My first baby is coming to visit!

I got an email today from the woman who bought the thoroughbred I raised and trained. I can’t even believe that he is going to be in my town this weekend! How strange! She’s bringing him to compete. I’m going to have to try my best to get over there and watch. It’s so weird to think that I might not recognize, probably won’t recognize him I should say. It’s been a long time. I went to see him a few years ago at a show in NY, but it has been a good five years since I’ve seen him. How cool!

Things are going well with Lola. She does have some spirit! Sometimes she is the laziest thing in the world, but other times she is full of herself!

Sunday I went to the barn with Skylar and my sister. It was a pretty quick visit. Dina wanted to meet Lola, so we went and brought her treats, brushed her a little, let her eat some grass, and that was about it. For some reason, Lola got all freaked out about my sister being in her stall. She wouldn’t go in her stall while my sister was there. She also spooked a couple of times over nothing. Weird. She was pacing around in her stall quite a bit more than usual. Skylar actually got a little nervous around her and decided not to groom her.

It was a tough week for me to get to the barn with my sister visiting, and the kids being on vacation. I took a ride to the barn with both kids yesterday. I decided to play it by ear and see how things went, and it actually went really well. The kids started playing some kind of game together and I was able to give Lola a pretty good grooming, and then I took her out to eat some grass. I did a tiny bit of work with her, but not much.

I went up alone today and had some time to myself to enjoy my filly. I was trying to hang a salt block holder in her stall and she was very curious about the whole thing. She kept knocking things off the rail and she tried to steal the swiss army knife I was using as a screw driver.

Grooming is still a big production. She is so hairy! She is starting to look a little less like a panda bear and a little more like a cow. I tried asking her to lift one of her front feet from the opposite side today. It’s a Parelli Level 1 task to be able to clean all four feet from one side. She seemed a bit confused, but eventually shifted her weight off that foot, so I rubbed her and quit that task for the day. I probably spent an hour grooming her today. I had her free in her stall and she was really good about standing for me for all that time. She turned and nuzzled me with her nose a couple of times, but she stood still. I’m not sure she looked a whole lot better when I was done, but eventually all this grooming will pay off I think.

After the grooming we went for a trail walk in the woods behind Sara’s house. It went well. Lola tried to eat anything and everything in sight, so I just kept pulling her head up. I don’t want her to learn that going out in the woods is an invitation to graze. That will drive me crazy when we start trail riding!

Although it was a beautiful day, we did a little work in the indoor to avoid the temptation of grass. We did some friendly game with my hands and the rope and my Savvy string, and played the porcupine game. She is really moving well, except for her front end, but that is definitely improving. I brought her over by the mounting block and leaned on her a little bit. She didn’t seem totally comfortable with it, so I just did a little and backed off.

Up to the outdoor and she was a brat! I kept asking her to back and she kept trying to walk all over me. I was glad I had the carrot stick to help me keep her at a distance. She wanted to get to the edges of the ring to eat grass. That seemed to be all she could think about. I gave her some slack in the rope and bumped her nose with the carrot stick every time she tried to eat. I hate not letting her graze, but she has to learn there is a time to work and there is a time for the grass. I took her for a walk on the street and she got very nervous about a tractor at one of the neighbor’s houses. She did a quick spin towards home, so I patted her and asked her to continue in the direction we had been going. We walked about 20 feet past the noisy tractor and turned and walked back by it again, much better the second time, but she was still a bit nervous. We continued down the street a bit. She stopped to sniff a flag on someone’s mailbox, and we had to continue little bumps on her nose to convince her not to eat. She spooked a bit as a couple of cars came by. Nothing terrible, but she was a little nervous.

Finally we went back in the yard, I asked her to stop and gave her the signal to put her head down and then let her graze. She was so happy!

I need to get back into the steps of my Parelli program. I started it when I borrowed a set, and then had to take a break when I sent it back and waited for my own to arrive. I have my own now, but I’ve been doing my own thing and not following the program. It would probably help for me to get back into the program. I’ve been working Lola with the Friendly game, porcupine game, and a little bit of the driving game. I’d like to get pretty comfortable with those three before I move on.

