Sonny Bunz Update, and More!

A few of you have emailed lately, and asked how Sonny Bunz was doing. I am extremely happy to report that he is GREAT! Due for a trim, as usual, but other than that he is fantastic. We are getting in rides as often as we can, which admittedly is not that often, and he is progressing well. Today we snuck in about 5 minutes (literally) of a ride, before the winds picked up and pine cones came crashing down around us. Since the thought of getting concussed by a pine cone is not overly appealing, we quit while we were ahead. We did have time to spend on how to stand properly for mounting. Works for me!

Dat Fricken Wooster

Yesterday was an interesting and busy day. We were at a barn that has a rather... grumpy .... rooster, who decided that Wrecking Crew was a target. I don't know if in his tiny little rooster brain he was thinking Wrecker was a threat to his sole hen, or if he just woke up on the wrong side of the nest, but Wrecker walked by and he attacked. I told the barn owner it was a good thing I had locked the gun up in the truck, because otherwise we would be having us some rooster stew. Dat Fricken Wooster (as Wrecker calls him,) got himself a talking to though, and stayed shy of us the rest of the day.

Dat Fricken Wooster wound

The highlight of the day? Donkeys. Wonderful, beautiful, intelligent, gentle, loving, sweet, soft, cuddly, furry, kind donkeys.

It was time for Baby Jan Donkey to have her very first trim of her teeny tiny toes, and she was actually quite good for it. When it got to her hind feet though, she decided a protest was in order, and laid down on top of my feet, closed her beautiful eyes, flipped her lovely long ears askance, and just laid there. Oh the indignity of it all! Her Momma came over, and poked her pretty nose between my knees to check on her baby. It was hilarious- Momma Donkey had loads of room to go to my left, but nooo- she needed to get in between my knees to see. Wish I had my camera then, because seeing her nose from my view was hilarious. Big Sis Donkey had to keep an eye on the entire trim process as well, and stood very near by during the entire procedure, rubbing her nose on the baby and watching Dear Husband like a hawk, making sure all was well.

Big Sister Donkey, watching the trim process closely...

*sigh* someday.. Someday there will be room for a donkey... or three!

Wrecker was cute. He spent a good bit of time loving on Baby Jan Donkey, and declared that he wanted to ride her. Boy was he crushed when we explained that Baby Jan was only 3 months old and not near old enough to sit on...




Funder posted a bit ago about rasping her hand, and the below shot is for her. Funder, you are not alone! I manage to get my knuckles more often than I like. Don't worry- a bit of cleaning, triple antibiotic, and a good band aid, and in a few days it's all healed up good as new. (And if you do it often enough, scar tissue builds up and you won't even bleed as much!)

There is more moving along here, but this is all I have time for right this second. Storms are headed this way that have the potential to be pretty vicious, and we need to prepare out doors for them just in case they hit here. Nothing like high winds, heavy rains, and potential tornadoes to whip us into action securing things that might fly around!

Happy Hoofin' y'all... and I'll be back to answer questions on hoof growth rates soon!