I had kind of an awful day yesterday. I didn't really feel very good. I don't know why. The day before, the Shoe Man had come and played with my feet and put new shoes on them and that was nice. He said I was a Good Girl again. I liked that. But then my mom gave me some of that awful Wormer stuff that she puts in my mouth. It tastes kind of yucky and it feels really weird. Kind of sticky and gooey. I ate it - I always do because I figure if my mom squirts it in my mouth, she must want me to eat it. Plus, I always think it might taste better this time but it never seems to.
My mom put my blanket on before she left because of course it was still raining like it's been doing forever. And I ate my dinner and was pretty cozy but then during the night I just started feeling kind of yucky. It was cold, and the wind was blowing the rain right in my door so even when I lied down on my shavings I was getting wet. I felt kind of sleepy and sort of sick and just not right. I think it was the stupid Wormer making me feel nasty and when my mom came the next day, she thought so too. She could see I didn't feel very good. She got me out to clean my stall and she put my dinner hay out with me but I didn't even want to eat it. And then I tried to lie down in it right there outside my stall and then my mom really knew I didn't feel good. I was just tired and cranky and I hadn't been able to lie down and be cozy and dry all night.
She quickly finished cleaning my stall and she put new shavings down and she closed my paddock door so the stupid wind wouldn't blow in and she put my nice soft warm blanket on instead of my stupid old rain sheet. All that made me feel a lot better but I was still kind of cranky. Cocoa and Mickey were eating their hay and that just made me mad because I didn't want to eat my hay and it wasn't fair that they wanted to eat theirs.
But my mom was really nice to me and that made me feel good. She did poke one of those little sticks in my butt like my doctor sometimes does and that was strange. I kept trying to turn around to see what she was doing and I'd end up turning in circles so she finally tied me up so I'd stay still. Then she listened to my belly using one of those funny tube things like my doctor has - it has two ends that poke in her ears and another end that she puts on my belly. It doesn't hurt or anything, and she let me smell it all over and wear it on my face so I didn't mind her doing that.
I was starting to feel a little better by then. It was late afternoon and I'd gotten my dinner hay. I wasn't really interested in hay but I was feeling hungry finally so my mom gave me a little bit of my beet pulp and I ate it all up so she gave me the whole dinner. Then she left but she came back later and she drove her car right up next to my stall door so I could poke my nose out and smell it. I liked that. She opened up the glass thing she sits behind and I poked my nose inside at her so she could pet me. It was lots of fun and she could see I felt better so she gave me a carrot right through the opening.
Today I felt fine and when my mom came out with Sparky's mom I was happy to see both of them. I hardly ever see Sparky's mom anymore and I hardly ever see Sparky. I miss him. Maybe if it ever stops raining, we can turn out together one time.
My mom brushed me and put my wraps on and then we went to the Round Pen and I got to show Sparky's mom how smart I am and how I know how to play the Cone Game. She was happy to watch me and told me how Good I am and how smart and stuff. It made me feel really good. And when my mom brought me back to my stall, she let me stop and visit Chip. We were both so happy! We sniffed and sniffed each other, and then I started sucking on his under lip and he started licking my neck and then he scratched my withers with his teeth and it was so nice! I love Chip lots and lots.
Later while my mom was cleaning my stall, Sparky's mom untied me and brought me onto the grass so I could graze! That was really nice of her! I was surprised because I didn't expect it and I got a little excited at first but as soon as she reminded me to be a Good Girl, I remembered my Manners and behaved. She let me have lots of nice grass and my mom brought out her box thing and pointed it at us and I think that's when she took that picture I posted on this blog entry.
After a while, I went back in my stall and had my beet pulp and hay and stuff. My mom had given me a new bed and opened my door even though my paddock is still a gross mess. It's not so windy though so I like having the door open. And she didn't put my rain sheet on tonight because it's just not so bad out. So it was a really nice day. I love nice days.
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