October is here! What happened to September? We've had some nice weather, and more rain too, so riding has been hit or miss. The leaves are changing but the colors aren't as bright as usual, maybe because we haven't seen the sun too much this year? Dolly and Tapper show off the foliage nicely I think......

Sparkie is doing well. Dr. Heather (the vet) was here last week and give most of the horses their fall flu shots. While she was here she removed the icky growth on Sparkie's sheath. He still has cancer, and the growth may return, but at least it's gone for now and won't keep breaking open and bleeding everywhere. Sparkie is definitely feeling GOOD and still has plenty of attitude as you can see from the pics below!

I know the photo below is not very clear, but I just had to include it anyway. Who says Dolly can't move when she wants to?!?

The farriers were here in September, and are due again mid-October. The horses all are very well behaved for them. I went a little crazy with the arrows in the photo below left, what can I say.... I was having fun! So I did not put any arrows in the other photo, that shows Jazz getting shod with Tapper in the background.

Ziegy has been doing pretty well. We've been working with him a lot on de-sensitizing his ears and he's much better than he was about that. He was even good for getting blood drawn and his flu shot! That's amazing progress for him!!! His feet are still an issue, he still limps occasionally, but the new shoes have helped his movement tremendously. He did get another abscess last month, I don't know what it is with him and abscesses! It was a nasty one that blew out at the back of his frog - but it's all better now.

Scooby and Petrucchio are not doing so well. They are both old, tired, and have various health issues. Sadie (beagle) and Tootsie (cat) are also having lots of problems. I'll warn you now, the next blog post will probably not be a happy one....