Miracle Healing:

About a year ago,

a very good friend of ours, 

had some major medical surgery.

I won't go into all the details, 

but I do know he was very very sick.

Crashed three times, and nearly lost him.

To the amazement of his doctors and nurses, 

he recovered and is now back home and doing good.

Well except for one this:

This is a scar left from the surgery on his tummy.

He would NOT heal.

A scab would form, but then come off when he took a shower.

He conversed with his doctor and was told that 

it would never heal, but they could fix it when he has his next surgery.

It oozed continuously.

He could not put a bandage on it, nor keep it covered either.

All his shirts were ruined from the seepage.

So he took to wearing black.

NOT his favorite color.

He came over and was telling us about it, and then showed it to me.

EEEEKK!

So I ran to my tack room and grabbed THIS:

from my supplies.

Took it to him and told him to try it.

TWICE A DAY!

I explained all the miracles I have seen and read about on the internet

with flesh wounds on horses!

That it was amazing stuff!

So I sent him home with some.

TWO WEEKS LATER!!!!!

IT IS HEALED!

That VETERICYN is amazing stuff!

He is anxious to show his doctor the results and is happy now to be able to wear shirts in other colors besides black.

He did say there was one side effect of using the stuff:

"He now has an uncanny craving for Hay and Oats!"

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Our friend still needs the surgery which is scheduled some time in March.

So this spring if you are out in your garden, or you are sitting outside.

Send a little prayer "his" way, 

for a good surgery and an even better recovery.

Please help Ramsey!

Ramsey is a little donkey that has grown near and dear to our hearts. His blog has followed his life from Birth till now.

Now, his human needs some help with surmounting doctor bills to help make Ramsey well again.  The prognosis is very good, and Ramsey will be able to come home in about a week.  

Please check out this link, and if you can even only spare a dollar it will help!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

CHECK ON RAMSEY

 

He really is a cutie and very special!

Trail ride!

Boy the days fly by. Seems the older we get the faster they fly. Kind of like the feeling of flying when you are cantering your horse.
This year, I have been taking riding lessons, and my instructor has made Libby and I work really hard this summer. Cantering in 100 degree heat! Why the total of three laps around the arena had us sweating buckets of moisture! And the first time, I had a death grip on the saddle horn! In my minds eye I felt like I was all over the saddle, and I remember thinking how Libby could stay standing, AT A CANTER, with me moving all over the place! WHEW! That was a stretch.
The next lesson, instructor thought I did so well, and looked so well balanced in the saddle, that NOW I had to hold my right hand out, and point my fingers. This was interesting, because now I was forced to sit balanced. Libby caught the tips of my fingers out the corner of her eye, and startled for just a half a stride, and then she remembered she had this lop sided, unbalanced rider on her, and she better pay attention.
During the cantering sessions, I thought I would NEVER remember the rythum that I felt as a kid, riding a horse at break neck speed! But during my last lesson a week ago I felt it!!!! No hands on the saddle horn. My hips rocked with the beat of the hoofs. Yep! It was pure joy! Libby knew it too, and that was an added bonus.
Then because my instructor is instructing me to ask more of Libby at each lesson, Libby is getting a bit of an attitude, when it comes to loading in the trailer. She has two donkey's for pasture mates, and I think she is getting a bit of an "Ass-ah-tude"! But we are working thru this and I am not as intimidated by her as I was this spring.
Libby is a very well trained horse with a kind soul. I can tell when I ride her, and know that she is surprised that I am knowing just how much she does know.
Last weekend, I finally got to do the one thing that I have longed to do like in FOREVER!!!!! Ride the sandy trails down along the Columbia River! (relaxed!) She got quite a work out walking in that sand, and my butt and knees did not get tired. At one point I could of even fallen asleep the walk was so rhythimatic! THREE hours we rode! When we got to the waters edge, Libby needed no coaxing to get in the water. It was great! Before the weather gets really nasty, I would love to get in a couple more rides along the river this year.
Expanding my horizons, 1 year at a time.

(Thank you Shannon Ternes for the pictures! Added to my treasures!)

 



Broken Calm!

Last evening as the sun was going down,

creating a wonderful hue to the light,

I sat on my porch playing "words with friends" on my borrowed iphone.

It was hot and a slight breeze had begun to move the air.

Thru my concentration,

a dog barking in the back ground brought me back to reality.

I looked up just in time to see Sassy

following something that was waddling,

along the yard fence line.

As it arrived at the gate,

The waddler stopped and faced Sassy.

