Merry Christmas!

 

Willow and I on Christmas eve: 

The tee shirt I got from my Secret Santa at work, Mason. 

Merry Christmas!  I wore the tee-shirt from Sarah on Christmas

Today I went to see my girls, get their water tub cleaned and filled. I finally did pick them up another bag of grain and a white salt block too.  The White salt I just kept forgetting, plus not completely ready to carry the heavy block into the pasture.  It's not the most carry friendly object.

Stormy is now missing a small section of her mane as it wind knotted and she must have caught it on something and ripped it out.  I baby oiled up Heidi's tail down near her tail bone which is where it normally mats up.  Trying to keep from having to cut that out too.  

Willow had a play date with the Sheltie's today.  Including the new foster Barclay.  She is tired now and snoozing happily 

Nothing much

 Well to start my car up and died Thursday morning on my way to work, thankfully at our end of Donohue road but I have a fishy suspicion it is the fuel pump.  Some gentleman, his 2 Amish workers and his 4x4 towed the car back and dropped it in the driveway.  Friday night I picked up the big trailer on my way home so we could haul my car up to Craigs to get it fixed.  Made the driveway look like a bunch of bad parking at a used car lot. 

I went back through bunnies today and the bunch that are on my cull list for the boys to butcher while they are here.  This little boy keeps miffing me as I really like his body type  but he's a first litter baby and he is a buck.  

Ponies got their new roll of hay today.  They were happy

I really need to get the mineral oil over to her and oil up her mane and get it brushed out.  Then likely have to braid her up again.  I don't want to cut her long gorgeous mane but can't have it getting all wind knotted! 

First time Saddled!

 Today Stormy wore a saddle for the first time.  It actually went really well.  First I put the warmblood sized rope halter on it- fit really well I think.  Then I put the saddle pad on her and she was like 'okay, whatever' until the wind blew it up onto her head.  But even then she only took a few steps away from me and then turned to look at me, I straightened it up and as quickly as I could put the saddle on her back, she didn't budge. Good baby horse!   Then I did up the girth- tight enough to keep it on her back, but I could get my whole hand under it so it wasn't tight at all.  

Next step will be to start teaching her to give to pressure.  Then the long lines and ground driving.  That's what we are going to do over the next year.  We also will have to get Patrick out to sedate and check for wolf teeth.  

Random picture update

 

Just a random of Miss Daisy.  She has a huge dewlap and it works as a pillow for her.

I tried to get a selfie with both girls today.  Didn't work out so well.

Stormy was watching Willow be a nut.

But she will NEED a bath before family arrives for Christmas. 

Enjoy it while you can Wi-Wi!