Happy Wednesday!

I have so much to write about this week that I couldn’t decide which topic was best for a mid-week blog…   I decided on something uplifting.  Well, actually, a few uplifting things.

But first, I have a question…

–Am I the only one or are the flies/ticks really bad this year?

Yikes!  I’ve had to double the garlic to get the same effect from previous years.  Yeesh.

And (huddling in a fetal position) I find this totally abhorrent but I discovered a bug that rhymes with “ick” on my person.  Eewwww.  I totally lost it when I found the little monster.  (Tinygaggysound.)  I kinda felt faint for a second or two and then took the pressure washer to my head.  I could not convince myself that I was “ick-free”.  I swear, I got online looking for TyVek suits.  I came thisclose to shaving my head.

Instead, I went around with Listerine in a spray bottle and sprayed every building and every piece of furniture that I or the horses might come near.  Listerine should help keep the flies out of structures but I guess I’m just gonna have to wear a wig or a hat at all times for the “icks”.  I already spray myself from head to toe with Peppermint Summer Protection Spray (natural fly spray) which works great for those flies that like to face-swarm humans/horses.  I hate that!

My dogs think I’m crazy about the “icks”.  I can hear them, “Hey, why don’t you just strap on one of these white collars and you’ll be good for 6 weeks!”

Sigh.

NAG NOSE

A while back I reported on the Nag Shade.  It is for tender, white, oft-sunburned noses.  It looks kinda like a longer fly mask with a kick pleat.

Anyway, I hadn’t tried one; I just wanted you all to know that they existed.

Well, I received an email from the company saying that they have expanded their line-up.  So, I thought I would purchase one for Remi to see if it worked.  (She has a white nose and the flies really think she’s sweet)  I’m not sure that the shade will help with flies on her nose because it flares out.  But, it should help with the sunburn … and it might help with the flies… so, why not.

I decided on the ‘Full Face Shade’.  I got the LARGE HORSE size because she is a large horse.  We’ll see if their idea of a Large Horse fits mine.

I chose the color, ‘ocean blue’.

Here is the website if you’d like to check it out.  Unfortunately, the site was difficult to navigate and not very intuitive so I’ve link here the page where you can look over the styles and decide if you want to try one.

Of course, I’ll show it to you when it arrives and do my trial with Remi.

 

QUICK UPDATE ON THE JUNKYARD 4 FOALS!

From death to birth… always nice to have happy endings. They both live at BHFER, the Rescue that saved and nursed their mothers back to health.

 

 

PRISON GENTLED MUSTANGS ADOPTION RESULTS!

Here is the link to the original post about these gathered mustangs who were gentled and trained for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week over a 3 months period by prison inmates.  An unlikely combination – wild horse and incarcerated human – but it works.  In some ways, they understand each others’ predicament…

First, before we go to the results of the Prison Gentled Mustang Auction, I wanted to tell you that, sadly, the Auction was not well attended because a rumor spread that California was not going to let any horses in due to the EHV-1 virus outbreak.

This was totally false but it did factor into the attendance.  Luckily, there were enough qualified bidders so that every horse found a home.  However, the prices were the lowest I have seen over the four adoptions that I have followed.  Good for the adopters but not so good for the program.

 

THE HORSES

 

 

 

 

 

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