Where has the year gone?

So I can't believe the year is almost gone. 2008 has been a good year so far, can't complain about anything major :) So this month I have been extra busy with work and home. I spend the last two days just relaxing and catching up on my DVR'd shows. All the animals are great. I miss Bo, but I am watching my friend's (Pictured above with Sand and Cowboy) dog Buster so that has made it easy to move on.

So the horses are doing great. Hope had a major Laminitis re-outbreak so I have had her on Wellsolve low carb and Grass Hay/Pellets and bute. Also getting her feet trimmed every 4 weeks as they are growing so fast. On of my darling horse vets at Los Lunas Vet says I should explore glue shows to bring her feet up off the ground but that would be so expensive and everything I have read says barefoot is ok.. Hopefully she will continue to do better now that I have her totally off the carbs. The rest of the horses I have switched my feeding strategy to Pellets. I was so tired going to look for hay every month, its so easy to go buy alfalfa-grass pellets- A huge 80 pound bag costs $14 at Chical Haystack and last 2.5 days for all 3 of my horses. I used to go thru a bale 1/2 a day, for $6-7 a bale, I am breaking even or saving some money. And I feed in rubber feeders which eliminates the need for eating off the ground when the hay falls out of the feeder, therefore lessoning the chance for sand colic.. Oh I also feed senior feed, the Farmway brand every night, one scoop per horse. So I think I am saving a little cash, and its healthier for them I believe. The only downfall is they finish eating in like 20-30 min versus the hour or two before when eating hay.. I still have about 20 bales of alfalfa and 30 grass hay. When I have to work a long day I will throw in a small slice of hay as well... Next year I am going to plan ahead and buy a couple hundred bales of hale though.. So I don't have to keep switching things up..

So a week before X-mas- I am having some friends over and starting next Wed night I have 12 days off, which 6 of those will be spent in Seattle with family and friends for New Years- Can't wait! Anyway I will post back soon! Happy Holidays :)

RIP little one

So on Friday I lost Bo, my little Pug to the Rainbow Bridge. He has been breathing heavily and when I took him to the vet they did a Xray- The Xray showed he had a huge tumor on his heart, near his lungs and the vet was surprised he had lived as long as he did. We had him put to sleep and I will get his ashes back in a couple weeks. I will sprinkle them in the garden. Its sad loosing something so sweet and young. The good news is the dogs don't seem to be that bothered, maybe they know he is at peace. I gave him a good life the year that I had the little guy. He was happy, and I am happy knowing he had a good life. RIP my little Bo. May you play with all my other pets and I will see you one day..