So, everything was calm. Georgia was eating hay and acting like a normal foal. Peaches was happy. River was doing well at her training facility. Maybelline was just hanging out until her July adoption date. The new ones (TJ, Sprocket, Pepper and Holly) were settling in well, with Holly on the verge of being adopted already. It was the quietest spring on record. I thought... sure, I can have a holiday, sure. Sure. LOL
The day before I was to catch my ship, the phone rang. 5 Minis needed our help. A mare with a three day old foal, a possibly pregnant two year old, a dwarf yearling and another yearling. Sure, let's do it! I can pack till the wee hours if I have to. Team Pipsqueak pulled together and we got them all transported either to our facility or an awesome foster home.
Then I get a text. A stallion and a likely pregnant mare. Can we help? Sure, let's do it! Arrangements were made for one of my awesome team members to pick them up and hold them until I returned.
Meanwhile, I had got another call. Puzzle and Glory needed to be rehomed. More arrangements for them to arrive just after my return.
So, thanks to my amazing team, I did indeed have a wonderful holiday... just in the nick of time. Now it's pedal to the metal, processing these nine and word of another possibly on the way next week.
Tempest and Summer (the mare and foal) are doing well at their foster home. The foal, Summer, is a little dear. Tempest is untouchable, but about to start sessions with the amazing Liz Duncan, so we are confident that she'll be halter broke and able to safely come here to our main facility by the end of the month.
Juneau, Sitka and Denali are settling in well here at our main facility. These three are also untouchable, but are very friendly and curious - which is a great start.
Puzzle and Glory arrived yesterday and look fabulous. Puzzle is so friendly now - it is surreal! I remember when she came to us as a wild little mountain pony!
The new stallion and mare arrive any minute. Ollie and Amelia are apparently friendly. We'll geld Ollie tomorrow and see if he's left a final legacy with Amelia as well. If so, then she'll be hanging out with us until the spring.
I'll be busy catching up with things and getting the "Available" page up to date with photos and information on this new batch.
Thank you to everyone who supports us in any kind of way. I was heavily reminded again this month that I am in no way in this alone.
Here is a pic that brings home why we do what we do... it's an exhausted little Summer, just days old, safe and sound after a traumatic day.
The day before I was to catch my ship, the phone rang. 5 Minis needed our help. A mare with a three day old foal, a possibly pregnant two year old, a dwarf yearling and another yearling. Sure, let's do it! I can pack till the wee hours if I have to. Team Pipsqueak pulled together and we got them all transported either to our facility or an awesome foster home.
Then I get a text. A stallion and a likely pregnant mare. Can we help? Sure, let's do it! Arrangements were made for one of my awesome team members to pick them up and hold them until I returned.
Meanwhile, I had got another call. Puzzle and Glory needed to be rehomed. More arrangements for them to arrive just after my return.
So, thanks to my amazing team, I did indeed have a wonderful holiday... just in the nick of time. Now it's pedal to the metal, processing these nine and word of another possibly on the way next week.
Tempest and Summer (the mare and foal) are doing well at their foster home. The foal, Summer, is a little dear. Tempest is untouchable, but about to start sessions with the amazing Liz Duncan, so we are confident that she'll be halter broke and able to safely come here to our main facility by the end of the month.
Juneau, Sitka and Denali are settling in well here at our main facility. These three are also untouchable, but are very friendly and curious - which is a great start.
Puzzle and Glory arrived yesterday and look fabulous. Puzzle is so friendly now - it is surreal! I remember when she came to us as a wild little mountain pony!
The new stallion and mare arrive any minute. Ollie and Amelia are apparently friendly. We'll geld Ollie tomorrow and see if he's left a final legacy with Amelia as well. If so, then she'll be hanging out with us until the spring.
I'll be busy catching up with things and getting the "Available" page up to date with photos and information on this new batch.
Thank you to everyone who supports us in any kind of way. I was heavily reminded again this month that I am in no way in this alone.
Here is a pic that brings home why we do what we do... it's an exhausted little Summer, just days old, safe and sound after a traumatic day.
