I don’t have time to do more than give you the joyous news. Jewels foaled last evening (Saturday night). The filly has exceeded even Kristel’s expectations. A beautiful buckskin paint tobiano (or tovero, or something rare like that). Rubicon’s (the sire) previous owner couldn’t believe her eyes when Kristel texted her photos. You are veryContinue reading “Welcome, Little Miss Filly!”
Category Archives: Horses
Tonight or Early Tomorrow Morning
Jewels’ milk hit the threshold: 6.2 pH. So there is no turning back! It will be tonight or tomorrow morning. Sadly, I will be leaving for a 5.5 hour drive over the mountains (Cascades) for our grandson Levi’s graduation. So even if she foals, I may not learn about it to pass the good newsContinue reading “Tonight or Early Tomorrow Morning”
Hopefully Today!
No foal yet and her due date was last night (well, June 5). All that fussing and pre-labor for nothing! But here is the pH strip (as if that means anything these days). I’m thinking it only gives false hope. LOL However, joy of joys, Jewels has suddenly turned into what Kristel calls “the triangle.”Continue reading “Hopefully Today!”
It’s Getting Closer!
Just thought everyone might get a kick out seeing Jewels progress toward foaling. She is officially “due” June 4 (this coming Wednesday), but Kristel is not sure which of the five days of breeding was the day she “took.” With a mare, it’s easy to know exactly (within 48 hours) when she will foal (unlikeContinue reading “It’s Getting Closer!”
Kody Leaves the Ranch . . .
. . . And we are not sorry to see him go. Well, I should amend that. He was a precious, sweet, gentle little man as a foal. He still is very nice, smart as a whip, but way too tall (going onto 16hh) for Kristel to work with him without feeling unsafe. She stillContinue reading “Kody Leaves the Ranch . . .”
Name the Filly!
It’s that time again! Jewels is getting ready to foal (due June 6), and my daughter asked me to put on another naming contest. This little girl needs a name. We know she’s a filly, both by an ultrasound and the fun “nail” test. She has a 1 in 4 (25%) chance of being oneContinue reading “Name the Filly!”
Taffy Goes to the Vet
Today, beautiful Taffy went to the vet for her x-rays, to see how her front two feet are coming along after seven months. She’s had two sets of x-rays in order to compare “then” and “”now.” We had high hopes that we would see improvement and the bones rotating back to their correct positions. HoweverContinue reading “Taffy Goes to the Vet”
Taffy Update
Taffy just turned two years old on Wednesday, March 26. Happy birthday, Taffy! We sure wish you felt better. As I’ve mentioned before, Taffy suffers from a severe–and somewhat rare–form of laminitis. The vet believes it came about because of the move from CA to TX a year and a half ago. Very stressful, evenContinue reading “Taffy Update”
Kody & the Farrier – A Training Day
Join Royale Dakota Moon for an exciting (not so much) day with the farrier. This boy is now a teenager (20 months old) and decided he did not want his hooves trimmed today. All of the horses were acting up, but Kody took the cake, so to speak, and Cowboy Jamie put him in hisContinue reading “Kody & the Farrier – A Training Day”
Gender Reveal with a Nail & String
This was one of the most amazing and fun things Kristel and I have done with Jewels and Maggie during their pregnancies. We had heard about the old wive’s tale of being able to determine a foal’s gender in utero by using a regular nail and a length of string (yeah, right). But Kristel’s horse-breedingContinue reading “Gender Reveal with a Nail & String”