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May13

New Baby Foal — Pritani’s Baby!

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New Baby Foal — Pritani’s Baby!

Pritani had her baby last night around 12:45 — Friday the 13th, yeah! We woke up at 1am to hear some thudding on the stall walls — the baby trying to get up I think — and stayed with them for 1.5 hours until the placenta passed and the baby was up, passed stool and nursing well. 

Pritani is gentle and watchful of her foal, but lets us in to be with them and take care of the baby. The vet was impressed by how well-mannered she was while he was checking over the baby — who has gorgeous confirmation and is perfect in every way, of course ;)

See the pretty butterfly on the baby’s rear? If it was a boy it was going to be Lachlan, but since it seems to be a girl we are looking at gaelic and Native American names for Butterfly :) She’s bit lighter brown than her mother; with black on her face, mane and tail; two white hooves, and so darn cute! 

The paddock outside her stall is all ready and clean with fresh shavings and grassy areas, so they can go outside for a bit tomorrow. Woo hoo! We did it!!! Ok, well she did most of it, really, but still — WOO HOO!

May9

Images from the farm

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Images from the farm
This season my family and I are farm-sitting for my mother while she is working overseas. She has 10 dogs and 4 horses, plus a few cats and aquariums, so there’s always something exciting happening!

 
  

This spring is more exciting than most — a mare which she rescued from slaughter just in time for Christmas has turned out to be pregnant. She is due any day now according to the size of her baby and her udder development, and she’s looking very fit and happy.

 Amazingly, the horse came with papers and is of very good quality, something my mom never expected when she saved her from the feedlot. She’s a wonderful horse, who seems to have been a victim of the economy.

Yesterday, one of my mother’s breeding poodles surprised us, too. We had no idea she was in heat, none of the studs were acting nosy and she wasn’t bleeding or anything. Imagine our surprise when we let her out first thing in the morning, and two minutes later saw her doing this with one of the studs!

They stayed tied for about 10 minutes, but I didn’t think to grab the camera until the very last moment. The male is licking his nose, so much for dignity. No litter was planned for this summer, but it will be a beautiful pairing, and be a summer litter which is always easiest to care for.