It's the BEST when you get this picture via text of BO, while at work. It makes it all worth it....
My baby at daycare, napping with his dwarf friend, lol!
Finally this week has had some sun and decent weather, my spring flowers are finally awake!
My phlox...love phlox!
My purple hyacinths...best smell ever
Speaking of Spring...I love this Ombre hair color thing.
I know some people hate it, but I love how effortless glam it is.
and someone else has been sporting that Ombre look at the barn, for a couple of years.
He's ahead of the fashion curve, obviously.
Cliff came and gave Laz a pedicure and things are still looking great. He wants to do a bit of thrush treatment as 2 of his feet look a touch thrushy. Darn it but I thought so maybe too. We'll tackle that on Thursday. I turned Laz out for a romp in the arena and boy did he ROMP.
"I gots neeew feets to runs on!!"
"Look Mom...one leg!"
"Yippppeeee!"
"I flys off the ground, all feets up!!"
zip
ziiip
trit trotting slowing down
Before tacking up for our ride, the sun started to peak out
Hmmm...maybe someone up there acknowledges our time together and continues to allow it
I'm just saying.......!!!! ;)
THANK you
"Wass that??!"
"Oh it's Mealsons....whew"
Sweet boy Mason turned 8 yrs old on Tuesday!
He had a good day playing at his favorite place, the barn!
He also got organic canned duck for dinner and a new toy!
"Did you say organicducknewtoy?"
Our ride simply rocked. It was serene, quiet, sunny and Laz was forward, forward, forward but BRAVE and willing to listen, bend and work. I think he felt re-energized since our clinic
He was a pure joy to ride. PURE joy
Coming to say bye after our ride, and me trying to feed him his leftover beet pulp slurpee with flax
His been less interested in it since the lush spring grass sprung
This is what I love about being an equestrian.
Sure, my riding outfit may cost over $200 at any given time, but it's covered in muck, hair, carrot drool and my car always stinks like a stable and looks like this:
Tis the life and I LOVE it
Now that Mason is a big boy, at 8 yrs old, he got to sit in the front seat.
LOL! Not really ideal for having room for him to be totally comfortable, but he seemed to enjoy the new views. Anyway, he was in the front because I garbage picked an old bench that I want to re-purpose
I have to say, having my Bubba next to me while driving home was heaven. I got to rub his ears and talk to him that much more and we shared a few raw almonds on the drive home.
Sweet boy...
Some of my favorite pics of Tucker have been sent to me while I'm at work. There is something so soothing about seeing them enjoying their day while you're toiling away earning the bucks to keep them in the lifestyle to which they've become accustomed... Lol! Your Mason is the sweetest. Happy birthday cutie!
ReplyDeleteLove the napping picture - so cute. Sounds like you had a great day at the barn, and Mason an excellent dog birthday as well.
ReplyDeleteYour truck could be my truck, where - even though I got the extra cab for canines to use - they always ride shotgun due to tools, boots, buckets, etc. And the aroma...
Fun post!
Love the sweet sleepers picture! Nice your BO does this.
ReplyDeleteSo cute. Happy birthday to Mason! Hes such a good boy to behave at the barn and very lucky to be allowed there. I know a lot of barns I work at do not allow dogs in the barn because they have had problems in the past.
ReplyDeleteWhat horse in MI doesn't have thrush right now?! I've been taking my old man on the dirt roads and doing trot sets just so his feet can feel firm ground, they were starting to look mushy.... yuck
ReplyDeleteAaaaawww, cuteness all around!! Laz looks like he's really starting to feel great, and I'm sure that thrills you to pieces!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mason!
ReplyDeleteYour animals always look so dang cute in your pictures-and I LOOOOOVE the picture of Laz with all his feet off the ground. Boy is feeling good:)!!
ReplyDeleteYou do have a knack for making everyone look way cute and frolicky. It's probably because they really ARE ALL CUTE AND FROLICKY!!!!!!! What a joy it is to read your blog. And I could not agree more: this IS the life! I love it oo. Happy Birthday to your cute boy!
ReplyDeleteReally loved all of your pictures, but I have a soft spot for Mason (we have a chocolate Lab too) - he's adorably sweet looking.
ReplyDeleteThe rock garden is beautiful! The flowers are so pretty. I laughed when I saw the photo of your car - at least I'm not alone! I had Tiny's winter blanket in the car one day so I could take it to the laundromat - you can imagine how that smelled after 8 hours in the sun while I was at work! Agh!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Mason!!
ReplyDeleteSomething that is cheap and easy for both treating and preventing thrush is regular salt water. What I do is put a quarter cup or so of regular table salt in a spray bottle, fill with water and shake it up really well, then spray it on the bottoms of the hooves after they've been cleaned, making sure to get it down in the grooves and under any flaps or whereever bacteria may be hiding. I use it almost every day when it muddy and nasty outside and it works great. :) Do be aware that some horses may not like their hooves sprayed and if there are any open wounds it could sting (not likely, but possible).
I'm glad you finally got some pretty weather and had such a great ride. :D
This is so frustrating!! All of my comments got deleted when Blogger went down. Here is what I wrote:
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Mason!!
Something that is cheap and easy for both treating and preventing thrush is regular salt water. What I do is put a quarter cup or so of regular table salt in a spray bottle, fill with water and shake it up really well, then spray it on the bottoms of the hooves after they've been cleaned, making sure to get it down in the grooves and under any flaps or where ever bacteria may be hiding. I use it almost every day when it muddy and nasty outside and it works great. :) Do be aware that some horses may not like their hooves sprayed and if there are any open wounds it could sting (not likely, but possible).
I'm glad you finally got some pretty weather and had such a great ride. :D