our horse, of course! Founder or Laminitis or both or none?

A few posts back I had mentioned our horse-es with ouchy feet. I then mentioned it again in my New Year's post, well, how bout' an update? Dali was actually loping around the pasture yesterday! And a little buck here and there, whoo-hoo! Bombay, on the other hand, not so good. My hubby who studies--digest it--and studies some more, has been studying...hours of studying! You may think I just mean a few hours of searching out information, reading and asking questions. NO, I mean hours, and hours, everyday, morning--noon--night! Talking to Veterinarians, Farriers, reading books, magazines and printouts, online...sometimes 8 pages up at one time!

Maybe I should mention that my hubby does this with everything, be it the Bible, politics, his gunsmithing, reloading, shooting, farming, logging, construction, you name it...even his work, which is non of the above! He loves to try everything, and insist on knowing as much as possible about all he does.

So, back to the horses. Yesterday, out of desperation more than anything, he decided to re-trim Bombay's front feet and put boots on him. Then he put Bombay back on the pasture with Dali...hoping that Dali will move Bombay around a little for some much needed exercise. The less Bombay just stands around the less edema he will have. He has added some selenium and supplements to the horses diet and will keep them on grass hay for awhile...quite awhile as they both need to loose weight...lots of weight! Like 200 to 300 pounds--each!! Yeah, we love our horses to death! Or almost!

.(\__/). Founder or Laminitis or both or none?
.\\\///. We, he still doesn't know. We are just hoping to
..+....+.. save them both and make them ridable again!
...\.../... Well, thanks again for tuning into the follies!
...(oo)... I enjoy your company!
.....~ ..... Don't forget to say your prayers...
that means you son:) whom I love very much!
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A Quick Note!

My Uncle, Pastor Bill has a blog. If you have a minute, please check it out @ www.thesheltertree.com . He writes wonderful stories about life...as a boy...as a man...as a Pastor. You will enjoy the stories, be uplifted by the scripture and humbled by the prayers. Please take the time to enjoy this blog.

Thank you!

THE END...of 2009...Good-by!

Thursday night, December 31st, 2009 - 10:45pm. Just an hour plus till 2010. 40 years ago...who da thunk?! Even 30 or 20 or 10 years ago...does time go by this fast or is it my silly little imagination?! Regardless...here we are, 2010!

The hubby took me to a fancy dinner @ Twigs...pomegranate martini's, flat-iron-steak, and deep fried drunken donuts for desert! Oh my goodness, now that's a romantic dinner! Then we came home for a quiet night alone...plus, the roads were bad and we aren't the goofy kids we once were...so home safe is a good thing! We will try to make it till the New Year's kiss, but no guarantees! And that's ok too!

So, how's your year been? Mine, you ask?! Well, now that you ask...let's see...
The hubby...I love that man who loves his wife!...I love my life!! He is great!
The grandson is about 5'6" with a bass voice! Goodness, he's grown...yet still so sweet!
The son is so in love and has had his best year in life ever!
The daughter-in-law "Dr.J" is a wonderful addition to the follies! She is a joy!
The families...all doing well and we have added a new nephew to the bunch!
The critters...a ton of fun, a laugh a minute, pleasure beyond belief...except for the horses:( Bombay is still ouchy, lame and all around not doing so hot. Dali isn't to awful far behind him...founder...both at the same time...go figure! We have been fighting this for a month! But that is a post for another day!

For tonight, I guess I'd like to leave you with a light heart and a feeling of hope for the future! GOD will watch over us all in 2010, HE will see that we have all that we need. If we trust HIM, HE will never let us down. I pray for all of you, may blessings shower down on you in the New Year! Thank you all who tune in to the "follies", GOD Bless and Happy New Year!!

If my horse could talk!

Got a horse that seems ouchy on his feet. Also, his "sheath" is swollen like a softball...well crap, this is gonna suck!! It is below zero out there! I call the vet daughter in law. What's the first thing she says?! Check his temp. Aren't you supposed to have a string attached to the thermometer for that? Apparently not! She says, "don't worry, he won't suck it up inside himself!" She should've put that in the memo to him! But not to worry, I had a death grip on it!

Also, she says there may be some stuff that causes lumps of ouie-gouie around the urethra and that "I"...yep, "me" needed to get the little ouie-gouie lumps out! Oh man, I wish she would have added that to the memo also!! If you want details on that part of my day I will refer you to the vet lady's blog... www.draggonlaady.livejournal.com/ ...ask her how to remove ouie-gouie lumps from the personals of a horse! After all, she is the one who explained it to me.

Ok, there is a part that I can share and it may well be of some use to you! The ouchy feet...well, it turns out the Paint horse was ouchy also. A week or so ago it had rained for a few days straight...hard! Made a marsh out of the upper pasture. Then it turned sub zero and the ground froze in solid little peaks. Add to that 2 horses that chase each other into their feed area. Now we have some bruised feet and don't want to move...at all, and some edema sets in. All this kind of action...or lack of it, has a shade of founder to it. So now we need straw bedded paddocks and butazone. Oh, and a special diet for awhile! Oh, the inconvenience of it all!

Oh yeah, you are curious as to how that affects the "sheath"...well, all the lameness added to the swelling that was already there...made it look really serious, and it was!

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The "Chuck" has grown up!

This is what happens to a chick hatched by a duck...at first, it's all cute and fun for us humans to see this silly little chick following his duck mama around...but when the chick grows up...well, he winds up living with the cats and dogs cuz he's not sure if he is a chicken or a duck! And the worst is, the chickens hate him and the ducks despise him...so what's a "chuck" to do! The "chuck" is quite a bit larger than in the top photo now, and has since decided he would be a rooster no less! So, we now have a full sized rooster who spends his nights with the cat's or in the dog house with the big dogs!!

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home again, home again

Home from Billings...for a few weeks now...yes, once again I have neglected my blog :( But, I'm here now! We left at O'dark-thirty to go to Pullman...dad is having surgery. They (the docs) are removing a chunk of his pooper pipe. Oddly enough, dad had worms...for a long time. He told the docs, "I think I have worms...they laughed it off. Well, dad actually saw one and fetched it and took it to show and tell. They got the picture and treated him. Seems the little critters may have had s good time in the bowels...now here he is. We pray God will guide the docs hands and shower my dad with blessings! My next blog should be on how well my dad is doing!

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Still in Billings

Week 4 is gone...week 5 should be interesting! Noodle and Mickey have adjusted surprising well...like they have lived the motel life for ever!! Hubby is working lots and lots of hours and I am matching him hour for hour! This stupid idea of starting a business is for the chickens! Whose idea was it anyway? -- If you get a minute, go to http://fisirid.com, check out what I have been spending hours working on!...and then order something fun!! I have free $10.00 gift cards! Let me know if you need one, I will get it to you! Have fun hopping!