Emma

Emma is still uncomfortable and needs to be kept locked in the kitchen where there is tile for easy clean up. Times have really changed for us, that without hesitation on how much it would cost, we just call the vet. There were many times when our children were growing up that we could not afford to take them to the doctor if they were sick, and now our puppy goes to the vet at the first sign of a problem? One time our milk cow went down with milk fever and we had to call a vet. The cost was $40.00 and I took the money from my grocery fund, then the next day she went down again. We scraped up the money, Daisy was too valuable to lose, she was giving us almost 4 gallons of milk a day which went a long way towards our food expense. Not too long after that our old mare (very old) Twinkle went down and was comatose, we knew she would have to be put down and had no money to call the vet again. We had to find someone to come shoot her. Cathy Trent, the Bridlewood instructor knew about us calling the vet twice for Daisy and not for Twinkle and said, Your cow goes down and you call the vet twice, your horse goes down and you shoot her, "just what does this cow mean to you?"
Sitting at the emergency clinic last night, I started remember how much we need to thank GOD for His blessings.
I was suppose to drive up to Eu-Clair, WI today but put it off because of Jury Duty. I'm very thankful we are not out on the roads with all this ice.
Saturday we are taking a road trip to Dorr MI to visit the Friesian Connection and see Mintse. He is ONE FANTASTIC FRIESIAN stallion!
I've posted a video of Mintse. I believe he is the highest rated approved Friesian stallion in America and his stud fee is $2000.00 plus all the vet cost for AI, they do not live cover him. Just to breed your mare to him is close to $3000.00. Because he is an approved stallion ONLY approved Friesian mares can breed to him. It is extremely expensive to have your stallion approved, they must go through a very stringent 50 day stallion testing and after spending all the money in training before the testing, then the hundreds of dollars for the testing it is heartbreaking to find out your stallion failed. Only very few are ever approved. It is also expensive to have your purebred Friesian mare approved for breeding but that is what keeps the price of these very beautiful animals so high. All of our purebred mares are approved for breeding to an approved Friesian stallion but we feel we get just as good or BETTER results from our own stallion RAVEN. We know if it hadn't been for his knee he would have been a contender. Raven's foals, purebred or crossbred have held their value because of their beauty, conformation, sweet disposition and train-ability. AGAIN Haven't we been BLESSED!