Sunday, July 31, 2011

Oh No Not Again

Right after our church service Mark and I loaded up and headed for home. We decided to stop in Morton, IL for some groceries when a phone call came from Interface, the alarm company for the shop. This was around 1:00pm and we knew no one from the family could have set off the alarm, they were either all out of town or still in church. We left the grocery store and headed down to Meisters where we found Curt's wife had tripped the alarm. When we arrived back at the farm we were surprised at how big the puppies had grown in just two days. Tomorrow they will need another bag of puppy food, this second bag only lasted a few days. Jenis' colt is doing great but when Sanna's was checked I was shocked to see her entire back end covered in diarrhea. Oh know not again! She has also developed an abscess on her rump, the poor thing. She was getting two shots a day for weeks and now her left rump cheek is hot and swollen. I've never known an abscess to cause diarrhea, but in this case I almost hope that is what is causing this. She is still eating well and nursing well but the diarrhea must be stopped before she dehydrates.
The stalls were cleaned, the trailer cleaned out and then it was time to download the camping trip pictures. The sprint stick is not working so none can be posted. While I was waiting for them to load, the puppies were taken their last feeding when the filly has explosive diarrhea all over the rug.
She was cleaned off again and the rug hosed off. Here we go again!

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