A big update

Howdy pawtnuhs!

SO sorry for not posting in almost a month. Not sure what got into me... I have been busy this weekend (and I got grounded...) but that's hardly an excuse. I can NOT believe I haven't posted since Valley was lame. That seems AGES ago!!

Anyways, Valley's leg is (obviously) healed. My dad put up almost the rest of the fence (only a small part is fenceless), and we had been letting Valley out into the upper pasture all day, and letting her out at night.

Well, one day all of us (me, Adam, and mom) were somewhere (not sure where.), but my dad and brother Luke was home. It was almost dark, and Valley got out. She went to her usual spot of course. Dad said that Valley had never been so hard to catch before. I guess since she hadn't been over there in a while.

But he said about ten people came out or stopped their cars, offering help, lol! That must have been so embarrassing... I'm glad I wasn't there :P Dad even had food, and she wouldn't come. Finally, the guy that owns the property (and the horses), said that until we get the fence completely put up, we could keep Valley over there (i mean for the weekend)! So that is where she has been all weekend. She won't even come up to me... :(

It rained all weekend, so Dad didn't get to finish the fence, so Valley is still over there. Dad is going to call the people and ask if they want us to take her back, or if they don't mind if she stays a little longer.

Okay, enough of Valley. I have some more news. Your probably wondering "Enough of Valley? but this is a blog ABOUT Valley!!" well yes, that is true. But this is kind of more of a horse blog. Not just Valley :D Despite the title.. but I have some AWESOME news!!!!!! So I'll quit babbling and tell you:

Okay, so this guy we've known for a long time who owns a sort of stable (I'll say his name is Dan) called us saying he knew this guy who has lost his house and his land, and he needs to get rid of his 3 horses. For free. Dad said we can go look at them, and if we like 'em and their good, then we can take one MAYBE even two!!!!!

So this is ALL we know so far about them:

1. There is an 8 yr old, but he/she has some kind of medical problem (not sure what it is), and has to take a pill every day, and so we can't get him/her probably cuz it's prob too expensive or whatever.
2. There is a 15 yr old (the one I'm most interested in) mustang that hasn't been ridden in a while
3. And a 20 yr old strawberry roan

That is all I know about them. But I wrote down some questions I want to ask when we go see them, and I printed off some information of what to do when I go to look at them. I mean, the only time I've ever bought a horse was Valley, and I took my friend Jessica with me (she's pretty experienced), and she did all the checking her over and stuff. But this time, I'm not bringing an experienced friend, and I need to know what to do anyways. I can't wait!

I hope SOOO badly it works out! Last night the only thing I dreamed about was the horses, lol! I dreamed we got all of them, and the mustang died giving birth to a little foal, and the other two horses were chestnut. Yup. That's mostly it :P For some reason, I can only picture the mustang being a really dark bay. I wonder what he/she is like... OO! I can't wait!!

I was thinking that if we get the mustang, and we like the strawberry roan, then maybe we can get both, and if we can't keep both, then we could find a home for the roan, since the man needs to get rid of them now. I feel so bad for him!! :(

Well, I guess that's all... I think I'll go post on my regular blog now, so you all won't kill me.

-Sarah

p.s. here is a good updated picture of Valley:

P.P.S. just so you know what Strawberry roan looks like, here is a picture I found on the internet:

Update (finally)

Sorry for the lack of posting. It's not because I haven't had anything to post (because I do), it's mostly because I keep forgetting. So here I am! Guess I better get started now:



Valley's Escapade's
So Valley's Escapade's have not ceased (You may have noticed I am using unusual big words. well, their unusual for me... don't let it fool you. I'm not as much of a genius as I sound). I've been keeping her in the back pasture, but twice, when I had her on the leadrope tied to something, it came untied and she got away both times...

