Ooooookay. Here we go - it's catch up time again!
River is doing very well. She really does want to be friends and is responding well to the two handlers that are trying to get closer to her. Today I needed to move her to a different pen and she came right up to me and let me rub her face. I felt kind of bad when I had to cut that short and move her along, but the vet was waiting. However, she moved calmly to the next pen in response to my clucking and body language, no panic whatsoever. That was a lovely change.
Raven is adopted! We had been planning to keep her here until she foaled out, but a great opportunity came up for her. There was a family who had been waiting for over a year for a pregnant Mini to arrive here. They really want to have a foal, but are responsible enough to not create one in their backyard. They knew that the perfect Mini, who needed them, would show up eventually. They are fully capable of foaling her out - so away she went. They are just in love with her already.
Tutanka is adopted as well. He's gone to a great home to be a little buddy for a lonely horse.
ZigZag, Bo and Chocolate, and Basil are doing well at their foster homes. We had to move Bo and Chocolate out to help make room for our now eight new arrivals!
So - eight! We picked up six in one day. Hero, Paladin, Peaches, Arrow, Bolt and Dart. Then, a week later we added Epona and then a week later came Hijinx.
Hero and Paladin were gelded. Peaches was confirmed in foal. (She will definitely be staying with us until she foals out in the spring.) Peaches and Paladin also had their teeth done and their shot. Hero was too young to need his teeth done. Arrow, Bolt and Dart (weanlings) were too sick to have anything done at first, but all six had their feet done. Then Epona came. Then we moved Hero to a foster home because then Hijinx came. Today we gelded the three weanlings, who are feeling much better, as well as Hijinx. They all four had their shot and Hijinx had his teeth done. Epona is already up to date on everything! Now the new two just need their feet done and we'll be all caught up. Wow... a crazy couple of weeks squeezed into one paragraph! LOL
Here's the one shot I have so far of Hijinx... he's been too busy in his first 24 hours to pose for a photoshoot!
River is doing very well. She really does want to be friends and is responding well to the two handlers that are trying to get closer to her. Today I needed to move her to a different pen and she came right up to me and let me rub her face. I felt kind of bad when I had to cut that short and move her along, but the vet was waiting. However, she moved calmly to the next pen in response to my clucking and body language, no panic whatsoever. That was a lovely change.
Raven is adopted! We had been planning to keep her here until she foaled out, but a great opportunity came up for her. There was a family who had been waiting for over a year for a pregnant Mini to arrive here. They really want to have a foal, but are responsible enough to not create one in their backyard. They knew that the perfect Mini, who needed them, would show up eventually. They are fully capable of foaling her out - so away she went. They are just in love with her already.
Tutanka is adopted as well. He's gone to a great home to be a little buddy for a lonely horse.
ZigZag, Bo and Chocolate, and Basil are doing well at their foster homes. We had to move Bo and Chocolate out to help make room for our now eight new arrivals!
So - eight! We picked up six in one day. Hero, Paladin, Peaches, Arrow, Bolt and Dart. Then, a week later we added Epona and then a week later came Hijinx.
Hero and Paladin were gelded. Peaches was confirmed in foal. (She will definitely be staying with us until she foals out in the spring.) Peaches and Paladin also had their teeth done and their shot. Hero was too young to need his teeth done. Arrow, Bolt and Dart (weanlings) were too sick to have anything done at first, but all six had their feet done. Then Epona came. Then we moved Hero to a foster home because then Hijinx came. Today we gelded the three weanlings, who are feeling much better, as well as Hijinx. They all four had their shot and Hijinx had his teeth done. Epona is already up to date on everything! Now the new two just need their feet done and we'll be all caught up. Wow... a crazy couple of weeks squeezed into one paragraph! LOL
Here's the one shot I have so far of Hijinx... he's been too busy in his first 24 hours to pose for a photoshoot!
