Sage
Sage, a photo by susanfxtrt on Flickr. Sage
Sage Baby Progress
Tests came back to show that Sage has a slight staph infection where the sperm and the egg would meet. We missed the heat cycle to treat her. Today, we (the vet) gave Sage a shot to bring her into heat. For us women, that would be like shot to start our menstruel cycle, something no man would be brave enough to do. Can you imagine a human man taking a syringe, plunging into his wife's arm while saying, "Honey, I enjoy so much when you are going thru your…
Just Every Day Chat
About Sage: The lab report came back about Sage. She has mild staph infection inside where the egg meets the sperm. We're about a week or so past when she was to come into heat (ovulation). Tomorrow morning the vet is going to give her a shot which will cause her to come into heat. Then we will treat her with medicine to cure the staph infection. Her next regular heat (three weeks from now) is when we will try the real deal and let her have her way with…
Hitting the Fine Outdoor World with Sage
I'm hitting on 7 out of 8 days riding Sage. I've been riding around my neighbors turf farm. It is beautiful. He's not selling any turf these days, so he's not concerned at all about me making horse tracks thru the unfertilized sad bluegrass. Sage really likes it when we stop and rest when we find a patch of clover or blue grass for her to eat. On the other side of the turf farm towards town is the Skate Park. Not skating like we used to do in the…
Sage on the Trail
We rode at James A Reed (JAR) today and discovered it was National Hunting and Fishing Day. JAR was celebrating that. They had a field set up for skeet shooting. Coincidentially, it was right next to one of the trails that we ride. We turned around, but a park guy was right there and told us happily that they would be shooting in the field but the trails were open. Obviously, he isn't a horse person. But we were there early and they were just setting up for the skeet…
Times Change – Old Times become New Times Again
Sage was the first horse. I learned a lot from her. We came from negative 7 to passing the Parelli original level 2 test. The original level 2 task list was so difficult and complex, I had no idea what the tasks were...after I read them. I put the test away and just continued my lessons with Jenny Vaught. Years later, we passed all the tasks. During the long years it took to get my horses to do four consecutive flying lead changes, I switched over to doing the L2…