Introducing Snow Rabbit!

Snow Rabbit is the only mare we have at this time and she has been bred to Spur. Her first baby is due near the end of March and we are hoping for a colorful colt!

Snow Rabbit is a medicine hat, blue roan spotted American Gaited pony. She is the most talkative horse we have and she never fails to whinny when we come outside. Although she prefers to stay outside, she is eager to come into the barn and out of the wind for a couple of days every now and then. She is very sweet and comes running when she is called out in the field.

She doesn't like us to mess with her face too much, but we don't know why. We need to work with her on that. She is not trained for riding yet, but I did get one her back to see what she would do. She did nothing! She wouldn't even move! It was the weirdest thing I have ever experienced with a horse before. Even with some gentle kicks, she wouldn't budge. My husband got out one of our other horses to see if she would be persuaded to follow him, and finally, she walked around a little. I haven't been back on her since because we wanted to breed her.

I find myself dreaming about what he baby will look like and I pray God will make him colorful and gaited like his daddy. Maybe when I get to Heaven, God will give me the task of painting all the horses. That would be great fun!

The Winter Season is Upon Us

Well, those who know me best will know I do not like winter weather. I don't like the cold at all and hope to one day move to warmer climates.

That being said, I have been trying to help out more with the care of our horses during the cold winter months. My husband, Brian, does most of it during the winter and I am much more eager to tend to the horses during the warmer months of the year. As long as I put on my long John's, a wool sweater, my Carhartt coveralls, my Carhartt coat and a sock hat, I'm good to go!

With one large stall, for the absolutely HUGE Max Mule, and 4 average size stalls, Brian has been keeping 3 or 4 horses up while the others are left outside. We do rotate them around so they can all get out of the weather a little bit.

Snow Rabbit is our most talkative horse and she is due to deliver a foal in late March or early April (if we don't sell her before then). She decided she wanted to come in for the night last night, so Brian and I took her and Spur (her baby's daddy) into the barn for the night, gave them some grain, some hay and some water and bedded them down for the night.

Max, Zip and Tonka got to stay up last night, too. Tonka prefers to stay outside, I think, but he didn't get to go out until this morning.

Boomerang and Moon Man, who are both fat and sassy, get to stay out more often since they have bulked up well for the colder temperatures. They both love to roll in the mud and, of course, they are both white and almost white in color. Boogers.

It will be like this for the next several months, but I'm not looking forward to it. However, I do thank God for blessing us with such wonderful animals.