Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A busy few days

All is good at Shiloh, we have not had any emergencies or problems, which is wonderful!

We have been spending time shedding out the horses, as you walk through the different areas, you can see the blowing hair that has been left behind. You can also tell where some of the furrier horses slept during the previous night- there is loose hair spread across the ground.

We have still been moving horses around. We have many wonderful horses who are ready to start their adoption evaluations, they are coming out of pastures and going into corrals. They all need shedding, grooming, manes pulled and cleaned up- a "spring makeover". It's great to see the old winter hair coming out reveling a shiny healthy looking horse underneath. The horses love the extra attention and most love the scratchy shedding blade.

Geoff worked hard again today trimming and shoeing.

Volunteer Cheri worked hard moving horses around. She finally got Charity, Canyon, Cactus, Whiskey, and Marilyn from the "Geezer Pen" to Big Vacation Village. It took a long time to get these old guys moved, they are all older, arthritic, and slow. Right after she finally got them all moved, she left BVV to do something else- at that same moment- all five horses opened the gate, walked out and made their way all the way back to Geezer Pen! It was so funny and cute! We moved these guys out into the bigger pasture where they will move a bit more, which should help them stay more limber and where they can enjoy the trees and the soft deep sand.

A beautiful warm day today!

1 comment:

KellyByrd said...

That's hysterical about the five kids who "broke out" and moved themselves back to/"entered" their old stomping grounds... My three dogs "break and enter" all the time- but I can't imagine how it must have looked with five horses! So.......... Inspirada is still in wait? When I saw her drop and roll on Saturday, I thought for sure she'd need help getting back up, she's sooooo huge! Guess her baby's so happy it just wants to stay in! Hope she's well- Kelly