I probably won’t get to the barn this weekend. I hate not seeing more of Lola, but thankfully I know she is very well taken care of, and very content. I’m not sure she even misses me when I’m not around! Is that good or bad? It’s going to be tough for me to get to the barn for the next couple of months. I lose my regular babysitter in a couple of weeks when she graduates from college, and the break between camp and school will make things tough. Hopefully, once the kids start camp I’ll be able to get into a good routine. I know once fall comes, both kids will be in school at least five half days a week, so that should make my barn routine a little more consistent. Until then, I just keep reminding myself that Lola is a baby. She is hanging out with other horses, playing, and growing. That is really the important stuff right now, whatever I’m doing with her is just extra for now.

A little jump!

I was so ready to get to the barn tonight. I don’t know why, but it seemed like a really long time since I had seen Lola.

Sarah was feeding when I got to the barn, so I hung out in Lola’s stall with her and rubbed and scratched her while she ate. She didn’t seem to mind until I tried to clean out her feet. She was more interested in her dinner than paying attention to me. No big surprise there! I waited a bit and cleaned her feet out while she was just searching for crumbs. It took me a couple of minutes to get her attention, but eventually I succeeded.

I brushed her quickly and took her out to the ring. She was really wonderful with everything I asked of her. She and I are definitely starting to communicate. I brought up a saddle pad tonight and played the friendly game with it. She couldn’t have cared less. I rubbed it all over her head, ears, legs, neck, back, tummy, tail, etc. She was fine. I left the pad draped over her for most of the time I worked with her tonight. I kept putting it in different spots over her neck, rump, back, etc.

The only downside tonight was her obsession with the grass. The ring is sand, but there are definitely plenty of spots with grass poking through and Lola wanted to clear every last blade.

Friendly game with the carrot stick and savvy string all over, and of course my hands. I think she is actually starting to enjoy when I rub her belly, and she is definitely enjoying scratches on her rump! She let me touch her nostrils tonight, which she hadn’t done at all before, and she let me get my fingers just inside her mouth. Those have been her two worst spots, so that was big progress. I did a lot of friendly game whipping the savvy string around and really trying to make some noise with it. She trotted around me a little bit, realized nothing was really going on, and went back to trying to eat some grass. She’s basically pretty lazy.

Instead of walking her over a little cross rail tonight like I had been, I walked her over a tiny vertical, maybe a foot.high. She did her usual and hit is with three of her four feet the first couple of times. I was having her follow me around the ring at a trot and brought her back over the little jump, and she actually jumped it! It was the first time I had seen her actually jump something instead of just stumbling over it. She looked great!

I was talking to a horse trainer today, and some how I mentioned how clumsy Lola seemed over little obstacles. The trainer suggested that she isn’t really clumsy, but more lazy, and I think she is totally right. When Lola put out the effort to jump the little jump, she looked great! I think next time I go to the barn I’ll set up three of four ground poles to try her over.

Sarah gave me a fly mask to try on Lola tonight. It was a really fancy one, with ear nets, and a long, mesh part that came down over the nose. I was pretty sure there was no way she was going to let me put it on her. I played the friendly game with it, rubbing it all over her for a few minutes. I started at her face, then backed off and rubbed it all over her body, let her sniff it, then rubbed it on her legs, belly, face again, body, face again, tail, face again, etc. Finally, I rubbed her face with it and just slid it up over her ears and into position. She tossed her head a little and that was that. I actually ended up taking it off of her again because it seemed a little too big, but at least I know if I bother to go buy her one now that she’ll actually wear it, at least until she figures out how to rub it off.

My board situation is great right now. I feel very confident that Lola is getting great care, she’s looking good, acting very relaxed, and getting along with the other horses at the barn. I did start looking around at some barns this week. Not knowing the area is making me feel just a little vulnerable. I’m not planning to move anytime soon, but it would be nice to eventually have Lola closer, and I don’t think Sarah is going to want to have a boarder forever.

Yesterday I went to look at a barn about 10-15 minutes from home. It was gorgeous! There is an 8 stall main barn and two small four stall barns. The farm is on 80 acres with trails and jumps all around the property. The turnout is great. The horses get turned out together in huge pastures. There’s a jump ring and a dressage arena. Not very kid-friendly and a little expensive, but otherwise, wow! It was so pretty there. I requested to be put on the waiting list, but there are already four people ahead of me.

