Hey Ya'll,

We went out today and i checked on buddy. I feed him his grain we also gave him alfalfa cubes and I crushed up a apple he ate almost all of his food. Last night he had a temperature of 102 degrees and today of 100 Miss Kathy said she'd email me every night and tell me how he's doing so I'll post once I get the email and we will be out there tomorrow.
Kristin

Hey Ya'll

Well we went out on Saturday and I did parelli with him and taught him how to back up while I'm on his back. I did groom him. Sorry for not to much excitement but buddy is now sick I just learned that today (Thurs.) Miss Kathy sent my mom a email and said he had a temp of 105.4 last night so she gave him some bute he ate some of his food but not all of it. We'll be out there tomorrow and I'll support him and ask if I can give him some treats mixed in his food to make it look a little more appetizing. They soak it or the horses can choke and he's used to it dry. Of course I'll ask if I can handle him (people aren't allowed to handle the sick horses because we can risk spreading it unless we get Miss Cheryl's permission)
Kristin

Hi Ya'll,

We went out today for a while we got there and the horses where still outside so we helped Mr. Bobby muck, feed, and bring in. When I went out to get Buddy he nickered and came trotting up to me, we weren't out there for a week so I think he was glad to see me I didn't get a chance to check his feet because after the chores we had to leave to do school, but I'll check them tomorrow he'll probably have thrush with all of the rain. We'll be out there tomorrow and I think I'll take Buddy out to his pasture this time and look for new trails and new places to explore and then bring him in and do some parelli and maybe a little bareback riding. Of course I have to worm him and groom him. He all so is starting to get his winter coat. I'll post a picture of it. He looks like a giant fluff ball!
~Kristin

Hi Ya'll,

We went out on Saturday. I'm his new wormer! I talked to Miss Cheryl and she said I can worm him i just need to tell after i do it. I took him out and groomed him I got him a special brush called a massage brush and boy does he love it. After that I checked his back to be sure that he wasn't sore and he was fine so I let him loose in the arena and mucked out his stall. Then we did parelli he's gotten really good with the touch game. I checked his back again and he was fine so I got up on him and just walked him around he was pretty hesitant so i set up carrots on a couple objects this teaches your horse that where you want to go is a really good thing so he got all his carrots he was listening really well I asked him for a trot he went right into it but it just felt wrong so i immediately got of and i checked his back again and it was a little jumpy and i did notice that his feet were trimmed and they were really short so he was sore but it's hard to tell unless there trotting and his back showed no signs so I started massaging him and gave him a nice warm soapy water foot bath and he felt a little better. So i talked to Miss Kathy and she said that he did have his feet trimmed last night. So i gave him his dinner with apples in it so that made him feel better! When turn out came it took me awhile to turn him out but I finally got him out we took it real slow from there I probably sat out there with him for twenty minutes waiting for him to get up the hill. We where going to leave him in but the soft grass would help him feel better so that's whats going on we won't be there next Saturday so i'll try to go out there during the week to check on his feet and give you an update.

Hi all,

Sorry I haven't posted for a while been busy getting ready for school, my sisters guinea pig has bladder stones so we had to take her to the vet. We've been going out a lot so here's the update on buddy. His thrush is back but don't worry as you know he stands in that hole which is bad for his feet but also his back because he does have some arthritis. Well someone donated a bunch of stall mats. With miss Cheryl's permission next time we're out we're going to get some gravel and fill in the hole and put in a stall mat!! I also got him some red 5 gallon buckets with his name on it to match his red corner feeder. I've been riding him bareback lately and when he graduates from the indoor arena with his listening skills then I'll move him to the outdoor arena and after he graduates from there he'll get to go trail riding. Last Sat. I took him into the arena for 4 hours! and here's what we did. I recognized that scared of buckets just laying around and he's a lot more cautious after some training so his parelli chart is finally starting to balance out. I don't want him to be cautious it's that i want him to be better responding not that he isn't already perfect:). So we played what is called the touch game to help him to be a more confident horse, even though he's an LBI (left brain introvert) and there amazingly confident he does get a little spooky at objects that we'd not expect. So this is how the touch game works so you have a 12' lead rope much better then a small little one and a carrot stick you pick a object and drive your horse to it with your carrot stick and your lead rope when the horse gets closer you leave them alone but when they get farther away you get on to them, and your goal is for them to touch there nose on the object and when they do reward them with a treat. He picked it up real quickly and now he's sticking his nose on every thing:) I'll post later.

