Lives come and go

I knew that Chloe was old, and was going to... go to horsey heaven soon. The day before yesterday, she was laying down on the ground and wouldn't get up. I figured that would be the day she would... pass. Until that time came, I got two rubber bowls (Chloe and Valley's feed bowls) and filled them with water (from the lake which isn't really clean...) for her.

Yesterday, I went out to the pasture to feed the horses, and Chloe was still alive and still laying on the ground. She was doing a lot worse. She was laying flat out, and would every 2 minutes or so lift up her head to let blood drain out :( I stayed out there for a few minutes, then went back to the house. This time I returned with Adam. He would help her left up her head everytime she had trouble, and then help her lay her head back down because if he didn't, she would slam her head hard on the ground.

I went back to the house to get some of our school books, clean water for Chloe, and lays chips for Adam. Then Adam went to the house and got us some lawn chairs. After a while, I went back to the house to call mom (Adam and I were home alone) to see if she would call the vet to come put Chloe down cuz I'm a wimp and wouldn't do it. Then Adam came back in and said that Chloe.... died. :( So we didn't have to call the vet. Today, we had a neighbor come by that had a backo (I KNOW that is not spelt right, LOL) come by and dig a hole and put Chloe in it.




-Sarah

Slideshow

As you see above this post, I put a slideshow of pictures of Valley, Chloe, and a few of the lake and pasture. The pictures are out of order than I labeled them, so the text might not make sense on some parts... But please enjoy, and I'm SOO sorry for lack of posting! I started a post a few days ago, but haven't finished cause I couldn't/can't get a video to upload (it was taking too long. I'm not a patient person :D). You can also see it here: http://www.slide.com/r/Gdk9Kvb06D-E4xYH7eGrs6wJET5Yl7S4?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

Please enjoy, and once again, sorry!!


-Sarah

Pictures!

Hey! I got trigger happy sometime last week or the week before (can't remember), and I've been meaning to post some, so here they are:

Valley yawning


















I caught Ranger eating Valley's food :P


















Amy was really excited to see me. LOL!


















Ranger yawning in his doggie house


















Valley yawning again. She looks really funny here.



















I love this picture. She looks so cute!


















I like this picture. Her tails not swishing she's staning straight, ears perked up. :)


















Dark and dappled behind :P

























I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!! I just wish it wasn't so blurry



















I think this is a good pic of Chloe. Did you realize that almost every picture I have of Chloe, she is grazing? Lol



















I like the sun and shadows on the ground. I like it. It's really coolio.



















Isn't this so pretty!!!!!! The blue sky makes it all teh better :)



















I like Valley's dark muzzle in this picture. And in all pictures... lol



















I like how the sun is shinging on Valley in this one

Pictures

Hey!
A few nights ago, and yesterday, I took a whole bunch of pictures of the horses. So below is a slidshow I made of some of the pictures. It's like 4 minutes long though!! Sorry about that! Don't forget to pause my other slideshow at the top of my blog before you play this one. They both have music. ;)

Create a Free Slideshow

Runaway horses episode 2

Yesterday, I'm sitting in the living room, and someone comes knocking on the door saying, "Do you have two horses loose?". Mom's like, "I don't think so. Sarah? Did you forget to put the horses up?". I'm like, "OMG!! I forgot!" I jumped up to get halters and leadropes. We were just about to leave, and Bailey (dog I'm pet-sitting) hit herfoot on a mini trampoline that Adam and his friend brought in the house. She screamed and screamed. Mom and I thought she broke her foot, and we didn't know what to do. But then she calmed down, and was fun after a few minutes, so mom and I left (on foot). We walked on the loop we live on for a little bit, and we didn't see the horses, so mom went back to the house to get the van, but I kept walking.

I walked. And walked. I had walked kind of but not really far. About 1 1/2 - 2 miles. I thought I saw a deer in the woods, so I stopped. A couple of minutes later, I saw a doe walk across the road about a hundred feet away I guess. Anyways, I walked about one or two minutes farther, and then I saw mom in the van coming down the road towards me. So I got in, and Adam and his friend (James) were in there as well as mom.