Today I went to see another barn. It is very close to home, maybe 10 minutes away, but probably not even. It’s a very small little place with only 7 stalls. Beautiful property with a big, grassy field to ride in, access to lots and lots of trails, a big park across the road with access to Great Bay, a nice jump arena with plenty of jumps, and board isn’t too bad. It is definitely more than I’m paying now, but not horrible. It seemed like a tight little community. In talking to the owner, she talked about going out together as a group to trail ride, hunter pace, etc. She also mentioned how everyone kind of pitches in. If she needs to be out of town for a show or clinic, there is usually a boarder to help out with stalls or feeding and in exchange she gives them a discount on board. She said she also lets boarders help out in exchange for lessons. If the people there could be tolerant of my natural horsemanship practices, we might have something! She doesn’t have any stalls available either. She does have a boarder that will be graduating from UNH and moving out at some point, but maybe not until next spring. She also has a 36 year old, blind pony.

I’m going to look at another barn tomorrow, and one more next week. I think that is all I’ll do for now, but I will keep my eyes and ears open for boarding info. It makes me feel better to know that if something happened and Sarah asked me to move out next month, at least I’d have some ideas of what was out there.

I know that some day my horse will finally stop shedding, right???

Trailer Practice and a trail walk

Had a fabulous afternoon at the barn yesterday. Spent some time just hanging out in the pasture and watching the horses. I still can’t figure out exactly where Lola is in the pasture hierarchy. I’m pretty sure Gracie (thoroughbred) is the top, and little Simon (mini) is at the bottom, but I’m not sure about Lola and Holly (Belgian draft). I’ve seen them both bossing each other around.

Lola got a really good grooming. She is still shedding like crazy. I have been coming home from the barn just covered in white hair. She’s starting to really relax and enjoy being groomed I think. She’s great with her feet now. I don’t even have to think about picking them up. Yesterday I actually started not only picking them up, but also stretching her legs out in front of her like the farrier does when he trims her. I figure the more I do with her legs and feet, the easier time the farrier will have.

A woman at the barn yesterday was telling me how she had to give her 10 year old horse tranquilizers to have her feet trimmed. Apparently the horse had been abused in the past and she just couldn’t stand having her feet handled. Very sad. I hope she is able to work through it. I’d love to teach her Parelli’s friendly game, but I don’t think she is interested.

Lola and I played the friendly game yesterday with my hands, the carrot stick, the lead rope, and the savvy string. I’ve also been playing it with whatever kids toys I find around the barn including a plastic cone, shovels, buckets, plastic bats, etc. She is getting used to all of it.

There were three horses getting ready to go out on a trail ride yesterday, including one that trailered in, so there was a bit of excitement. Lola greeted the new horses with a whinny, and stopped to watch them, but that was about it. She wasn’t overly nervous or upset about the new horses. She was a little concerned when they all walked down the street, but I patted her for a minute and let her watch them go and she calmed right down.

I had an opportunity to load into Sarah’s trailer yesterday, so of course I took advantage of it. She has a walk through trailer, so I started slowly, asked Lola to put her head in, patted her and backed her out. Asked her to put her front feet in, patted her and backed her out. Asked her to come all the way in, patted her, then walked her out the front door. Walked her all the way through about 5 times. No problems at all. I wasn’t able to ask her to step in to the trailer without me going in first, but I’m sure that will come. She needs more work on the ground to learn the cues for me telling her to go forward. I finished by asking her to put her front feet only in a couple of more times and backing her out. I figured that was a good thing to practice with a step-up trailer.

After all that, I hand grazed her for a while, I got to spend some time scratching her all over and she got to eat some grass, then we went for a little trail walk behind Sarah’s. Lola was a little nervous at first with all the wind noise and the dry leaves crunching, but she settled down pretty quickly. She got a bit ahead of me going down a steep hill, so I asked her to stop, yielded her hindquarters away from me in a half circle and then calmly walked her the rest of the way down.

A little more grazing, a quick brush off and fly spray and off I went. She’s not enjoying the fly spray, but she is getting better about it. I can spray her tail a little before she gets nervous, so I’ve been spraying a brush and brushing her with it. That way she is getting used to the noise and slowly I’ll start spraying her directly when she is ready. Of course she had some carrots and bread slices before I left, and I have been greeting her with one horse cookie when I first get to the barn. What’s wrong with a little bribery?

Horse and Daughter time, awesome!

