Right after feeding the colt this morning I headed over to the cabin field to check on Loxley. He was standing quietly by Sheena but it was obvious he still had bad diarrhea. His tail was wet with it and it was all over his back end. Mike flushed his iv last night around 11:00 pm and again this morning. We went on our walk then I went straight to mom's for the morning. Joan and Faith were needed to sing at the funeral. Berlica came over to mom's to stay with us and gave Molly a bath.
Below she is drying her off.
When her piano teacher arrived she took the canoe back to her house.
At 10:00 am we turned on Facebook live on mom's laptop so we could watch Cleve Klopfenstein's funeral. Mom really wanted to be there.
Our prayers have been going out to Kathleen, Crystal and Aaron. Cleve really was a special man. Berlica was needed back here at mom's right at 11:00 am as Joan had a trailer going out and I needed to drive over to get the paper work gone over and signed as this rental was from RV Share. It took about 20 minutes before everything was done and they were ready to leave with the trailer.
Karin arrived and made us all wonderful fresh cucumber sandwiches for lunch. 
These were delicious but we added vine ripened tomato slices from mom's garden on top to make them even better.
At 1:00 pm I left to check on Loxley and he wasn't doing very well at all. He was given 2 cc's of banimine then the IV fluids were set up as Mike was driving in. I hung the 5 liter bag in the tree, Sheena and Loxley were tied up and the IV tubing flushed and the fluids started. Below he is getting 2 and a half liters of IV fluids.
After about 15 minutes he started acting hungry. He was given a scoop of grain and he spent the rest of the time munching away as the fluids were flowing. When half of the bag was gone the bag was unhooked a new bandage put on top of the tubing and the lead rope taken off. He went right over to Sheena to nurse.
We were thrilled to see him nursing. Mike will flush the IV again this evening and if he isn't acting better in the morning he will be given another 2 cc's of banimine and more IV fluids. Hopefully the diarrhea will stop tonight. Joan arrived home from the funeral and took over mom's care. David brought out Israel, Elisabet, Jasper and Marin. Anna brought Braelyn, Taegan and Kensely and they all went swimming at the lake. I drove to the back of the barn, turned on the electricity to the 5th wheel and set up the umbrella and outdoor mat for the airbnb pictures. 
Below is Titan (Ribbon's 2016 colt by Valiant), Brandee's son Wyatt and his girlfriend and Onyx (Lily's filly by Valiant)
Below is Titan and Wyatt.
This is now posted on airbnb but the ad won't be live for 24 hours. I think airbnb wants to review the ad to make sure it is legit before posting it. The rental on this is $50.00 a night with a one time cleaning fee of $20.00. I still need to get the fire pit done.
The lady that bought Ribbon's last colt and then Lily's 2021 filly posted some beautiful pictures of them and gave me permission to share them here. Below is Titan and Brandee.
Thanks so much Brandee for these awesome pictures. She also wrote: I cannot say thank you enough for these 2 wonderful horses. They have the most incredible mindset, personalities and quick learners. I can't wait to see Onyx when she's mature. The boys are already arguing about who's going to show her next year at the fair.
Yesterday was so hard that today Mike was a little discouraged and wondered if maybe we should retire from breeding horses and then I get an email like the one above. We really do help make dreams come true. I'm not sure, IS it time to retire? Yes we have had a hard summer but we also have some beautiful healthy foals and still have 2 mares to foal.
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