Bummer about your truck, JG.  Hope you can get it all resolved at the least possible expense.  Gotta laugh about Brat and the water hose.  In my parents case, it was their kitten.  She was staying in the downstairs bathroom and figured out how to turn on the faucet in the tub.  The well was drained dry, LOL. 

SS, hope your doggie heals up soon.  Amazing how they can run up the vet bills, ain't it.

The weather here was hideous today, gray, misty and rainy.  Just matched my mood.  My BO's Great Dane, Lucy, died of a coronary last night, and I am just broken up about it.  Lucy spent a lot of time here with me at my house and she was just the best dog ever.  I'm really going to miss the big brindled beastie.  And I know my BO and her family will, too.  That dog had a heart of gold, just not a healthy one it turns out.

aw sp.. hope you're healing well.

Solo, how were the HT's?

rc, love cookie ~ y'all look good together.

jg, that just sux about your truck.   Funny about Brat turning the water on though.

hugs to you and your BO Blue. 

ss, hope you pup is feeling better soon.

As it turns out, the vet was called out yesterday for DH's horse....again.   Radiographs were taken.   Her leg was healing nicely, but for some reason had started swelling.  She was swollen from her knee all the way to her coronet band.  Vet thinks it is superficial, from fire ants getting under her bandage (the back of her leg, lower area is awful), but it is possible that a piece of bone was chipped and has died from the original injury a month ago.  I'm hoping this is not the case,.. but this is what I'm suspecting.  Especially, based on the swelling and then the location of the "superficial" fire ant attack.   Oh well...  I guess we will see when the vet calls about the films.  My lil dd has asked for an English saddle for her 5th birthday next month  .   She has now had 2 English lessons.  She does incredible.   She still rides western at home,.... so she can lope and gallop  LOL.   Both the girls literally live on their horses.   Hope to catch some of you in chat.

Our big HT is Sunday at Carolina Horse Park, so we are trying to get ready in all this rain!  I had offered to feed all the horses tonight as BO is at a dinner.  OF COURSE, it started pouring as soon as I got out of the truck....and stopped right after I had plodded through it all and already gotten all the horses in.  *grumble*

 Oh no FH!!! Don't eat the pig!!!!  He/she doesn't look much like Harley (my pet wild boar/pot belly) but that is still all I can see when I look at her!!  Pigs are awesome (Harley was a rescue, and I have to admit, I didn't know anything about piggys before her)!  I'm glad your horse didn't mind her, Mo likes Harley, Ta'c is ok with her out in the pasture, but is terrified in the barn, Rascal and Bailey would like to squish her....Jewel's coloring reminds me of Ta'c a little bit, at the moment he still isn't sure what color he would like to be, but I think we are leaning toward a Grulla more than anything, who knows?!

Congrats holcomb on you nice show, it sounds like Po is a great all around little pony! 

Solo - All I can say is ROFL. That is about how my luck is when the rain hits. Also your newest blog topic had me laughing. I see you really do like that clean shaven look on Solo. It's so interesting that I can't look away from it.

Blue - Sorry to hear about BO's great dane. They are wonderful dogs.

7 - Its so great to hear about kids being outside and enjoying horses instead of sitting on the couch inside all day veggin out in front of the TV. Just remember that its for the better that dd is learing different disciplines. When are you gonna get her a cart too so she can take up driving?

Nice, RC! Verrrrrr-y nice! Congrats! ~FH

Oooo, nice moving mare!  What's up with that crazy rig cranking her head in though?  I hope that thing doesn't come with her!

 Good luck at the HT, Solo!  Do you have your official photographer lined up?  I used to look after my friends farm frequently as she would go out of town to show and invariably, we would have crappy weather.  Hauling hay out to the pastured horses in the pouring rain just takes all the fun out of the job.  

Very cute pony, RC.  I'm with Solo - what is on her face?

Did I mention how much I hate the short days?  It's pitch black in the mornings when I feed and dusk when I get home - to feed.  Right now, the weather is going to make things much worse.  We've had a storm blowing in all day and the weather in really bad.  High winds, blowing dust and now snow.  The mountains are getting pounded (which is good), but this storm is wreaking havoc at the airports.  I wonder how many people were going to start their Thanksgiving travel this weekend?  Are you getting a lot of rain, Bucks?

