Girl Time

It's amazing to see the calming affects the older horses have on the youngsters. I have been able to touch Sahara more in the last few days of having her in with the mares and Thor than I have the entire time since bringing her home.

Thor is adjusting to being blind although he's not comfortable to being out on a pasture. I've decided that I'll drylot Thor and keep Babe with him as a companion. They seem to get along. Mayhem is good friends with Thor. Of course, how can Thor resist the whims of four mares!

Figured I'd post some pictures of Thor and Mayhem.

I love Mayhem's wavy mane. With the exception of her mane, she looks identical to her mother Rabbit. I need to start working on picking up her feet so we can get her feet trimmed soon.


I was afraid that with going blind, Thor would get depressed and stop eating. He is loving the round bale. I rarely see him anywhere other than in front of the bale.

Mayhem and Thor hanging out at the bale.

Thor, Mayhem, and Babe.

Investigation Report

This is why we need to stay strong and fight:


http://rtfitch.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/inspected-rejected-animals-angels-investigation-confirms-eu-report/

Bo Three Months Later

Thought I'd give everyone an update on Bo. Pictures speak better than words, of course these pictures don't do justice in showing how bad Bo really was.


Bo the day after we brought him home. The winter hair hids the fact that he's skin and bone. We outbid the killbuyer at the Mitchell Livestock Horse Sale March 12th.

This picture was taken two weeks later. We put a blanket on him to ward off the chill. Having the hair flattened shows off how skinny he really was. Keep in mind, this pic was taken after two weeks of constant food in front of him. The first pic doesn't show even come close to showing how thin he really was.

This pic was taken two months after bringing Bo home. He'd gained a considerable amount of weight but still has miles to go. By this time, we had started him slowly on grass. Again the picture doesn't justify or show how thin he still is even after two months of constant food. There's still ribs, backbone, and hips sticking out.

This pic was taken yesterday, three months (and two days) after bringing Bo home. He's been on pasture now for two-three weeks and put on even more weight. He still has 100+ pounds to put on but he's still steadily gaining. The hips are still sticking out a little as are the ribs but the backbone is now almost hidden. Bo is headed to the vet Friday to get his teeth floated. We could have gotten in done sooner but I wanted to give him time (and I needed to squeeze in the time with my paying job).

This is the other side of Bo. Now scroll to the first and second pictures and see the difference. Happy horse with a sparkle in his eye three months later. Love you Bo!

Buffet

I realized I didn't have any recent pics of the horses. I had just a little bit of time after the farrier left to take a few picture before the mosquitoes carried me away.

Queen still wants to be out on grass but she's making the most of the round bale. She was leaning as far into the bale as she could to get the very center. Babe had her chest pushed against the bale. Sahara got herself stuck against the bale. I'm guessing she rolled into the bale and got stuck. She would have worked her way out but I was there to roll her to the other side. She was calm about it thankfully. She let me touch her legs and didn't freak out. She really is calm. When I started taking pictures of Sahara, Mayhem got jealous. Those two little fillies are going to be something else. I think Thor is loving all the girl time. He's doing much better and always preffered a smaller herd and now he has it.

I'll leave you with pictures of the mares demolishing er I mean enjoying the round bale.

Wordless Wednesday

Fuzzy

Dick The Percheron

When we picked Dick up from his owner's back in March, a dear friend was there. She snapped a few picturs. I thought you all might enjoy them as much as I did.

Thank you J for sending the pictures to me. I do love looking at horse pics!

Gives you a good perspective of how big Dick is. I'm 5'3".

Dick has the biggest nose I've ever seen. I love petting the velvet on the tip of his nose. Love this big guy!

Picture Wednesday

Pics are a little old (when everyone still had the last bits of winter hair) but thought you'd prefer some pictures instead of my ramblings.

Dick and Rabbit

Sir Prize on the first few days of investigating grass

Mayhem. She has such a wavy mane. Not sure where she got that trait from.

Dick and Rabbit