It hasn’t even been a full week yet and Sam is really starting to perk up. I was afraid that he wouldn’t like me or would be standoffish. The way to Sam’s heart is through his stomach. He now doesn’t flinch or shy away when I come up and pet him.
Every time I come out to the horse pens he whinnies to me. It’s the most hilarious thing I’ve ever heard. Here you would think that an 1800 lb horse would have this huge low whinny (Bob has one). Sam lets out this high pitched whinny that makes me double over in laughter every time I hear it.
And once Sam starts to whinny, Brego pitches in too. Brego is still so small and yet he has this low whinny. It’s just hilarious listening to those two. Sam and Brego’s whinny’s remind me of Dictator and Ace’s whinny’s. Ace had such a low whinny and Dictator had a pretty high whinny.
I love getting nickered to. It always makes me feel wanted. Brego stopped nickering to me awhile back but now that he’s in with Sam he hollers for me all the time. I love it. I’ve been grooming Sam down a bit whenever I get the chance. His winter coat looks like it’s all gone but I’m still pulling hair every time I run a brush over him.
The darn gnats are coming out and causing problems. They are eating up everyone’s ears. Luckily Sam has already figured out that I’m trying to help him feel better when I put the bug stuff in his ears. Some of the horses despise the stuff but Sam takes it all in without much fuss. He’s really very laid back.
I think I might have a plan for Bob. But I’m still considering euthanasia. If my plan doesn’t work out I guess that will be the route I have to go. I can’t watch him suffer. He’s actually getting to be a picky eater, which makes life even harder. I am thinking I’m going to increase his grain ration and see if that helps out more. I’m going to have to go to morning and night feedings. I think I have it figured out for the morning feedings. It’s just that Bob eats so darn slow I can’t stand around and wait for him for hours to finish eating when I need to get ready to head out for work in the morning. I actually feel like I did about a year ago when I was so worried about Ace’s health and Blondie’s health.
But on a slightly happier note (for me but not for all the horses involved), I’m planning on attending tomorrow’s Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Catalog Horse Sale. I was figuring on just going to the loose sale but the catalog and supplement only show about 30 horses listed. I guess they are expecting more but I want to make sure that I get there in time to walk through all the loose horses and take note of their conditions and which ones I could possibly take home of the need arises.
A year ago Sunday, at this very same auction, I brought home Ten Man. Someday I’ll blog about him. He was a heartbreaker for me but I went for a purpose and I guess he was that purpose. Poor guy. But if there’s more like him, I’ll see how much they go for and try to pull them.
The last Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Horse Sale I missed because of a blizzard. I knew better than to travel during blizzard conditions. And I’m sure I would have ended up buying a horse and having to go home and get the trailer in a blizzard. Luckily the weather is supposed to be nicer tomorrow. No rain! Last year’s sale had terrible rain and cold. This year I hope it’s fairly nice. It’ll be interesting to see what types of horses are there and who all shows up. I’m afraid by the end of the loose horse sale most people are gone. I can only hope there is a good turnout for all the horses that are run through the loose sale. I guess I’ll make sure I have a wad of money in my pocket even though I can’t afford to bring any more into Borderlands at this time. Keep your fingers crossed that there are no neglected horses and that they all go to private homes instead of to brokers and kill buyers.
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