Moving Day Horses not Us

The storm clouds were threatening but held off until after the walk. By the time Braelyn and I were safe inside the morning turned dark with bright flashes of lightning and the booming of thunder. We lost electricity for just a few seconds and then came the big CRACK booming through the wall. We were hit AGAIN by lightning but this time it just fried the modem. Even Braelyn jumped at that noise. She was so good today playing nicely with the Breyer horses and blocks. Below she is stacking blocks.

Anna came to pick Braelyn up just before the equine dentist showed up and while Caleb was working on the internet. Jenis was the first horse done, Her teeth weren't terrible but were starting to develop some hooks that needed to be filed off. Evan was the next horse done while Valiant was last. As soon as the boys were done they were put back and off I went to Walmart to pick up a new modem. The next stop was the shop to run a credit card payment for Meisters. Caleb was called to install the new modem. This afternoon was the day to move the herd from the old pasture to the new pasture. We had so much rain the last few days Diane drove the old red truck and even with it's 4 wheel drive we slid all over the road. Mike came over the land with the 4 wheeler. Once we haltered 4 horse and pulled hair from the 3 foals out there for their registration papers, Mike started by leading three and the rest fell in behind following him.

They followed well even up the next hill.

It all went fine until it was time to get them through the first hundred acres over into the new pasture of 100 acres. At that point most of the herd went the wrong direction. Mike ended up taking the 4 wheeler and rounding up all but Ribbon. She hates Mike and wouldn't even follow the other horses. Diane and I had to go catch her. It was a beautiful evening for the long walk. The 22 horses are all now on the winter pasture and as long as the snow isn't too deep will be fine. They have a 5 acre lake for drinking but if that freezes Mike installed a heated automatic waterer.