Weaning: Even sad, I'm cute!

I like this little photo of Renny because he just looks like the sweetest combination of perfectly handsome and perfectly confused. He wants to trust his grandma's judgement, but is perplexed about his mama's absence!

Anyway, here we are on Wednesday, almost a full week since he was weaned. He's been a brave little soldier. He's had two full days on pasture with Ruthie. They both are battling the snot monsters. They have a new elder friend in Coke, a 11 year-old gelding on the farm brought this weekend. And he's used to his new big boy stall, but he sure would like to have a little comforting round of nursing. He tries to nurse Ruthie, this morning he tried to nurse from Coke, he's just confused!

But on another note, the veterinarian and his assistant came early this morning and gave the girls their vaccinations. In a reversal, Hailee behaved better than ever before while Violet pulled out the thoroughbred card and tried to kick the vet twice! He put the shoulder power lock on her and she responded by trying to bite me twice! What a thoroughbred! She must have overheard me talking about the Keeneland Yearling Sales and decided that she's too special and fabulous to be bothered with a group of rude people while she's breakfasting in bed, waiting to go out and fight her way to the top of her new mare herd!

Anyway, I am happy to report that Hailee's eye is doing much better and that the vet thinks that she's recovered from her weaning experience with good vigor. That's all from the horse front! I am working on the service philosophy for my Full application. I want to finish the main work for this application by tomorrow and begin the tedious work of photocopying, checking pages, hole-punching, etc!

Weaning: Calling for Mama from My Safe Space!

Hi. Okay, so this picture is taken minutes after Hailee was moved on that Thursday morning, and the video was from Saturday morning. Today is Tuesday and I visited my boy this morning. He was in the pasture with his girlfriend, Ruthie and they had new excitement. A new horse, a gelding named Coke, had been put in the pasture next door. Both foals were busy touching his nose and clacking their teeth in a frenzy. They were so desperate for an adult equine friend. Coke just soaked up the attention. Turns out, at his previous farm, he was the buddy of the foals and weanlings. What a sweet guy!

Anyway, Renny is a little sick with a runny nose, but he seems lively. Luckily the vet is coming tomorrow. He is sweet with me. He spent lots of time sticking his head through the slats of the fence. Another example of the foals' sadness: they keep trying to nurse from each other, poor things!

On other fronts, I had a blast watching the mares. Violet is in a big old high heat. She can barely contain her passion. Hailee is in heat too, but more sedate than my big red girl. Annie is the only sensible one given her pregnancy and mature status. But even her head was turned by my red girl's passion! Several times they checked each other out and Violet snorted in frustration that Annie wasn't a dude! So, though they are all getting along and happy to have a new herd and new excitement, today was filled with hijinks. But what a beautiful pasture filled with lovely mares!

Tomorrow I look forward to my horses getting their vaccinations, taking stool samples for a worm check, having the vet examine Hailee's eye, and having the vet check Renny's weight, tail rubbing, and sniffles! Namaste from my horse frontier!