hi all,
we went out today (July 12,sat). i went into the barn and buddy nickered at me. i went over and gave him some apples and got him out and groomed him, his thrush is now back :( . his coat is really smooth now and not as dirty. after that i did some parelli and got on him bareback and the reason I've been riding him bareback is i been training him to walk, trot,and canter perfectly in the indoor and outdoor arena and pastures. and right now it wouldn't make a lot of sense to tack him up and just walk in the indoor arena. and after that i let him loose in the arena and took care of his stall and i put some blackberry's in his feed bin. then i took him out to graze up by pokey he found some really nice grass then i put him back in his stall and feed him and turned him out and made sure his stall was in order thats all for now
kristin

hi all, we went out today but I'll finish up what happened previously.July 7 (Mon) we went out today and i let buddy loose in the out door arena to allow him to stretch his legs, of course after i blocked the other horses out. as we all know it's not good for a horse to stand still in a stall all day, because it cuts of the circulation in there legs or something like that. so when I'm there i always let him loose in one of the arenas for a while or until someone needs in. after that i groomed him his thrush is healing nicely. after that i mucked out his little spot in his stall, (his back legs stand in a small hole ,which i will soon get a stall mat, and he poos in that one spot so i just take a shovel and scope the poo out) and put fresh shavings in,cleaned his buckets and put fresh water in,and put all his hay into the corner. after that i did some parelli and he's gotten really good and gave him some treats and of course massaged him.after that i found a really tall and thick grassy spot and let him graze. July 10 the big reveal was amazing!!! to bad it rained that day :). i just got him out and let him run around, groomed him (thrush is almost gone :) !!!),massaged him and found another itchy spot,cleaned his stall and feed him (and a special thanks goes out to Mr. ivy for the Delicious hamburgers and hot dogs). July 11 we went out today and i got out buddy and we went out to his pasture (big one on the left) and for his exercise just walked him on some trails and played in the creek,we found a snake and ran away. after that i brought him back in the barn to dry off in the wash rack while i mucked out his spot in his stall and did his buckets. after he finished drying off i took him outside to his grassy spot to graze and be groomed and his thrush is gone (finally :) ) and gave him some treats i held out on the parelli because today we where just going to have fun. i feed him turned him out and finished the other chores :)

hi all, on July 5 (sat) we went out like normal to help with evening feed. when we arrived i went into the barn picked up bud's poo and checked his feet and the thrush was worse.i gave him some blueberry's (his 5th favorite out of apples:( . i got him out and groomed him,massaged him, did some parelli training,and wormed him, he had worms again and he was rubbing badly and I'll worm him in a month and a half.after that i let him loose in the arena and cleaned his buckets,watered,mucked and put fresh shavings in,put some more blueberry's in his feed buckets and brought him in. after that i feed him and brought him out and made sure his stall was in order and finished with the other chores. Ill post tomorrow bye for now :)

hi all I'm so sorry i haven't posted for a month, moms computer went down for three weeks and she had to use our monitor so i couldn't get on and when she hooked it back up the blog didn't recognize me. but buddy is doing great on June 23 (Mon) i walked into the barn and checked on his back left foot because he has thrush in it really bad for about a month the thrush medicine wasn't working until i got some thrush buster a really powerful med. so now it's clearing up. i groomed him and then did some parelli, gave him some treats (apples are his favorites after that comes none other then blackberry's) and massaged him, he's never sore but since he has a little arthritis i massage him to be sure it never gives him problems. June 28 (sat). i walked in the barn and he whinnied at me. i forgot to say he has thrush so bad because he stands in poo all day so i muck it out whenever he goes, it was one of those days. i mucked it, put fresh shavings in it and cleaned his buckets. groomed him and rode him bareback and allowed him to go where he pleased as long as he kept going (parelli). after that i gave him apples and mints. and let him graze in the parking area. on July 2 (wend) buddy ( with my sister and court jester) and i went trail riding in his pasture he showed me some trails and we played in the creek he absolutely loved it as we were headind back i allowed him to go where he pleased and we canter around the pasture he decided to do it, it was those magical moments that we all horselovers dream of. when we got back i hosed him down and let him loose in the indoor arena to finish drying off and i mucked his stall, cleaned his water buckets, gave him fresh water, and put a some blackberrys,mints,apples,watermellon rind, and carrots each in his feed bucket. after that i groomed him again and put him into his stall.

hi all just got back from hrrrfi .when i got walked into the barn buddy started whinnying at me. i was so happy. i did some parelli training with him and I'll be out wends. so I'll do a little more training.

sorry i haven't post, been busy buddy's been great i'll post later today
kristin

Hi all,
hope your haveing a great week what Buddy has been doing this week is:
camp rides but he's done this Fri. ,p. training, treats and lots and lots and lots of TLC. :)
kristin

hi all,
i got Buddy out today he was a little sore which is really rare it's because he was ridden every day for the camps out there, he also had a knot on his back from the saddle i believe,so i got him out and took him into the indoor arena and took of his halter,i was curious to see what he'd do he started looking around, so i ran over to the other side and called his name he came trotting right up so i started running to the other side and he trotted right after me. While i was still in there i started messing with his bangs so he decided that since i was playing with his he could play with my favorite parelli hat so he grabs it and flings to the other side of the arena, of course i started laughing and since horses love laughter he trots of grabs it and plays hard to catch. I also gave him back scratches and massages to help with the soreness. I'm sorry i haven't been able to post alot.
Kristin

buddy has been playing with his pasture mates lately and he has been playing hard to catch he'll come troting up to me and when i try to put his rope halter on he trots away and then i walk away he comes troting back up and the game continues and he really enjoys it

buddy had his teeth floated on the 5\12\08 which means he had then filed what happens is since they grind there food they eventuly get sharp and pointy and they can't really eat

buddy

buddy has been doing great he loves his treats and i have been working on parelli for those who don't know what it is it's natural horsemanship he seems to respond great to it i'll post later on his update