I had a pet-sitting job of feeding some horses on that road, so we stopped by their house and I fed the horses real quick. We went back to the otherside of the loop, and we saw Zoe's brother Nivek running down the road towards us. He said Valley and Chloe were in their meadow (which is right next to our pasture) and they were going to let them back into our pasture through a gate (actually it's a fence made into a gate). So mom drove Adam, James, and I over to my grandparents house (cause the part of the pasture that is right next to Nivek's family's meadow is at my grandparent's house. see, our pasture's kind of big. Several acres). Me, Adam, and James got out of the van, and went into the pasture, and mom went home.

Nivek came down there to the meadow after a few mintues, and he got his dad to come over and open the gate/fence. Valley was eating all the delicious looking grass, and Chloe was enjoying the shade (not grazing). Nivek's and Zoe's dad said that we could just keep the horses in there, and when they want to, they can just go back into our pasture, and he'll close the gate/fence later.

Well, that was my adventure for the day!

Bathing horses, and taking care of sores

Chloe has had a sore about the size of a nickel on her muzzle for a while now. But I never really gave it a good look, until about a week ago. It's pretty bad! So my mom called the vet (not our normal one, cause my mom couldn't get a hold of him), and the vet said it's probably a Summer sore. I would have taken a picture of the sore, but my camera is getting fixed right now. I tried to find a picture of a summer sore on the Internet, but couldn't find one. Oh well. It might have grossed you out anyways.

So the vet said that I should put fly spray around the sore to keep flies out of it, and put my 'Corona Ointment' on it. The vet also said to give Chloe ivermectin de-worming medicine, then give it to her again four days later, and call her back. I'll probably have to give it to Chloe some more. And if the sore is a Summer sore, then it should heal.

Luckily we had that kind of de-worming medicene. I gaver her that (four days ago). I'll have to do it again today after I feed the horses. I also de-wormed Valley the same day I de-wormed Chloe FYI.

The day after that (I think Tuesday) I gave both horses baths!! First time I've bathed Valley, and the 1st time 3 years I've given Chloe a bath. LOL. I gave Valley a bath first. She did good at first, but she got tired of the bath, and moved around some. I think she just didn't like being tied up for so long. But afterwards she was soo pretty! Her mane was SHINING. She was soo clean! Most of her (especially her neck) was sooo white and pretty! but her legs (especially one of them. Can't remember which one) are pretty dark! As soon as I get my camera fixed, I'll take a pic. Well, I guess I'll have to give her another bath when my camera gets fixed so you can see how pretty she is/was..

Oh, after I gave her a bath, I put some 'Mane n Tail' hoof moisturizer stuff on her front hooves -- all over them. It's also good for humans nails, but it feels weird, so I'm only using it on horses. I would have put them on her back feet too, but if I try to pick them up, she'll kick me. So I need some help on that one.

Also when I was trying to clean her hindquarters, she kept kicking at me. Once when I was really close to her back feet, she lifted her foot up as a kicking warning. I'm so glad she didn't actually kick at me, I would've gotten hit. But it made me jump when she picked up her hoof, so I was really careful after that.

Chloe.. was -- surprisingly -- a lot harder to give a bath than Valley was!! I tried tying her up, but she pulled back when I turned on the water hose. Luckily she didn't break the lead rope like she's done before; instead it just came untied. So I was trying to hold her and give her a bath, but she moved around too much, so I had to get my mom to help me. So my mom held her, and did the water hose, while I scrubbed soap into her. Afterwards her mane was soo pretty! I combed most of it, but she walked away before I could finish the last part. The rest of her didn't look much different though.. lol.

After I gave her a bath, I put some fly spray on a cotton ball, and put it around her sore (actually mom did all this part). Then mom put the ointment on a cotton ball, and put it all over Chloe's sore. Then mom fly sprayed her. I also fly sprayed Valley before I let her go (after her bath I mean).

Oh, get this. As soon as I put Valley in the pasture, she laid down to roll in the dust right inside the pasture! I was like, "Valley! I just gave you a bath!!" I started to go in the pasture, but she got up before I could. She had a little dirt on one side of her. *rolls eyes*

-Sarah

p.s. When I was giving Valley a bath, she stepped on my toe, and it bruised it! I couldn't see a bruise, but I sure could feel it!