pretty, and he's a boy who is going to be a construction worker when he grows up and thinks so highly of those foofy birds, it just makes me smile! (0:<br />
Because there were 5 of us in one car, feeding crazed animals we didn't get any pictures. But trust me we laughed and laughed and laughed!!<br />
The weather wasn't conducive to any horse activities on the day we had "open" for such things... It's the first time since Mindy was prego we didn't ride! Weird... I did learn some stuff about the Back On Track products while I was there... Good stuff for later!</div>
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We hit the black Friday sales with nothing on our lists really... And made only a couple of small purchases overall. We just wanted to get out to be out and say we were out! (0:<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">I just loved watching Wyatt lead Kase around his yard. It totally rocked!!</span><br />
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Merry Christmas!!</div>
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We did our Christmas thing and hit my parents house again this year!</div>
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I love being home for Christmas.</div>
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Mindy, Fred, and Wyatt were of course there too!</div>
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Wyatt and Kase handed out the presents. Kase pretty much knows who everyone is and likes to give people things, BUT he was over excited after about 20 seconds of handing stuff out and started just putting the stuff you gave him in the nearest pile and then racing back for another one. Luckily Wyatt understands the "art" of giving the gifts to the "right" person, so he would follow behind Kase and give the packages to their rightful owners. It was pretty cute!</div>
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Kase didn't care to open presents- AGAIN!! It was a repeat of his birthday!!</div>
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He helped open one and then he was done.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">The Christmas pictures are off it, everything else if from my old computer... I have to get my pictures in the gallery bigger than a thumbnail and don't know how!! So these are all picked out on a wing and a prayer for content! (0:</span><br />
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For Christmas dad and mom had purchased a wagon/sleigh ride.</div>
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Mindy and crew left the day we were supposed to do it.</div>
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There was a miscommunication between mom and the people they got it from, so we ended up catching up to them halfway through the loop lets say... Mom and Kase and I all got in and rode and dad and Chad took the truck back to their trailer. </div>
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It was fun! It was cold, with a little wind.</div>
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I was glad we got in at the half way point as I am not sure that Kase would have lasted for the whole thing.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">All the activity pooped out Seven! And not a single present was for her this year!</span></div>
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Kinda bummed that dad and Chad missed out- but on the other hand, I am not so certain they were... I am not sure what they did, but they seemed to enjoy themselves and were giggling like school girls when we arrived. As a side note, dad and Chad both really like the drafts and are on the same page that if they HAD to have a horse, they would prefer a draft. (Yes, the paint horse is Chad's... LOL!!) </div>
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At any rate, mom, Kase, and I had a good time and because of the miss communication they told mom that we could come out anytime and get a "re-ride". Super nice people with a super nice team!!</div>
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Happy New Year!!</div>
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We went to bed at 9:00 and slept in!</div>
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New Year seems to come and go whether I am awake or not... So why loose sleep over it? LOL!!</div>
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As per my usual, no resolutions... </div>
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But I am working on a few lists of stuff to get done. We will see how that goes with a toddler... No worries though!!<br />
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Winter is being a crazy old lady this year!</div>
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I like a little snow... Pretty snow, not the ugly stuff we've got going on right now.</div>
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We started off pretty bare and dry-ish. We got rain, and some warm temps. Then more rain.</div>
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Then it got could. And stayed cold. Which is really crappy after the temp hanging around it the 40's for so long!<br />
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Then it finally warmed up to snow. We got 6-8 inches and then it warmed up some. It settled. And last weekend we got more snow. Around 13 inches... Then it warmed up to rain on top of the snow. Then we had slush.</div>
