Today Brian and I had a new experience. We drove out to the barn, went into the pasture, and put a halter on a horse other than Steen (Steen himself was none-too-pleased about this, actually, but I came back for him later so it was okay.) Meet Cal: Cal is a cute little red-dun quarter-horse… Read more »
Horse Thoughts
Two Good Rides
Now that Steen is at least healed to the point that I can do consistent light rides, I’m trying to decide what my goals for fall are. The barn is still not done. The welder had to wait for the cement guy and the cement guy had to wait for the carpenter guy and the… Read more »
A Ride
On Saturday night Brian and I were sitting in the study, and my phone, next to me on the desk, buzzed and beeped, informing me I’d gotten a text message. Brian and I have been a little out of the loop for the last week or so, having contracted a flu and been laid low.… Read more »
A Much Needed Update
I haven’t been saying much about Steen lately because there is both too much and not enough to say. He’s still injured, but the wound is still not, technically, severe. He doesn’t limp. He doesn’t favor the leg in any way. It seems likely that when it heals he’ll be left with nothing but a… Read more »
Getting There
Today I think all of Steen’s swelling was finally gone. His back legs look good (other than the huge scabs) and his right front knee is back to its normal size. He seems pretty content back out in the large pasture, even though the grass appears to have stopped growing for the winter. I’ve decided… Read more »
Six Days Later
Today was the first Duke-Day inside the new structure. Granted, we have stalls on only one side and a lot of other unfinished elements, but I am sure Duke appreciated not being in the sun all day. Steen got his feet trimmed, and afterwards we celebrated his progress down the path of healing by putting… Read more »
Convalescence, Day 1
In the late morning today I went out to check on Steen. I found him standing with weight on the injured leg, and was initially impressed that he did not try to move away from me when I reapplied the pink stuff to his three unwrapped wounds. Then I decided it would be best to… Read more »
High Tensile
It has not been the greatest week for Steen and me. On Monday I went out to the barn with high hopes for a nice ride only to have my plans utterly dashed by the herd of cattle. I’ll not go into detail, but suffice it to say I could not so much as get… Read more »
Steen vs. The Mud Puddle
August so far has been good for business at both the gallery and BWS, which unfortunately means most of my horse time has been consumed by work. It’s also been rainy, and now that the majority of the grass in the area has been destroyed by the construction, most of the space around the barn… Read more »
Solo Outing Number One
Today Steen and I had our first solitary adventure into the (sort of) unknown. Granted, we only walked up and down the trail the group ride took a few weeks ago, but we went far enough away from the barn not to be able to see it, any of the horses, or any of the… Read more »