Well, one time, when of course she went over to her horsery friends, they happened to be on the side of their pasture that was next to a fairly busy rode. Luckily, there were a bunch of trees and bushes there, so me and Adam could trap Valley, and she was so easy to catch! Oh, and we found out why Valley likes the horses so much... She has a crush on the dark bay one!! She's in heat, and has fallen in love with him :P But the strange thing is... he's a gelding!! For those of you non-horsey people: that means a fixed male horse. Here is some pictures of the gelding, and Valley:

The gelding and the chestnut horse... :P

Valley where she went next to the busy road. i know u can't see the road.. but it's there! over there to the left behind those trees

See!? Their totally in love! But it's tough love.. right after this picture they threw their heads back and squealed. Not sure which horse upset the other though... I think it was Vale's fault :P

Hurt foot
For the past.. week, or a little less, Valley has had a hurt foot :( She was limpin a bunch, and her left front forelock was really swollen. So I put her up in the barn stall, and soaked her foot in warm water mixed with epsom salt (to make the pain and swelling go down) several times. At first, it got worse :( So we called the vet (not our usual, cuz our usual is really busy [breeding season] and ain't doin no calls right now]) and she said to keep soaking it, then call her back again in a couple of days.

I've been giving her water, food, and a ton of hay (which is fun to do :D). The past couple days, she's really improving!! She's not limping that much now. YAY!! But the bad news is, she's loosing weight, cuz she can't graze cuz she's in the barn. So tomorrow I am going to take her out on the lead rope to let her graze for a long while. Hopefully soon she'll be back to her normal, healthy, rambunkshus (sp?), crazy, wild, stubborn, funny, beautiful, graceful, food-loving horse again!!

And lastly... A couple pictures of Valley that I took the other day (while she was still limping pretty badly)

-Sarah

P.S. I am going to give the two horses in the pasture a name so I don't have to call them "gelding" and "chestnut". So... I'll call the gelding..... Cupid (cuz ya know Valley's name is VALENTINE, and their in love :P), and the chestnut... well.. since I don't know what gender he/she is.. then I'll give him/her a unisex name :) But what? uh.. You know what? I think I'll just go along and keep calling him/her Chestnut :)

Until next time, peeps!

Peace out homedogs! V <-- my peace sign

My First Police Escort!!!

Yep, you heard that right. My first police escort! Now your probably wondering why I am putting that on my Valley blog.

The Reason: Cuz it has to do with Valley!

So ya know how Valley has been gettin out, right? Well, I went out to put the horses in the back pasture (I've been doing that at night, cuz Valley only gets out right as it gets dark not during the day), and of course Valley was not in the pasture. So I went back to the house, got the halter and lead rope (I brought a little horse feed too), and mom and I got it the van to drive over to Valley's usual spot.

Right as we were pulling out of the driveway, we saw a police car about to pull into the driveway. We both stopped and rolled down our windows. Mom said, "Are you coming to tell us our horse is out?" and he asked if we had a white horse. We said yes, and that she was probably in her usual spot (which she was). So the police man said "I'll follow , you over there." So we drove across the street to a neighborhood. When we drove onto the other street, there was another police man! We all three drove the like 10 seconds to where Valley usually is. I got out of the van and started over there with the bucket with food and halter and lead rope. Both police men had their 'spotlights' (just a flashlight I think) shining for me, so it was easy to see :)

I rattled the bucket with food, and of course Valley came trotting over. She ate the food while I put the halter and lead rope on her. Now that I think about it, it probably wasn't a very good idea to give her food, cause then she might start getting out so she can get food...

Anywho, so I started walking her back over to the road. The police men said that they'd follow us home. So I started walking Valley back home, with two police men right behind me, WITH their lights on (no siren though; think GOD!) AND their spotlights. Mom followed behind them FYI. So we crossed the fairly busy street (i looked both ways :D) then walked over to our house. The police men didn't go up the driveway, but stayed at the bottom shining their spotlights for us.

I took Valley to the back pasture to lock her up. Chloe didn't follow (which was unusual cause I had food), so I just decided to lock only Valley down at the back pasture. That worked pretty well.

Well, there ya have it! My first police escort :D sorta... :P


-Sarah

P.S. I have a little more to post about, but I ain't gonna post it right now. I'll let you have a chance to read this first :)