So I had a good ride today, 4 of us got together and rode (unfortunately in the indoor, the outside was stinking wet) it was crowded but we made it work. Lucy was very good her transitions were awesome and the loping was good as well. We even did a bunch of work one handed.
Lucy got clipped for the show next weekend, and I got my straw hat slightly re-shaped into the new crease, just in case it rains on show day, I don't want to ruin my felt hat for showmanship!
OH and in BIG news I took Chilly out and lunged her for a bit, saddled and bridled, we sacked her out, D got up and down in the saddle then his daughter got up on her for her first walk around with someone on her! She's 2 and 1/2 now so stepping up the work a little is good for her brain. She's so much like both of her parents! Shes sensible like Lucy but quirky and fun like Chevy.
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Stallions, and breeding season.
So in about a month we will be starting breeding season at the farm, my most favorite time of the year!
Our first mare (who was breed to Chevy, Chilly's sire) isn't due until the end of January but from the looks of it we are praying that she makes it past January 1st! The other 3 mares are breed to foal around the end of March and all are doing well. (One is breed to Chevy, one is Chevy's dam breed to No Doubt I'm Lazy, and the new Potential Investment mare is breed to Special Invitation (APHA). It will be fun to see how all 4 of the babies compare to each other as they grow up.
Both Chevy and Rusty got lunged with saddles on today, vacation is over! Over the next 2-3 months they are going to have a lot of visitors as people wanting to breed start looking for a stud. The extreme issues that local breeders have had with getting shipped semen over the border and to our remote area means that having stallions that are quality animals with quality bloodlines is a big draw to locals who want to breed their mare.
Unfortunately D and C do live cover which can be dangerous for the stud, mare, and humans that are involved. But again, finding a vet that is competent to do AI in mares can also be difficult. I have heard of a vet who dropped several thousands of dollars worth of frozen semen into hot water to defrost them, like you do with bull semen..... killed all of it.
Our first mare (who was breed to Chevy, Chilly's sire) isn't due until the end of January but from the looks of it we are praying that she makes it past January 1st! The other 3 mares are breed to foal around the end of March and all are doing well. (One is breed to Chevy, one is Chevy's dam breed to No Doubt I'm Lazy, and the new Potential Investment mare is breed to Special Invitation (APHA). It will be fun to see how all 4 of the babies compare to each other as they grow up.
Both Chevy and Rusty got lunged with saddles on today, vacation is over! Over the next 2-3 months they are going to have a lot of visitors as people wanting to breed start looking for a stud. The extreme issues that local breeders have had with getting shipped semen over the border and to our remote area means that having stallions that are quality animals with quality bloodlines is a big draw to locals who want to breed their mare.
Unfortunately D and C do live cover which can be dangerous for the stud, mare, and humans that are involved. But again, finding a vet that is competent to do AI in mares can also be difficult. I have heard of a vet who dropped several thousands of dollars worth of frozen semen into hot water to defrost them, like you do with bull semen..... killed all of it.
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