It's a Good Day!

This day keeps getting better and better!

Earlier this week someone placed an ad saying they do chiropractic work on horses. So I emailed to find out the details. I'm so excited. I'm trying to figure out a weekend where I can haul Dude down to Harrisburg to get the initial evaluation and first chiropractic work done. It'll cost about $95 for the initial visit with chirporactic work. The dr. will also do some evaluations to see if it's actually chiropractic or if there's something more serious going on. All visits afterwards are $85. I was afraid they'd be more along the lines of $200 per visit which I can't afford. But I can afford $85. It could possibly mean Dude could go back to being a riding horse again instead of a dominant pasture pet. I'm going to call on Monday and see what the next few weekends look like for the dr. I'm thinking maybe I can sneak Dude in next weekend but I'm not sure.

I also got a call this evening from my trainer Jake Jass. He called to say that he's ready for Maverick whenever I am. He was ready for a horse any time this week. I warned him that I most likely couldn't get Maverick into the trailer. So we made arrangements for him to come out this Monday around 5:30 to help me load Maverick up and take him to the trainer's facilities. I'm hoping 30 days of training will really Maverick him straight.

Now I'm going to really have to figure out how to introduce Brego to the entire herd. I have an idea but it's going to require some work. I don't want Dude to beat the snot out of Brego. I'll have to ease him in, start with the less aggressive horses and work my way up.

I also called my farrier tonight too before going out to do chores. I need to get shoes on King before Sunday's first ride. I should have called earlier but I never got around to it. I'm busy all day Saturday so that sort of cut our options down. The farrier is scheduled to come out this Thursday about 4:30pm. I am going to have to hurry home on Thursday.

I need to call the vet on Monday and see if I can make an appointment to bring Tommy, Skippy, Farley, Gypsy, and Trouble in for their yearly shots. I'm hoping for this Friday but we'll see. If that's the case, I'm going to load King and Rain in so that Dad and I can get a ride in before the first trail ride. It's always a good thing to work the kinks out before going on a trail ride. I need to work King and Rain this week and make sure they don't have any bad kinks in them before Dad and I go on our preride. :-) So I'll be hauling King, Rain, Tommy, and Skippy in the trailer. I figure I can throw Farley in the big dog kennel and Trouble in the small dog kennel but that still leaves Gyspy. So I'm going to have to do some begging to see if I can't borrow a dog kennel for the day. I have a couple of ideas of who I can go beg to.

I think I'm on cloud 9 knowing that Maverick is finally going to get to go to a good trainer. I'm going to start counting the hours until he goes!

It rained most of today. Earlier I put Bob in the barn so that he could have his daily allotment of alfalfa. When I went out to do chores tonight I wasn't sure if I should leave Bob in the barn or not. When I opened the door to the big herd, Rain came right in without an invitation. I took it as insight to leave Rain and Bob in the barn. It's a fairly cold rain and I'm sure Rain would get pushed out of the lean too. I'll sleep easier knowing Bob is snug and dry in the barn. I feel a little worried that Bob didn't get a chance to walk around and stretch his legs a bit more before being stuck in his stall all night. I guess he'll be a bit more eager to come out of the barn tomorrow morning.

I think it's supposed to rain for the next couple of days. Or at least be dreary for the next few days. But starting Wednesday we are supposed to be at 70 degrees so I'm going to have to get the horses out and go for a few short rides around the place. Things are really starting to look up. This day keeps getting better and better.

To top it off, some of the house projects are starting to really take shape. I can't wait until the house remodel is done so that I can go back to focusing on the horses and the constant fencing that we totally ignored last year. The more we get done, the closer we are to working on new fencing.

It's been a good day!