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Now it's gotten cold again. So we have frozen slush, ice in some places, and ugly crunch, crusty snow in others.</div>
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These "guys" are just amazing to me! LOVE it when they visit!</div>
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Blah, blah, blah, it's good if you cook it right...</div>
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<br />Nikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07121188185593072355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891713852101236854.post-6567811888489654662014-11-06T15:24:00.000-08:002014-11-06T15:24:06.892-08:00I'll Try And Get Ya Caught Up!<div style="text-align: center;">
Wow! It's been a long time since I've posted!!<br />
I cannot believe that it's November!!<br />
My how the time flew this year!!!</div>
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I'm not going to lie... FaceBook has sucked my internet time up in a big way. It's so easy to toss up a thought or picture and damn near get instant gratification....</div>
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I don't want to be one of those people, but maybe I am!</div>
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Needing a "like" to make my day seem complete.<br />
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Remi and Horse Girl checking for goodies!</div>
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It's also been a slow "horse life" this summer.</div>
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I'm not complaining, I want my kid to love animals and ride, and this is as good as place as any to start.</div>
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I do however apologize for my most annoying voice!!!</div>
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Seems as though I do kind of carry on some days!<br />
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Fi and Kase talkin' 'round the water cooler.<br />
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I managed to average about 1 ride a week for the summer. All on Fiona. Remi didn't get a leg thrown over her once. <br />
Not great at all.<br />
But better than not riding. <br />
Chad was "watching" Kase on Sunday mornings so that I could ride, but the business is just being a taxing, nasty, nagging old troll. So she ended up edging me out of my Sunday riding....<br />
Chad had to stop taking Sunday's off and work 7 days a week again. So my Sunday riding got dropped and Kase's naps aren't always the duration of time I need. So it was hit and miss. <br />
Jake came out this a month ago Thursday and pulled everyone's shoes.<br />
I'm done trying to ride and feeling rushed or unfulfilled or let down when my plans don't come to fruition.<br />
Next year it will be better or different! (0:<br />
My friends over at <a href="http://twinwillowsequestrian.com/" target="_blank">Twin Willows Farm</a> have just finished their indoor arena and have a lot of stuff in the works. It's an hour away, but I'm going to try and make it to some things! <br />
I'd LOVE to do the cattle sorting. (0:<br />
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I rarely really think too much about what I've written, after I've written it. I kind of forget that it's still just out there waiting for someone else to see it. So you can imagine my surprise when I got a response/reply/comment on a post that I did way back when I/we lived at the Land Lord's place. It was a trainer who had come across the Land Lord and Jameson and was trying to research Jameson's dam when they found my blog. I kind of made a new friend and got a compliment on the work Jameson. She said that she could tell that I had invested a lot of time with Jameson way back when. I'm NOT a trainer, just an enthusiast and rider. So to have someone who really is a trainer say they could tell that someone had done something with her just made me so happy! Huray Me! LOL!!<br />
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Trying to steal the hay outta Horse Girl's Mouth.<br />
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My Hee-Haws are fat and happy!<br />
They make me smile almost daily.<br />
Kase loves them, but only Parton loves him back. Jack-Jack is kinda scared of him. But he's never been found of little people. He didn't love Wyatt either...<br />
I try and let him interact with them daily and as "freely" as possible.<br />
Kase is obviously too young to know the "business end of an animal, but I try and let him move around them as much as possible on his own two legs.<br />
He thinks he's pretty big stuff some days out there with his long ears.<br />
Nothing new on their front.<br />
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Fiona is such a joy. I am truly lucky that I found and fell in love with her as a weanling, and then bought her. I really didn't need another horse at the time, but I couldn't resist her!!<br />
I couldn't be happier that she is mine... Well except for the fact that Kase LOVES her and she is so interested in him and the thought that she will be his one day is even better to me. (0: <br />
Fiona is rock solid in what Mike taught her and really is eager to please, even though she is a tad bit opinionated. (0: And man is she a power house... The wind moving through her ears is almost as sweet as it was on my old mare. (0:<br />
I can't wait for Kase to experience this... I sure hope he loves riding... Even though I understand that he may love something else! (0:<br />
