I'm not dead....

I'm just really, really busy. After receiving a couple of concerned emails I realized that people do actually read my blog; it is not for my entertainment alone! Yaaay! Lol.

I'm sorry to be such a flake, people. My life has taken on a life of it's own and I am merely the chauffeur. Rest assured that everything is fine, all the horses are fat and happy, the goats are still here, the cats and dogs and chickens are all still alive and well (for the moment!). Oh, and the humans that just happen to live here are doing well too. I will be back soon with a good blog entry complete with pictures! I promise!

Ok, maybe "promise" is too strong a word....lol.

First, a few updated pictures of Jack - the rescued Appy colt. He is doing so much better! So much better, in fact, that he was turned out to pasture yesterday. The front pasture houses only boys so he went out there and fit right in.

As, you can see, the wound on his leg is nearly gone! We are really happy with how it has healed.

A few other updates...we finally got the chicken coop/corral finished. We have 7 hens and a rooster. We are pretty excited about it too, lol. We are also up to 6 goats now. And yes, of course I have picture proof. :)

The goats : Alice, Sissy, Gladys, Max, Cammo, and Ginger.

Bebe is doing ok with her training. We had corrected the head tossing issue in the round pen so I decided to take her out on her first trail ride yesterday. We didn't get very far away before she started head tossing again. Before we had gone a mile she had reared twice. She tossed her head the entire way home and I barely even touched the reins. We are going to re-evaluate her in a bitless bridle or a hackamore and see if that improves anything. Right now, I am betting that it won't - I believe this to be a behavioral issue. I want to err on the side of caution though so we are going to rule out and mouth/teeth problems before I begin to aggressively train away the head tossing.

Jethro the Fox Trotter is doing wonderfully! His owner has been out the past two weekends and last night got on and went for a mile and a half little ride down the road and back. He did great for her! He also did great when Bebe was being a giant pain in the butt, lol. Dustin rode him for the first time yesterday. He had never ridden a gaited horse before. He wasn't convinced until I told him to bump ol' Jethro up into a trot. He did and his whole face lit up. It is smooth as butter and twice as nice.

Buster has gotten in the trailer a few times now. The next step will be shutting the door. Hopefully we can do that this week. He is being saddled now and worked in the round pen. We have started ground driving him, sacking him out, and getting him ready for his first ride.

More updates to come!