Busy Bee

I seem to be losing track of time even faster these days. Last night was a totally unproductive day for the Sanctuary. For other activities, we were busy! For those that don’t know, I’m also one of the founders of the Minnehaha County Saddle Club and am currently the Chair. I wanted to promote working with your horse so we started the Minnehaha County Saddle Club Distance Derby (based on the Distance Derby being hosted out of Nebraska). It started April 1^st but I haven’t been able to do anything with it lately because Blogger has been a pain in my rear.

We also decided to see if the city of Hartford would want our saddle club to host a trail ride during their Jubilee Days June 15^th and 16^th. So Mike, the Bear, and I hopped in the car to meet F at the Hartford City Council meeting last night at 6pm.  I thought we were doing good by leaving early. That’ll teach me! Instead of getting there early to make sure the Bear was asleep, we spent those few precious moments scrambling to find the owners of a weiner dog that was racing down our road. The sight of a weiner dog racing down the road makes me bust out laughing every time. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find his owners before the council meeting so we put him in one of our kennels and ran to the meeting, which went off without a hitch. We are waiting for one final approval and then I’ll be busy planning that event!

So back to the weiner dog. What a ham! We did find out who his owners are but they weren’t home last night. He ended up spending the night at our house. Mike was going to drop him off tomorrow morning. When we first moved to Borderlands, we didn’t have the horses yet (nor were we running the Sanctuary). But I wanted to do my part and volunteered to be a foster for Almost Home Canine Rescue based out of Madison, SD.

Oh the stories we can tell you about fostering. I think we fostered for about two years before we called it quits. The Chihuahua was our breaking point but we were able to help out a few dogs. I’d recommend checking out Almost Home Canine Rescue. The focus of the rescue changed a few times over the years but always the final goal of finding unwanted dogs a new home.

I forgot what it was like to have a new dog in the house. I was up more with the dog than I currently am with the Bear! I was able to finally unwind about 11pm. The dog decided he was tired of being in the kennel and wanted out at midnight. We went for a quick jaunt in the driveway and I headed back to the couch. Unfortunately the dog wanted back out at 2am and that’s when I decided to take the Bear upstairs (he fell asleep in his carseat; we are currently going through the teething phase).

So I know it’s totally unrelated to the Sanctuary but that was my night! I’m a little worried about Jim. He’s been off for the past couple of days. I’m not sure if it’s the hay I’m tossing out (this bale isn’t the greatest) or if there’s something wrong. I think he’s depressed but I’m thinking Maverick and he may have had a fight. Jim has been hanging out with King at mealtimes, which is odd. I may need to give Jim some extra loving this week (if I can find time).

The rest of this week is jampacked with non-Sanctuary related activities (drill team meeting, church,  drill team practice with the second drill team).