Poppy Water

On these hot summer days Poppy needs some fresh cold water. He could not wait to get fresh cold dog water from the hose.

My Gray Mare

I loved this mare the instant I saw her at the auction. She has large eyes and a soft muzzle. She is a Fox Trotter with a nice face. I am looking forward to riding her on the trails around our farm.

Our Gray Mare

Here is our other expectant mare at the vets. She is overweight and is on a diet. She is very close to foundering so she is on Brome hay. We want here to have a healthy foal if she can. We bought her at auction in this overweight condition and the vet is working to reduce her weight. It is working and she is slimmer. Her tail has been cleared of burs and her hooves are trimmed. She needed to be sedated during her farrier session. She has had a bad experience with farriers in the past. We will work on that to develop trust with her feet. She is 7-8 years old and is a smooth ride. She will be a great horse to ride after she gives birth.

Our First Baby Filly is Born

This past Friday my vet called to tell me I am the owner of a baby filly. My newly purchased auction fox trotter mare gave birth to a very healthy red filly at 4:30am. Mama mare had no milk and so the foal needed colostrum in a feeding tube. I am so glad I sent my mare to the vet instead of staying here. She will be a healthy and stronger baby for it. My mare is 18+ years old and this might be her last foal. Now, I have to wait for my gray mare to give birth in July.

It is exciting and hard to realize we are horse parents overnight. Now we need help naming our mare and her filly. We are looking for spices or plant based names.

Happy Horse

This buckskin mare is in the next pasture by my mares. She is getting a lot of attention from a visiting friend's son.

Day two of New Horses

This morning I got up at 5am to feed my new horses. I also tackled the job of untangling a matted horse mane. I am using Cowboy Magic and it is working. It takes a long time to unbraid and unknot a year of burs from these mares. But I got three knots out. The tail will take time and trust. I think she has a family of rats living in her tail. Both mares enjoyed a full brushing and fly spray and grain.