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Sigh.<br />
This brings me to the "real life" horse stuff.<br />
I know that I've been pretty lucky over all with the health of my horses. With their longevity.<br />
I watched my old mare go down hill her last year. But was able to give her an honorable passing.<br />
And one I don't regret. She saw me through so much... I have probably mentioned it before, but I got her for my 11th birthday, (1985) and had her until I was 33. 22 years (2007). I'm glad I was able to do what I did, when I did. I am glad my family was there for me...<br />
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But this, this is different.<br />
Or at least it feel different.<br />
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She thinks he smells wonderful!<br />
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I'll start with Horse Girl.<br />
Her lameness isn't getting better. I am pretty sure that its getting a lot worse.<br />
When Fi and Remi and the Hee-Haws run through the pasture, she walks or trot/limps behind. I cannot remember the last time I saw her lope or open up and move.<br />
She is Chad's horse.<br />
Not mine.<br />
I tried to talk to him about this and he just keeps saying we will see what this winter brings. Emotionally, I'm not sure I can find the old girl down in the pasture unable to get up and not kinda break apart. The thought exhausts me. I may be over reacting and being melodramatic.<br />
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Her overall health is good. She is in good weight. Enjoys snacks, scratches, tiny person hair pulling, tiny person screeching, and even tiny person "pets". Because lets face it, kids Kase's age slap more than they pet. But she loves it all.<br />
I don't think she is miserable, but generally limping goes hand in hand with pain.<br />
I kind of thought about doing a lameness evaluation on her and see if injections or a better diagnosis on the angle her feet need to be would help. But at the same time, she is 18 nearing 19, and doesn't have a job...<br />
Sigh. I don't know....<br />
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She did this....<br />
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And Remi, my sweet misunderstood, kind souled, little mare.<br />
She has had a cough off and on since I got her. But usually about the same time Chad's allergies are acting up, so I just figured that she had some too.<br />
This summer we had some rather large fires in the area and I noticed that she was really coughing. Then I noticed that I could see her nostrils flaring. I went out and started looking her over, and realize I could hear her wheezing. I almost immediately started to panic. I was pretty sure I knew what was going on, but I decided to make it official.<br />
Dr. Peters confirmed my fears.<br />
Remi has heaves. AKA asthma.<br />
It's coming on fast and hard. He said she has mild to moderate, but leaning more towards moderate.<br />
I've got IM steroids to give her....<br />
And the WORST possible environment I could possibly provide for her with this condition.<br />
"Dirt" floor pasture, hay 24/7, and I feed on the ground.<br />
I'm beside myself with worry right now.<br />
I don't know what I'm going to do next...<br />
But for the first time EVER, I can't wait for the snow to fly. <br />
Her symptoms should subside, and for the next 5 months or so I will have time to decide what I'm going to do.<br />
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....and then so did he!<br />
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Sigh....<br />
Again...<br />
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I also lost my old dog in August.<br />
Kage started having some neurological issues and had started being painful when picked up and while getting on and off of the couch...<br />
He also started lashing out at Abbi and Seven.<br />
I upped his pain meds, but it didn't really help.<br />
I lowered his exercise, but it didn't help.<br />
Chad stayed with Kase and I took Kage in.<br />
I got Kage 1 week before Chad and I went on our first date.<br />
He was 12.<br />
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What's odd about loosing Kage in the dynamics of our "pack" is that Abbi seemed to barely notice, but Seven has really had some difficulties adjusting.<br />
Abbi used to sleep by him, Seven used to get her butt kicked by him...<br />
I don't know.<br />
We're pretty much over it now, and the girls have stabilized and it's our "new" normal. (0:<br />
I miss him, but I don't miss having three dogs and a toddler.<br />
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Rest In Peace to the worst dog I ever loved.<br />
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I did get to hang out with Mindy and Wyatt at the BRC's place the end of September and first of October.<br />
That's always fun.<br />
Mindy made a few good runs, Wyatt taught Kase how to play in the dirt AND convinced him to wear shoes! Thank The Good Lord!!<br />
Made me pretty excited for next year!<br />
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Mindy and Bug, third barrel.<br />
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And that's about it for now.<br />
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I turn 40 in 17 days.... I think that I am going to start prepping for mid-life crisis...<br />
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Bwwwahhhahahaaa!!<br />
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