For just a half a second they were nose to nose!

I called Sassy back,

obediently she turned to come to me.

Then, faster than lightening this

black and white waddler

slips into the yard at the bottom of the gate!

No way was it going to let this dog get away with barking.

It has come to challenge Sassy!

Sassy wasn't going to bow down to this so she raced to meet her challenger!

My screaming fell on deaf ears!

From the right, comes Taumee to see if she can offer up any help.

In charges Sydney from the left,

grabs that brave teenage know it all skunk,

and shook it for all she was worth.

Then it sprayed!

It was like a dog with a waterhose in its mouth!

Sydney managed to coat EVERYTHING!

Patio furniture, concrete blocks, rug,

PLUS:

All three dogs and one cat!

With that, everyone ran their seperate ways.

Dogs rolling in the grass...

Skunk running for dear life, (to the front of the yard, and where we have no clue!)
Screech standing on guard, looking around with this:
"which way did it go" look on his face!

Out comes my magic solution which has worked wonders on Screech.

I am choking and gagging as I go grab my quarts of Hydrogen peroxide.

One quart at a time,
I generously shake in some baking soda,

and lightly drizzle Dawn Dish Soap in the mixture.

Taumee is the first!

I soak her with water first.

Then pour, rub and rinse her with the solution.

Dry her off best I can....

Put her in the house!

MISTAKE!!!!!!

Because, with Sassy who was second,

I put the solution on her BEFORE I got her wet.

Worked on her pretty good.

Same with Sydney.

But Taumee REEKS!

MY HOUSE STINKS!

I did not want them staying outside over night for two reasons:

1.  They had managed to rub 'skunk' all over the grass.

2.  No idea if that skunk will come back.

As I sit at my desk,

With just the slightest movements,

aroma of "skunk" reaches up and gently strokes my nostrils!

Think I will make myself scarce today!



SAIDEE.....

There is a new additon to the pasture.

Her name is SAIDEE!

She comes to me as a free lease 

from my instructor.

They love her dearly,

and knew that I missed

Izzy's presence in the pasture.

Saidee can't give lessons, nor can she do gaming or hard riding.

She can only do light riding.

Which is perfect for me,

because my riding is mostly walking,

and sometimes a trot, and not for any distance.

When Saidee was 3, she got a very small one inch cut on the back of her front hoof.

It was just deep enough, it injured the tendon.

She is not in any pain, and has a slight limp.

Also Saidee developed a habit of 'sucking wind'.

Read about Neville Bardos and his wind sucking horse HERE.

She started doing it when she was recovering from her tendon injury.

Mostly out of boredom, because recovery was quite a long time.

It does not hurt her.

She won't get sick from it.

She does have a collar that keeps her from doing it,

but with all my sprinklers I just don't want her rubbing her head on one, and getting it caught.

She is quite cute about it, cause I will catch her doing it, and say:

"Saidee! STOP IT!" 

She will turn her head and look at me with this look of:

"Were you talking to me?"

 I was offered to have Saidee,

because her mama knew she would get lots of love and attention in my pasture.

And I need Saidee.

Libby is awesome, but she is not an attention hoe.

I miss that, and Saidee fits the bill.

As a 'new' mom, of course I was very nervous, and I agreed to a trial 

stay at my house.

I N T R O D U C I N G:

SAIDEE!

She is quite plain in color,

but she has a blaze that is oh so cute.

Her mane and tail are a flaxen color that sets her aside in the beauty department.

 She is also, Fluid Beauty when she moves!

Her mama said that she is the only horse she knows of that gets dreds in her MANE!

Saidee is very inquisitive.

Knows her name.

Loves attention!

The first to greet me!

Will hang out with ya.

AND....

I can lead her with just my hand under her chin!

HOW AWESOME IS THAT?

Saidee loves to take passengers for a ride.

Enjoys a good belly scratch and will scratch your back/butt in return.

Enjoys lots of kisses, and will lick your hand in appreciation.

Saidee, though, 

has not made very many points with her pasture mates she has moved in with.

LIBBY: "Shed hog! That use to be mine till you moved in! At least I would share with the donkey's!"

Saidee:  "Get use to it!"

As time has moved on, Saidee WILL ALLOW one of the others to share...

but only ONE at a time!

Next on the adjenda is to add onto the lean-to so all can have shade.

They like it in there, because for some reason, 

the flys do not bug them in there.

So far, Saidee is a keeper.

Libby, Star and Buddy might think otherwise.......