Made a run to the barn with Skylar yesterday and had a really nice time. Skye helped me groom Lola. I was kidding around about how I like to kiss the white spot under her mane, so Skye decided she needed her own kiss spot. Skye decided that the spot right in the middle of Lola’s chest was perfect for hugging and kissing!

We let Lola eat some grass and brought her up to the ring. I taught Skylar Parelli’s Friendly game, porcupine game, and driving game. She tried them all and did well. Still having some trouble moving Lola’s front end, but her backend is moving very easily now, and she is even getting better at the yo-yo game. Skylar led her around the ring a bit, we let her eat some more grass and then it was time to put her up and head home. I LOVE being able to share my love for horses with Skye!

Gorgeous Weather and a Full Moon

No teeth floating again. I’m not sure what is up with the vet. She showed up this time, but she was over an hour late and she didn’t have enough time to float all the horses she was supposed to. Lola got the booster shots she needed, but she’s going to have to wait to have her teeth floated when the vet comes back to do another booster. Probably 3-4 weeks. Oh well.

Had an OK day on Tuesday. I was sad to lose the day of playing while waiting around for the vet, only to have her get two shots and that was that. Oh well. I did play with her a tiny bit while we were waiting for the vet, and at least I got to visit her and be outside.

Tonight was awesome. When I got to the barn it was about 70 degrees. Just gorgeous out. I went in to the pasture and just hung out for a few minutes. The horses all looked at me like I was crazy, except Lola. She came right over and started sniffing me. She hung out for a little bit and then left. I looked for her and found her hanging out in her stall. I went in, scratched her all over, and showed her the halter. She wasn’t ready and turned her head. Scratched her some more and played friendly with the halter and lead rope. Rubbed that rope and halter all over her, tummy, legs, butt, under her tail, face, ears, she couldn’t have cared less. Offered the halter to her to sniff again, and she sniffed, so I rubbed her head and neck with it again, and then slipped it on her. Took her up to the outdoor ring, stopping to let her nibble grass on the way. I tried to make sure it was my idea for her to have grass. I asked her to stop, asked her to lower her head and then let her eat. Went up to the ring and played lots of friendly game. Used the carrot stick all over her, and the Savvy string. Did some porcupine game. No trouble at all with moving her hind end, but still having some trouble with the front end. I know my position isn’t right, so I’m not going to force it until I get my Level 1 DVDs and figure out what I’m doing wrong. My Level 1 DVD set should be here in about a week. I can’t wait! I just packed Clara’s up to send it back to her. I didn’t want to pack it up though!

Walked Lola over a little tiny crossrail a few times. She is getting MUCH more careful with where she puts her feet. Nice to see! I ran around the ring and had her follow me on a loose lead. Tried leading her from both sides, lots more friendly game, more porcupine game with my fingers and the carrot stick..

Took her for a walk on the road, just a little ways in each direction because it was getting dark. She was a little nervous at first, but quickly dropped her head and relaxed. I saw a car coming as we were getting to the driveway, so I walked her in the driveway, faced Lola towards the street and waited for the car to pass. I patted her and it was a non-event. Excellent!

Let her graze her way back to her stall. Groomed her well, and cleaned her feet. NO trouble cleaning her feet at all today. I’m still not working on cleaning all four from one side, but we will get there soon I’m sure. I can groom her and clean her feet in her stall without her being tied, and she is pretty good about standing. If she does start to move, I can rub her and she’ll stop.

She looked amazing tonight. Her coat is coming in so shiny and beautiful. Her mane is getting really long and full. I just love that horse ;-) I love her face, and her attitude. She nuzzles me and snorts at me and I melt. I won’t have much barn time this weekend, we are going to have friends in town, but I’m hoping that Skye and I might make a trip to the barn on Sunday afternoon after they leave.

Hoof trim time

The farrier came today to trim Lola’s feet. I have to admit I was a little nervous about how she would be after how terrible she was about her feet for the vet. The farrier seemed like a nice enough guy, but I got a little nervous when he said something like, Well, with these young ones you just need to give them a good whack and let them know you need them to stand still. Ugh.

Thankfully, he was very gentle and very patient with her and she did fine. She had a little trouble standing still, but with me standing on the opposite side of the farrier, and playing with her mouth, nose, ears, giving her the rope to chew on, tickling her nose with the leather on the end of the rope, anything I could think of to distract her, she did fine. She walked away a couple of times, I asked her to yield her hindend a little, or yield back and brought her back to the same spot to stand. I only had to do that two or three times.

