Annie Is Coming Along

Here is a photo of Annie and Luc She's put on weight but still has a lot to go.

Annie Gets Her Teeth Done

I took Annie to the vet today. Doc Davis and Kelly were, as always, wonderful and took very good care of her. Her teeth were horrible. She had sharp points on the inside AND the outside that were causing painful ulcers in both her cheeks and her tongue.

She should be able to eat much easier now. He gave her a shot of Ivomac and I loaded her with Penicillin tonight. I'm sure she'll be sore for a week but soon she will be filling so much better.

Before we went to the vet, I gave her a bath and she did well. Then we practiced getting in the trailer. Annie does NOT like the trailer. She'll go in, but she explodes right back out. I used feed to get her in a few times but let her back out as she wanted to. Then when it was time to go I had Val shut the door. Annie was real unhappy. I had to make two trips to the vet to take T for his coggins because I couldn't trailer them together.

We'll work on it.

Raggedy Ann - Day One

In early 2009 we saw our first Curley Horse up close and personal. She was a sorrel mare at the Horse Auction, on the thin side, with a soft coat of curls and a whispy mane and tail. Her name was Raggedy Ann, probably named from a misunderstanding about her sparse mane and tail. We couldn't help but bond with her as we talked to her. She had big doe eyes and such a kind sweet face. We were happy when a little girl wanted to buy her. Both mare and girl looked very pleased. We often thought about the mare since then, in fact, I found an ad on line for her and called just to make sure she'd been sold. She had.

In fact, a year later, we found her again at a pasture down the street from our house. She was thinner, her feet were a mess and her owners (same little girl and parents) were working on it. We introduced ourselves and told them where we lived, asking that they let us know if there was anything we could do to help.

Well, this last Sunday, they took us up on it. They asked if we would adopt her. How could we say No?

She was thin before, but now she is just plain boney. Her stomach is suspect -- either bred or full of worms. And her coat is riddled with rain rot. She'll be going to see Doc Davis on Thursday to check her teeth and to make sure she isn't pregnant. We just call her Annie and are determined she will not be Raggedy much longer.

Based on the ad I had found in 2009, she was born in 2005 and is a Missouri Fox Trotter. She is definitely a Curley.