First lets update on what happened this weekend. I have a total of 11 horses that belong to me and to others at the barn and a few that are retired at a friend's house. One of the retired horses, Traveler, colliced really badly. In addition to his collic he also banged up his left knee pretty badly. I really thought we were going to have to put him down and he is my husband's horse. This would have led to major drama from him. He is way to emotional...the husband...not Traveler.
So since I am out of school because of my surgery - complete Hystorectomy - I went to check on him to see how he was doing. He is better with the collic but still limping terrably. Hopefully it will be better soon. I am tired of worring about him and waking up in the middle of the night wondering if he is ok.
While on the subject of horses, they are a never ending source of fun. At the barn today Aracelli (owned by my Goddaughter) was let out after feeding along with Asagai (owned by my riding student who should be our other Goddaughter cause she is so close to us). Aracelli fashons herself as a DIVA! She thinks she is in charge of everything out there at the 20 acre farm. She starts flattening her ears and biting at Asagai who promtly just stares at her. Now these moves are meant to frighten and intimidate him and he is just standing there. His nonreaction angers her so she starts snaking her head around and flipping her butt around and trying to kick him. He still just stands there and does nothing...she doesn't just frighten him in the least. She tries for a good 10 minutes to get him to move or be afraid of her but it is not to be. Finally, when she stops and hangs her head in disgust, he reaches over and licks her neck. She just stares at him like he is crazy...which I think he is for not getting out of her way. Most of the other horses there move quicky when she starts her antics. It was like a parent watching a child throw a tantrum then hug them when it was over and say...I am glad you got that out of your system. There was nothing I could do but laugh and wait for it to end. I surely couldn't get in the middle of it all.
As I write, Jasper is sleeping on the pillow - big suprise - he is not called "the pillow dog" for nothing. Ayla is sleeping on the floor under the desk - as usual. and Harvey is on the bottom of the bed. These are their usual positions. Jasper and Ayla are 6 year old Border Collie/Lab crosses that are brother and sister and weigh 85 lbs each. Harvey we got from a pet adoption agency and we call him Little Dog because he is so much smaller than the other two at 17 lbs. He even has been nicknamed the sausage dog. Finally, there is Annie May. She is a very old grayhoud/redbone hound mix 14 now. She gets picked on by Ayla so we keep them separated. She also was abused and we have to make sure that she doesn't get around men - except for the husband. They are forever doing something silly also. We will have to see what mischef they get up to in the future.
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