Finally, Spring...er Summer Shots

I've been so far behind on everything these past few months that I've decided I need to get back into the swing of things. So after filling water troughs, letting the horses out into their "lawn pastures", and doing normal grain routines for Joe, Thor, Babe, and Queen I decided I would fianlly give everyone their shots.

Of course by that time it was 8:30pm. Yup, that's right. I started giving vaccinations in the evening. I started with Joe and Thor and waited for the rest of the herd to appear. I should have done this LONG ago! I'm mad at myself for not having done this sooner. It took me too long to order the vaccinations and it took me a month to actually give the shots.

I had my method for doing vaccinations too. Instead of pulling everyone out, I decided to run each one into the barn so that I could give them their shots, worm them, and put flyspray on. It's a slow process and one that should never be started at 8:30pm! Of course I had to pull Sam in and let him have his grain mash s othat slowed down the process. I didn't really start in on the big herd until close to 9-9:30pm. I wasn't done giving shots, worming, and applying flyspray until 10:30pm last night. I still need to do the ponies and the mares. I have to go back ot the vet to get shots. I'm short two horses (because Joe and Thor came to me without vaccinations or farrier work! ) So hopefully this weekend I can make a mad dash to Madison to get the last of the vaccinations. Nothing like waiting until JULY to do spring shots. Where did the time go?!?!

Least to say, I crashed hard. I'm paranoid about a horse having an allergic reaction. I've had a friend's horse have an allergic reaction that required an emergency vet visit. Having finished administering shots at 10:30pm I was worried I would be making a late night emergency call to the vet.

I'd planned on going back out to check the herd at 11:30pm (giving them an hour to react to the shots) but I fell asleep on the couch...hard. Mike woke me up at midnight and I rushed outside to see if anyone had any reactions.

I saw Sam on the ground and anotherhorse. I thought it might be Brego but was Maverick. I then peered around the corner and saw Chaos on the ground too. I climbed the fence and saw another horse stretched out right next to the barn. The horses I saw initially were snoozing. I realized that as I climbed the fence and Sam got up. I was worried he'd have a bad reaction since I had a hard time with one of his shots (along with King).

But the horse, all stretched out by the barn, had me scared. I thought it was a bad sign. As I walked up closer to see who it was (because he was lying in a dark shadow), I realized it was Brego. And silly Brego was just sleeping. Apparently my boys actually sleep around midnight. After I counted heads and apparently disrupted their sleep, I headed in to the house to crash for what seemed only like a few minutes before my alarm went of signaling yet another day.

Everyone was fine this morning. It made me feel better knowing that everyone in the big herd is vaccinated (late but at least done). I feel bad that I didn't get to it sooner but with everything going on, it was impossible to try and squeeze it in sooner. I need to be more organized.