Pasture and Mayhem

I'm exhausted beyond belief today for no apparent reason (other than having a nine month old at home). I wasn't sure if I'd be able to put the horses out on the lawn yesterday. We've had a bit of rain and it's glorious. In previous years, a sprinkle would send me into the house. After a terrible drought last year, I was pretty hard pressed to head back in doors due to a few tiny sprinkles. But we did get some substantial rain Saturday night. We've had overcast skies since then and a few more rain showers. I'm hoping we can continue with the gentle rainshowers with rain falling staright down instead of horizontal. But I won't complain either way. We are getting moisture (and not in the form of feet of snow!)

I normally let the horses out onto the pasture over Memorial weekend but that's not going to happen this year. After reseeding the pasture, we have at least another month before we can let the herd out. I'm disappointed and hadn't figured on an extra month. Now I either have to go in search of hay that I can't afford or go and beg the neighbor to see if he'd be willing to rent his pasture for a month. I'm hoping on the later but I hate to ask. So if you happen to drive by the Sanctuary and dont' see horses, it's because they are stuck in the drylot until either our pasture comes up or they are at the neighbor's.

After putting Bo in with the big herd (and keeping an extremely close eye on him), Mike suggested that I pull Mayhem out of the bigger pen. Here I was hoping to be free of an extra pen. So I moved Mayhem to Bo's pen next to Babe. For the first 24 hours after Bo was gone, Babe was upset and constantly whinnied. When I put Mayhem in, she constantly whinnied (and Babe stopped whinnying).  I think it's a good move. Mayhem was picking up Rabbit's bad habits and that is NOT allowed (although I am trying to work with Rabbit to break her of her crabby habits). But now that Mayhem is in one of the front pens, I see her every time I look out the window. Which makes me feel guilty. So now I've decided I better start working with her. Oh sure some day soon I'll send her to the trainer's but until then I better start messing with her. She's three and no where near ready for much. I'd prefer to make the training experience go smoothly and easily for both the trainer and Mayhem. That way, maybe the trainer can put a few additional queues on her. We'll see.