Vet Day!

Yesterday was vet day for some of the horses, well, actually just the ponies. I don't have any problems doing the other horses's shots but I was afraid of doing the ponies. I wasn't sure if they would require less or what all would be needed. So I sucked it up and hauled them to the vet. It went pretty well at the vets. But I'm jumping ahead of myself.

I scheduled the vet appointment for Friday so that I wouldn't have to rush around on the weekends or try to squeeze in yet another trip somewhere. I got up fairly early Friday and haltered up Tommy and Skipp.

I also decided that Dad and I should go for a ride before the WarmUp Ride. We needed to get the kinks out before going on the first ride. I don't want to be the one that causes a wreck. So I haltered up Rain and King. It took a bit of rearranging to get the two bigger horse into the trailer. They are pretty spoiled and think they need to have their own section of the trailer. Once I figured out how they wanted to be loaded I got the ponies loaded.

I didn't realize it but there is a trick with loading Skippy. Since the trailer typically comes to his chest he won't load. The trick is to walk him up to the trailer and then take him away. Then walk him back up to the trailer and he'll fly right in.

It's actually pretty funny to watch the ponies jump in and out of the trailer. Those two little guys fly in and out with no problems. They can really jump. As long as it's jumping in and out of the trailer we won't have any problems. Now if they decide to start jumping any low fences.

I also decided to take Farley, Gypsy, and Trouble in for their yearly shots too. Everyone was due all about the same time so I figured one vet bill would be better than multiple ones.

When we got there, the vet wanted to do the ponies first. So Dad and I unloaded the ponies. I think the vet was very intersted in the ponies. They both receives compliments! Way to go ponies. They were a little bit naughty about shots but who isn't when getting shots?

I was also curious about how old they are. The vet took a peek at Tommy first and he guessed Tommy was about 8-10 years old. He looked at Skippy and said Skippy is a bit older than Tommy but not by much. He was guessing around the 10 year old mark. So to make things easier for me I'm going to say they are both 10 years old. That way I won't go insane trying to keep track of how old everyone is! :-)

The ponies jumped right back into the trailer and patiently waited to go home. Next came Trouble and Farley. We had to do a bit more with Trouble since she's the smaller one and needed nails and other extra done. The vet didn't believe that Farley was 6 years old. I can't remember now if he thought Farley was older or younger. Then came Gypsy. She behaved beautifully. I never know how she's going to behave since she's such a timid sole. But everything went very well.

When we got home, we unloaded the ponies into the barn and saddled up Rain and King to go for a quick ride. So all in all the vet trip was pretty uneventful. I definately breathed a huge sigh of relief when I got two horses, two ponies, and three dogs all back home.

I best get going. I still need to get the trailer packed for tomorrow's trail ride. Keep your fingers crossed that it won't rain. There was a bit of snow on the ground this morning when I went out to do chores.

Since I keep forgetting to get pics. Below are some pics of Brego. I wanted to get some pics of him six months after he came so that I can see the difference between when he came and now. I think he looks pretty good considering he went in to winter pretty thin.

How can you resist those eyes?! He's such a sweetie!