The Weanlings

We cut our walk short today. Ruth had to get to work, Joan had to drive to Eureka, mom had to get ready for Bible study and I had to leave for Berean.  Ruth's news is that the second opinion Fedi got from the expert in St. Louis agreed with the first giving them a clear answer. His surgery is scheduled for December 19th. Diane's news on her grand daughter Willow is that she is fighting a virus. her white blood cell count is normal and all her scans and blood work are clear. They will just keep her as comfortable as possible while she fights it.
The Berean office was busy this morning.  If you would like to read about our morning there click HERE.
I stopped at Sam's Club and picked up a roast for our Christmas dinner on the way to that office as it was cool enough outside to leave it in the car until I could get it home. As soon as the groceries were unloaded I went up to feed the weanlings. This morning they were square baled as they finished their round bale during the night.  Each weanling was brought inside a stall, haltered and fed then while they were busy eating the round bale moved into their shelter.  Once the tractor was put away, each weanling was handled, led around and asked to back up.  They are all doing so well. Zalena's colt has gained back most of the weight he lost when he was sick. I'll need to get updated pictures of him. The last pictures I took of him were on Aug 31st.

He has had a tough time. He was born 26 days early, his intestines weren't quite working right and had to be put on IV's. Then Mark and I went to his 50th high school reunion so left the colt at Hoerr vet clinic for the 5 days we were gone and when we went to pick him up he had lost most of his hair. We called him Baldy for a while. That grew back but then he got kicked on his right hind leg up by the hip and he was really lame for a while and then to top it all off he got the flu from when we brought Lisa, the auction mare home.
Gideon, Soul's colt by Evan was brought into a stall first. We used to call this colt Wild Child. He fought us about everything in the beginning but now he is the best behaved.  The picture below was taken Oct 18th. He is much bigger now and more stocky. HE loves to eat! He is an Evan son and inherited that big movement and the mega hair from both Evan and Soul his Andalusian mom.

Isla, Madiera's filly by Valiant was brought in next. She wasn't quite as well behaved as Gideon but only needed a little encouragement to move forward with her leading practice. We decided against offering the free shipping and just dropped her price from $7000.00 to $5000.00.  We don't care if she doesn't sell as we would love to see what she would produce when bred to Evan.  She is going to be tall and really has nice movement but crossed with Evan she should produce AMAZING movement. Plus she will most likely throw black as her sire Valiant is black and so is her grandsire on her Andalusian side. The video below was taken Oct 18th.

The last filly worked with was Ilyssa, Foxy's filly. I had to find a halter to fit her first. I couldn't find any more adult small halters and she no longer fits in a weanling size. All of the foals have now outgrown the weanling size.  The picture below was taken Oct 6th.

I was really happy with how well she remembered her leading lessons. She would stop as soon as I stopped and would walk forward when asked.
There are also 3 foals at Middle Grove, Missy's filly by Evan, Roxanne's filly by Valiant, and Tatiana's colt by Valiant,  but we decided to wait to bring them back until after the holidays. The last time I went out all 3 were handled and all 3 were very friendly.
Mark spent some of the evening removing more staples from the ceiling. he also went to Home Depot to look for ceiling ideas. He does not want to put up squares or plaster.