After the farrier, I gave her lots of treats, groomed her a tiny bit, let her eat a little grass, and put her up. I hope having her teeth floated on Tuesday goes as smoothly and easily.

Nice Night and some Observation time

Thursday, April 6, 2006
Great night tonight! I’d been looking forward to heading to the barn all day. Had a great afternoon with the kids, hanging out in the yard, riding bikes, and just being silly. They were singing some crazy songs and we were all laughing. Snow yesterday, back to being out in the yard and riding bikes today, only in New England. Before I get too distracted, back to the horse stuff.

I started watching/following the Parelli Level 1 kit. Wow. I’m only a tiny way into it and I’m just loving it. I can totally buy into this guy and his methods. It all just makes so much sense to me. The very first little thing I was supposed to do was go to the barn and spend 30 minutes just watching my horse.

It was a fascinating 30 minutes! I started out in the stall where Lola usually is, but the big, Belgain mare, Holly, was in there. Found a corner, and just hung out and looked at the ground. Holly didn’t know what to do, she came over and started sniffing me and pushing me with her nose. Lola was peering at me from the next stall over, not sure what to do. Gracie, the little thoroughbred mare was also watching from the pasture. I let Holly sniff me and watch me for a bit, and then I moved out and into the next stall where Lola was. I leaned on the wall, and looked at the floor. She blew on me, nuzzled up against me, and even touched me with her lips. I squatted down on the floor, and she picked her hoof up to put it in my lap! I’m not exactly sure what that meant, but it didn’t seem like she was doing it in a threatening way. It seemed more of a playful gesture. Lola would ignore me for a bit, lick around the feed bucket, chew on her salt block, and then come back and nuzzle me a bit more. At one point she put her head on my shoulder and just stood there like that for a couple of minutes. Pretty amazing!

After a while, I moved to another corner of the stall to see what she would do. She licked her salt block a couple of times, and then came my way again.

I left her and went to get my grooming box and halter. When I came back, all of the horses were out in the pasture eating hay. Lola was probably a good 50ft away from me. I held my halter and lead rope in front of me where she could see it clearly, and I slowly made my way towards her. I made sure to look away and look at the ground as to not seem threatening. When I got close, I stood near her and waited for her to turn to me. She turned and sniffed the halter, so I held it out for her. She sniffed it and then turned away uninterested. I took the halter and rope and rubbed her all over with it, her neck, head, face, back, belly, tail, legs, etc. She kept munching on her hay. I made my way back to her face and asked her to put her head down by rubbing just behind her ears. She did it, and I held out the halter so she could slip her nose in.

I lead her back to her stall and gave her a good grooming. She’s still shedding like crazy. She was loose in her stall while I groomed her and for the most part she stayed put. After I groomed her, I played the friendly game with her using my hands, the lead rope, and a brush. She was pretty good about letting me pick up all her feet to clean them today. I did have to hold on to the lead rope to do her left hind. It was the last hoof I had to clean out and I think she was getting a bit restless. As soon as I took the lead rope off her back and put it over my arm she stood still and I was able to clean it.

I did a tiny bit of porcupine game with her. Just asked her to yield everywhere one time. She did really well. She even did pretty well yielding her forehand today which is always the tough part.

I’m expecting my Parelli Savvy Club welcome kit next week and I can’t wait. It has a DVD of the 7 games in it. Should be fun!

A wet one - lots of rain and a hyper horse

Interesting day today. It’s raining and has been pretty much since last night. I couldn’t really groom Lola much because she was just a big soggy mess. I played with her in her stall for a little bit, and then put her halter on to take her down to the indoor. I brought up some clippers today and showed those to her. She wasn’t very excited about them and wouldn’t really let me get near her when they were turned on. We have some work to do there.

Today was the first time she walked away from me and wasn’t very excited about being haltered. No treats before work today. She got a bit pushy last time I fed her treats, so I decided to work her first.

I walked her down to the indoor. She was hesitant about walking down the hill in the rain. It was a little slippery, but she did it. She walked into the indoor pretty calmly, but she thought about leaving as soon as we got in there. I had her circle around me a couple of times before I finally went back and shut the door. I left the door open a couple of inches since she seemed nervous about being closed itn.

