A little Good News!

 

 She's going to recover! 

We have a new farrier and StarBright likes him. Today wasn't much more than working with her back foot that is lame. 

On the good note, the new farrier "George" was able to trim it up and open up the abcess. YUK! Gross... But, for the better. Come to find out she wasn't getting trimmed evenly and that was causing some of the problems....

I always believe everything happens for a reason. And apparently, we needed a new farrier.... 

My next task will be to get Lil Star ready for her feet done {AGAIN},. Just when I had her doing okay, she was manhandled a bit and her leg got hurt, so it's taking time to get to her feet again.

Polaris is still learning his balance when I lift his feet. Progress, takes time. We pick them up for a few seconds every couple days. He's let me pick his front feet and doesn't fall over while I'm doing it. Next we'll be filing the tips. {Hopefully}

I finally finished putting up the cat walls.....

and hammock ~ Spoiled cats. Crazy looking on the walls I know, just wait until we get the second set up as well. The cats love it.

FOR SALE.... YARD SALE.... We still have a few things we're selling off. The generator, stock tubs and large kennels are gone. That made for quite a bit of room in the driveway. But there is still more.

Now for the vehicles....

 

Papa loaned his car to our daughter last summer and she was hit by a drunk driver that ran the light.  Her and the kids are okay, they had some soreness and a few bruises. The car.....

Well, The car is paid off and we're awaiting the title now. The state is going to deal with the guy and his bill , so for us, it's time to sell. 

The engine and tranny are great and there is a lot of new parts on it. Papa kept it in prime condition. 

Currently, It just needs someone that can replace the parts on the corner and you'd have a good running little car again. 

Car valued @ $2400.00

My mom was a hoarder, so I don't like hanging onto things that I'm not using or don't plan to use again. Not only is the car for sale, but we are selling the 5th wheel as well. I would really like to get down to what's in the driveway. The trailer is in storage and that is a bill itself each month. The car is at my daughters, and I'm not sure how much longer it can store there. So for me, they got to go!  

Book Value AS IS  $6500.00

I have a couple smaller kennels I'm probably just going to put free signs on and put them at the end of the driveway. There is just so much I accumulated while living at the barn. I have a small roll of 4' chicken wire and portable fence posts. 2 metal garbage cans... buckets and more buckets. I've taken some things to the horse trailer and used the compartment to store muck buckets, pitch forks and extra bags of pellets that I still have. There is just so much to go through and sort.

I've downsized my tack. Since the back seat of my truck and half my bedroom closet have become my tack room.. It was necessary to sort through and eliminate things I don't need. Compact the things I need to carry in the truck.

This move has made for many adjustments. I wasn't supposed to have to move the horses or the trailer until spring, so it was a real throw it together pack job. Not to mention the unplanned expenses involved with hauling, storages, and now the lameness of my horse and vet bills. 

 

It's a brand new house. Just built at the beginning of 2020. . . . And we still don't have furniture. LOL. The living room floor is slick from everyone sliding in their socks. It's like the perfect place to play hockey and or have sock races and sliding competitions. There is a couple bar stools so we don't have to eat on the floor. Dresser is build in the master bedroom and we do have beds. So at least the bedrooms are furnished.

Nobody complains, that there is no furniture. There is a washer and dryer, so no more laundrymats. My daughter and the kids come hang out for the day and do their laundry too. {I love it!} The main room is the kitchen, and it is huge with a bonus ~" Mom's " cooking again! My cooking has a reputation of it's own.  As empty as it is, the house feels full and alive. Can't wait til Christmas. We've got the light layout already in the making. . . . . . .  Everyone remembers the 'old house' at Christmas.

There really is NO PLACE LIKE HOME. Truly feeling blessed.

#lovemyhorses, #mynewlife, #mynewhome,

Blessed by God,

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn.

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Until next time. Stay safe and Happy Trails.

Success!!

I've been doing this my way and getting a lot of criticism and 'how to' advice.  And I've continued to do it my way. ..... 

Polaris 

has been hauled twice, rather than fight and rush him into my trailer. The hauler has a large trailer with a big bright box stall and ramp.  He's just a baby {Yearling} and I want his trailering to be positive. So, we don't rush the idea. We work on loading in my trailer..... but it is a little black dark straight load. And for a horse. It's a monster that is going to eat him!! 

I thought I had heard it all until I started getting told the various ways to get my horse in the trailer.  

"My way" .... Patience.

We work with the trailer a little everyday.

The results.

Polaris loads himself without a halter into the trailer 
and he'll stand in there and wait patiently to be asked to get out. 

Now part of me thinks he wants me to take him out of there because he's getting picked on badly by the other horses. Another part of me thinks he's claiming his trailer in front of the other horses. And yet another part. Thinks we just might have done this right!!

And then there's 

Lil Star

 

~ who has remembered a few of her herd bound bad habits. She likes to run off again when you bring out the halter. Kick and buck and curl up her lip. 

So it was suggested to me that I carry the halter everytime I go out to her field. Put it on her and do nothing, take it off before I leave for the day. Put it on her sometimes and work with her. Don't put it on her, just have it. .... random, rotations. 

It only took a few times and now She pays no attention to the halter and doesn't try to run away when you put it on. She participates willing in her work outs and has returned to her cute little self!! 

And boy does she ever protect her big sister. 

StarBright 

has went lame. Her foot is pretty messed up and I had to have the Vet out Friday. We're looking at 5 days of intense treatment and stalled. At least a couple weeks solid barn rest.

 If things are not getting better we're looking at surgery and a lengthy recovery..... Donations for Vet expenses gladly accepted. We spoke today of the 'estimated' costs this could lead too.......

Plus, having them separated ...... I'm concerned about what it'll do to the girls relationship...... herds can be very tempermental. AS it is they call out to each other and make sure that they are all there. It's really beautiful in it's own way. 

#lovemyhorses, #lovemyfamily, 

Blessed by God

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn

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Until next time, Stay safe and Happy Trails.