Well lookie here! Grandpa (Oak Hombre) took off his fly sheet and hid it in the pasture. He is such a character. Before I got it back on him, I took some pics to compare to others I have so I can see how his weight is holding up. Pretty dang good huh? He looks great for 27, I think--particularly since he is the oldest 27 year old horse I have ever known, but I have to acknowledge what being Uncle Grandpa has done for his personality. Having another baby to care for- this year it is Riot- has done so much for him--he plays and runs and babysits her for her mother--I have even caught them cuddled up sleeping together.
Hard to believe that after having him for 5 years, we finally found by accident the one thing that will break through his gruff exterior. Babies!
On the very bad news front, Miss Granny Glo- the mare we were so proud of getting in foal for her owners, lost her foal already. I could have cried when they called me from her checkup/Caslicks appointment to tell me it was gone. She is back now but has not come back into heat----and I am for some reason hesitant to give her a Lute shot just in case he was hiding. How a 34 day embryo could hide, I do not know, but.....just in case.
It is just a heartbreaker for all of us. Cross your fingers that she will get back in foal just as quickly this time as she did the first time! It means so much to her people.
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