She was really prancing around today and having a hard time focusing. She was listening to every raindrop hit the roof, and she could hear the horses walking around in the pasture. She was yielding her hind end very well today, she also walked over the little crossrail well today. She can be lazy about picking up her feet.

I actually put her on a longe line for a bit today because she was just so ready to go. I had to keep poking her away with the longe whip because she was right on top of me. For her first time every being longed, she did OK.

I tried doing some more work with her from the “off” side. She is SO one sided already. I hate it. I lead her around the ring from the “off” side, walked her over the little cross rail a couple of times, asked her to stop and back. The first time I switched sides and asked her to walk, she just looked at me like she didn’t understand, but then she figured it out.

The yo-yo game was terrible today. We never managed to get that. Every time I would stand in front of her to give her the signal to back, she would turn to the side and try to walk forward. I backed her from her chest and her nose several times.

She was very good about putting her head down for me. She still doesn’t want me touching her nose of mouth, but she is getting slightly more tolerant. I found a spot on the dock of her tail where she really likes to be scratched. She seemed very relaxed.

Other than never getting the yo-yo game today, and her definitely being on edge more than usual, we had an OK day. She is learning to yield pretty well. The front end still needs work, but I can consistently move her back end with just Phase 1.

There were definitely some moments today when I wondered what the heck I’m doing. She was being a little pushy and making me a little nervous. I’m definitely not as fearless as I used to be. Can I really train another baby? Do I have the confidence and skills to make this work? I guess I’m just going to have to make it work!

Another Sunny Spring Day

The plan was for a quick barn visit with the kids this morning, but the kids weren't cooperating. Even though they woke up nice and early, they wanted to go outside to ride their new bikes. They had no interest in a barn trip. I have to admit I was disappointed. I was looking forward to seeing my black and white beast.

The weather was so nice this afternoon, that I told Dave I just had to run to the barn. I planned a really quick trip, but of course it took longer than usual.

I started in her stall with her, feeding her some treats, making her bend to either side and down between her front legs for her carrots. She had a good grooming, and she was pretty good about having her feet cleaned. I think next time I go to the barn, I'm going to save all the treats for when I'm totally done with her. She was so excited about the treats that she was being a pest and looking for more and it was making it difficult to groom her.

It was REALLY windy today, and I could tell Lola was a bit nervous about everything that was blowing around. I decided to take her for a walk down the street. She did great! For the most part she was very calm and just looking at everything. When we got back to Sarah's, she trotted into the driveway like something spooked her, so I turned her around and made her walk into the driveway again calmly.

Next we went down to the woods and went for a walk on the trails. We did the whole loop around the backyard today for the first time. Lola was being a bit of a pest about trying to eat everything, so I had to keep correcting her about that. The last thing I want to teach her is that it is OK to eat everything she sees every time we try to go for a trail ride.

When we were coming around the second half of the circle and starting our trip home, she decided to try and trot up hill a bit. I had to correct that behavior. I stopped her, backed her a bit, and she fussed, so I tried again. She didn't want to back with a shake of the rope, but I did get her to back with pressure on her chest. She calmed down after that and we finished our little walk.

On to the indoor next. I knew that was going to be a scary thing since the indoor is all built of sheet metal and the wind was so crazy. I opened the door and led her into the indoor. I let up on her lead a little to close the door behind us and she spooked and squeezed herself right out the door. She very calmly walked away from me. She didn't take off at a gallop or do anything crazy, she just kept walking. Sarah was by the barn, so I called to her, and she just grabbed the lead.

Back to the indoor. Went in and shut the door without a problem. I tried to do the yo-yo game, and the porcupine game, but she was having a really hard time focusing. Did the circle game with her, and she was moving away from me very nicely, almost too nicely, she was almost pulling the rope out of my hand. I walked her over a small jump a few times. She hit it the first three or four times I walked her over it , and then figured it out.

Up to her stall, quick brush down, a couple of slices of bread, and off I went. She was happily hanging out with Simon the mini, and eating some hay when I left.

I saw a very active energetic side of Lola that I hadn't seen before today. It was kind of nice to see a little spunk. Dave told me a couple of times that he is worried she is too quiet for me, but that certainly wasn't the case today! I think she is going to be just fine.

No barn tomorrow. Busy day with the kids. Tuesday I get to play at the barn again. Wednesday Lola is having her teeth floated. I hope that goes OK.