New Arrivals

Last week my brother-in-law called from Arizona (his new home state as of December).  His friend agreed to take two of his horses for a few months until he could come back for the horses (probably in March).  The two horses that his friend ended up with was Sisco, Zoe's sire now a gelding (don't even get me started on that subject), and Dash, Zoe's only foal...a stallion.  Brother-in-law's friend agreed to take them but they would be turned out with his Longhorn cattle.  That was fine because both horses got along and have been exposed to cattle a lot (roping).  After a week of being with the cattle, Dash started beating up the cattle so the friend had to stall the two horses.  Then this past Sunday, the "friend" decided he was going on vacation and called brother-in-law to tell him that no one was going to be around to feed/water his horses so he better get some one to pick them up or come out twice a day to take care of them.  We got a call from brother-in-law on Tuesday night, informing us of the situation.  Seriously, the horses hadn't been fed or watered since Sunday night.  Hubby and I were NOT happy - with anyone in the situation!!  How could people let these horses be without food or water since Sunday night and then call us on Tuesday night (10 pm) to beg for help!!!  Why did all the parties involved wait that long to get this figured out?  This put us in a tight spot.  We don't have enough hay to feed anymore mouths through the rest of the winter nor do we have the room!  But we couldn't knowingly let those horses sit in stalls without food or water! 

Hubby's parents came over and helped us dig out our trailer and then stayed with the kids while we drove 1 hour away to pick up the horses.  Thankfully, the driveway was plowed so we didn't have to park in the road.  We got the horses out of their stalls, expecting to have our hands full but they were very calm, lethargic maybe.  We didn't expect to have any trouble loading them in the trailer because brother-in-law travels with his horses a lot but they apparently didn't like our trailer.  The interior lights weren't working so it was dark and I'm sure that had a lot to do with it.  Eventually we were able to get them both on the trailer, just took some extra encouragement.  We went back to the barn and took the last two bales of hay (brother-in-law supplied the hay so it was his) and were on our way.  I'm glad we went that night not only because those horses were hungry and thirsty but also because we got several inches of snow that night and the roads were all country roads that rarely saw a plow.  That trip would've been so much worse if we would've waiting until the next day.

So the boys are in the front horse pasture now.  They have a nice lean-to but we don't have anymore stalls.  We put fresh water and hay out for them that night and went to bed.  It was now 2am.  We were tired and both had to work in the morning.

The boys have settled in nicely and definitely have perked up.  I tried to take pictures of them but they both kept putting their noses in my face.  This is the best picture I could get of them.  

Let's just say the brother-in-law owes us big time!

Sisco is the bucksin (actually a dunskin) and Dash is the Perlino (white)

Until next time!


Quote for the day:
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."

-Ernest Hemmingway