Going WELL

The two weanlings (both of which need to be named) did well last night. They did not dump their water buckets and both of them had eaten all of their grain and most of their hay.  Their water buckets were cleaned and filled and they were given more hay and grain but I did not clean stalls as I didn't want to be late for the walk.
After the walk I left for the Berean office. We had a very good morning there and had lots of laughs today. If you would like to read about that click HERE.
As soon as I got home the weanlings were checked. Each was haltered and tied. The far stall was cleaned, fresh hay, water and grain put in and then the fillies were put together. Their stalls were cleaned and they were left alone.  Cinnamon was taken out and teased. She is in big time. She was successfully covered by Valiant.  Abby ran from me in the paddock but gave up pretty quickly. She was taken out and teased. She is not in and let Evan know in no uncertain terms of that.  She was then taken to the round pen. Abby is smart. Today I asked for 1 round of canter before asking her to turn in and she not only turned in she stood when I walked up to her and touched her forehead. The other side was exactly the same. One round of canter, when I backed up she turned and stopped.  She was disengaged both directions then led over to the fly spray. That took a while as she was afraid but as soon as she stopped moving the fly spray stopped. That was also done both directions. She still has trust issues and I'm not sure how long this will take but today was encouraging.   After supper tonight Mark went out to work on that huge tree limb. It is completely blocking the second drive and tonight he was determined to open that drive back up.

 Mike took Ripper and Hadassah to the outdoor arena for some canter work.  Hadassah did very well staying right with them.  Ripper is green broke to ride but doing very well.  Today Mike cantered him both directions and each time he took the correct lead. 

I ran up to the barn to take care of the weanlings for the night. When I finished Mark had the skid steer down at the tree and was able to move the base off the drive.

It is hard to tell in the picture but the base of the limb that fell is over 6 feet in diameter.

He was able to chain saw enough that the drive is now open.

We will work on moving branches at a later date when things dry out more.  And just for another reference on how big this tree is Diane took this picture of me standing next to the tree.