But, on a good note, Jeff finally had another interview today.  And, things look promising!  The position was advertised through a staffing agency, so we have to wait until the interviewer gets back in touch with the staffing agency and they figure everything out.  They hope to fill the spot within two weeks, so if you can keep you fingers crossed for that long, we would appreciate it!

Have a good weekend, everyone!

Solaris:

What's up with that crazy rig cranking her head in though?

 RC - you are just too lucky with finding new homes for your horses and then filling up your barn again with other nice horses.  I'm really thinking you should adopt me - or at least sell Surprise for me!!  A lady was interested in her but then bought another horse before she even scheduled a  visit - oh well....

 The weekend is upon us - hip hip hooray!!!  Not too much scheduled - horse time of course, I have to buy some pies for a pie eating contest and then on Sat night I am chaperoning a dance at one of DD's schools.  A friend of mine is also doing that or I would not risk going and becoming deaf as well as watching teens for 3 hours - oh well, have to do my duty sometimes.

 Am trying to get the horses ready for winter - some extra grazing out in the yard and getting tails washed and braided - I bagged Blue's but he lost it after a few days - so the heck with repeating that. I'll see how just the braiding does.

Are you getting nice riding weather now, FH?  Good luck at HT this weekend Solo...hpe you survive the storm remmer and how is Po doing 7?  Bad news about the truck JG - and I would come to the store sale but the boss and too many customers will be there! :(  Who did I miss?

 Ha - Cha Cha and Cookie  ...though I kind of have to say that Cha Cha might fit both the looks and the action you have described - don't know as I would want to call her that in front of other people though...

 Do you all remember Spirit and Wendy? She used to post with us a few years ago... I try to keep up with her though it is sporadic.  I had a sad email from her today but I really think she must be okay, no riding for a couple months while she heals but some of you have been there, done that...this is what she told me " just broke up a little bit.  i had just got home from a rodeo and was putting hay out in the pasture for spirit and endy.  endy either ran me over or kicked me in the back.  dunno.  just remember up in air and down on the ground.  2 broken ribs-lacerated spleen-bruised liver- internal bleeding.  didn't take myself to the hosp for 5 days.  finally gave into the pain.  4 days in hosp.  the dr. thought i was crAZY AND said i should be dead.  well-  i'm ok.  but my pride is hurt.  learned a lesson.  one that i should have already known.  oh well.  i'm ok though"  It sure is easy to forget how badly we can get hurt working around horses...or just in our lives....

 So I bought 8 pies this morning - 4 banana cream and 4 key lime ...they got safely out of the house - and are on their way to the pie eating contest!  Along with all my big garbage bags - someone else forgot to buy those so mine went along at the last minute.  Still dreading the dance tonight - but it might be okay....

And oh RC -I had another inquiry on Surprise this morning - I hope this gal will at least come see her!!!  I am liking the sounds of this "looker"...  :)  Cross your fingers for us!!!

RC, I love the looks of Cha Cha!  What a fun discipline to learn.  I find it disconcerting when proponents of one discipline automatically infer or look for abuse in another discipline without the knowledge of breeding for conformation and natural ability of the horse for that so called "abusive" discipline, to be able to evaluate it properly. 

Rem, you ask if we have rain?  My girl, we have had nothing BUT rain since the first of October!  Every single day!  It totally ruined my fall outdoor riding.  But I have one horse at the Western Pleasure training arena, and we are having a lot of fun together. 

Speaking of Western Pleasure, I have seen many long yearlings and young horses come in to the barn who are naturally slow gaited and short steppers.  They are never abused in any way.  And they are gorgeous.  They certainly are not "Peanut Pushers".

SH, I just KNOW you are going to win that pie eating contest.  Hahahah  Good Luck!

007, I hope the injury to your DH's horse is superficial and not an injury to the bone.  Hugs.

SH- Glad you're staying in touch with Wendy. Sorry to hear about her accident. Please pass on my wishes for a speedy recovery. ~FH