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I picked up Moony on friday. He's ok, no swelling and the wound looks good. The doc was very confident. He needs now a few more days resting in the box, according to the vet, it may be 10 to 14 days of resting. He don't likes it Yesterday, I took him out for a first walk. I looked at his long...

40 min on saturday with Massai and Domino on the sleigh

80 minutes for Massai - we drove the sulky with the sleigh skids for the first time. We have snow! :D

Thanks for keeping your fingers crossed, folks Just got a call from the vet that Moony woke up. He's ok. He will stay under surveillance one more day and if there are no complications, I can pick him up tomorrow. Convalescing will take 10-14 days and he has to be separated from the other...

Thanks Cayuse and Marsha. I hope the castration will be without complications. I'll bring him tomorrow to the clinic and the vets will make an analysis of his health before they start the operation. They will put him to a general anesthesia and he will stay 2-3 days. He does not have...

Very cold here too! We have down to 5 degree and a very icy north east wind... So I don't wanted to freeze on the cart and hitched the ponies only for a short drive on saturday. BUT I introduced Moony to the team, finally!! 50 minutes for the team Massai/Moony

Welcome to the challenge, Chamomile! I did not have much time, but I drive Massai on sundays, 70 minutes. Moony's lesson was ground driving, 40 minutes.

Thanks for the good wishes for Teddy It seems he recovers quickly. I took him to a very short walk the first time yesterday and he was very happy to walk again. His moves were way less shaky than last week! Not completely cured yet, the lameness is still there, but much better. I registered...

It's a good idea to take DD with you. Buckly will be calmer, I think. Glad you have two helpers. Sometimes it is better if you have not experienced people with you, because they may be less nervous because they don't know about the risks of driving a horse ;) (this is my experience - my husband...

Oh no, seems february is not a good month for us I'm glad you could hold Buckly and he's not ran away and had an accident. I hope he will recover from this frightening event and not adapt his fear with the cart and/or the harness. I did a fault too with Moony and have to go some steps back with...

70 minutes for the team Teddy and Massai on last saturday, only one drive last week. Had not much time and it was raining all the time hope this week will be better!

I always buy the hay by weight. It's mostly locally produced hay and my feed store is expensive compared to the price if I would buy the hay directly from the producer. But there is a guaranty on it and I can bring it back if the quality is not good. If we have a bad hay year, they import from...

Yes, correctly It's smaller and lighter than a two horse trailer, but big enough to ship a big horse with a foal or two ponies. I'll share photos soon!

@Silver City Heritage Farmstead: I'm sorry for your loss too I drove on saturday 50 minutes with Moony in the cart. The team Massai and Teddy I drove on saturday 50 minutes too and on sunday 70 minutes as a tandem.

That's funny We had three roosters out of five young chicken too (Maran chicken, a french breed). Two of them fighted and as they harmed each other, we have to butcher them... Then I bought two more hens from an old swiss breed. Now we've four hens and a rooster. The rooster is a very kind one...

I'm interested in photos too I've a 1 1/2 horses trailer that I've equiped for my miniatures. I can ship two sulkies or carts and two minis or three minis and one cart. But it's an older one and I've to replace it in the next few years. My next trailer will be a two horse trailer that will be...

Thanks for the bell habituation tipps, Marsha and MajorClem Not yet tried it... but I'll get my horses use to the bells on the evening walks this week! I drove on saturday 80 min with the team Teddy/Massai and on sundays 60 min again with the same. Great weather, but sadly not much time 45...

@Cayuse: The ribbons arrived yesterday, thank you very much, I love them! I'll take pictures on the weekend @MajorClementine: Did your horses accept the bells from the beginning? Massai knows bells, as we owned an older set of bells a few years ago (unfortunately I've lost them), but the other...

I received the bells too yesterday. They're so awesome, I love them!!! Thank you very much I'm looking forward to use them with the sleigh! The ribbon will arrive tomorrow I drove on friday 70 minutes with team Teddy/Massai and 40 minutes of ground driving for Moony. Yesterday I hitched...

Weekend drives: Friday 1 hour for Teddy and Massai (team) Saturday 2 hours the same team Sunday 50 minutes Teddy/Massai (tandem) Ground drove Moony on friday and saturday for 30 minutes each day