Just Getting Started
This is another new adventure for me -blogging, but seems as though everyone has one. Hopefully it will be updated regularly and friends can keep up with me even while I am on the road.
This last week has me trying to get organized for a trip to Texas to visit Martin Black with some colts for him to start. Have to get the truck's wiring problem fixed, make sure there is enough hay for the horses while I'm gone and about a dozen other things I can't remember right now.
It is hard to get away during the winter months as I need to have a reliable, trustworthy person to keep the stock tanks free of ice, horses fed even when it is -10 degrees and make sure the house stays warm while I am gone for a week or three. Once I am gone, it is nice to be able to ride and train the horses, and not have frozen toes in the process. The cold toes part reminds me too much of growing up riding in Michigan as a young girl. Seems like we had alot of fun in the winter months with the ponies harnessed up to the sleighs and never got too cold!
Last week started out with an unexpected trip to the vet with my old Jack Russell female "Pipaqueak, the head of the household staff", to have some teeth removed. If it wasn't for her swollen face, you'd never have known she had two badly decayed teeth. Even after having the teeth pulled, she never stopped long enough to chew her food. By the end of the week, her son Chazz, came to visit while his parents went skiing. Chazz ended up having emergency surgery to repair the wounds he got in the backyard chasing squirrels. Bella Baloo, the Bullmastif, "Princess in Training", is a strong suspect for inflicting the wounds over his back and abdomen. Not sure what her problem is but it will require close observation. Chazz is currently home and recovering nicely.
That's all the news for now. Just trying to stay warm in Colorado, and heading to Texas.
This last week has me trying to get organized for a trip to Texas to visit Martin Black with some colts for him to start. Have to get the truck's wiring problem fixed, make sure there is enough hay for the horses while I'm gone and about a dozen other things I can't remember right now.
It is hard to get away during the winter months as I need to have a reliable, trustworthy person to keep the stock tanks free of ice, horses fed even when it is -10 degrees and make sure the house stays warm while I am gone for a week or three. Once I am gone, it is nice to be able to ride and train the horses, and not have frozen toes in the process. The cold toes part reminds me too much of growing up riding in Michigan as a young girl. Seems like we had alot of fun in the winter months with the ponies harnessed up to the sleighs and never got too cold!
Last week started out with an unexpected trip to the vet with my old Jack Russell female "Pipaqueak, the head of the household staff", to have some teeth removed. If it wasn't for her swollen face, you'd never have known she had two badly decayed teeth. Even after having the teeth pulled, she never stopped long enough to chew her food. By the end of the week, her son Chazz, came to visit while his parents went skiing. Chazz ended up having emergency surgery to repair the wounds he got in the backyard chasing squirrels. Bella Baloo, the Bullmastif, "Princess in Training", is a strong suspect for inflicting the wounds over his back and abdomen. Not sure what her problem is but it will require close observation. Chazz is currently home and recovering nicely.
That's all the news for now. Just trying to stay warm in Colorado, and heading to Texas.
posted by the Pretty Pony | 9:12 AM
