Sunday & Today

This post is for both Sunday and today. I'm really sorry for not posting Sunday, but I came home after a busy day and crashed on the couch. I was SO tired. Anyways-

Sunday-
Was really interesting. My non-horsey stuff will be described in my day-to-day blog, so...Anyways, I was helping out at the Sunday School picnic for the little kids. [1st through 6th grade.] They give out pony rides, so I helped groom, tack up, and lead the kids around. It was really awesome because they let me ride!!! I was SO happy. Plus, afterwards when they were thanking me, I said, 'Oh, it was no problem at all. I love working with horses!" and they were like, "We'll remember that!" I'm so excited. =D

I left home early, and got home late, so my horses didn't get grain, but that's okay because they were out on our highly nutritious grass for a long time.

Today-
Nothing really interesting besides a little miscommunication on my moms part, which led to me and Allison thinking that someone had broke in and let the horses out. Which had us thinking, WTHECK?

Oh wait wait wait! I totally take back what I said about nothing being interesting. When we brought the horses up I noticed that Buck has like 5 HUGE dents in his chest that weren't there before. It looks like the muscle is separating or something. I'm freaked out, but I haven't mentioned it to my mom yet, because I already know what the answer will be.."No vet!" I'm sure that it wasn't from getting kicked or something minor like that, because kicking would have scraped skin or hair off. Everything is perfect except his skin now sinks, as if into a hole, in a few places. This definitely was not there the other night. Oh gosh. *is really worried*

Oh, and all the horses have a white, soft, wet band around the top of their hooves. This was not there this weekend when it was blistering hot, but it was there last week when it was SUPER muddy. The horses were in long, wet grass today, and we think that their hooves are getting too much moisture. This, unlike Buck's dents, is completely okay, seeing as it will disappear as soon as the temperature starts to rise.

Oh, and just as an update, Buck and Gus are looking SO much better. You can hardly see or feel their ribs anymore, and their backs are rising and filling out again. I totally give the grain, and more time on the highly nutritious grass the credit. Gradually increasing grazing time has worked out so well. And Equine Senior grain for Gus, with Safe Choice for Buck, has worked absolute wonders. I'm going to start putting vegetable oil in their feed for coat health though.