| Dolan, Gryphon and Ricky The photos here at the top of this page are of Ricky having his first tie up lesson on the 20th January 2008. Dolan of course decided he just HAD to help his half brother... Its actually great when they interact like this as it teaches the one tied up not to panic if another horse pulls their lead, hassles them or as you can see, walks UNDER their lead. |
| Monday 21st January we had David Anderson from Port Augusta Veterinary Clinic here to do some geldings, vet checks, microchip, teeth and preg scans. Burleigh as you can see at right wasnt fussed about the goings on. Below is Dolan being sedated and then gelded. David is brilliant and is very horsey himself. He is also an AI specialist. |
| Dolan took a little while to wake up and stand up, and was a little dopey for a while. Im sure that Ceilidh was quite relieved that she actually got 5 minutes peace when he got back in the yard with her. Truth be told, she really didnt even notice or care that he was gone (he was led down to the round yard to be gelded down there) until he came back - and then she only poked her head over the fence as if to say "Oh there you are!" |
| Below is Ceilidh in our new crush, which as you can see is still not completed!! However, it worked well enough for us to use it for the day! It still needs a front door and the side closest to the camera completing - the lower half is getting 2 inch mesh doors on it - you can see the framework for one door already there. That entire side is a big door that can swing open. |
| Ceilidh scanned Positive In Foal - its a very poor photograph, but at right you can see her 'blob' in the centre, which is surrounded by amniotic fluid (the black section). This is the FIRST photo of the 2008 foals! Lol. She is due the 23rd November 2008. We have other foals due earlier, however this is the first one to be photographed! Below is the lovely Folly (Baxters Faberge). She is a lovely mare and we are very pleased to have her in our herd. |
| Right, Below and Below Right is Gryphon having some antiseptic spray, being shaved and then having a microchip inserted. He was as good as gold! |
| Right is Ricky standing waiting to be examined. I missed getting shots of him having his heart rate checked and being handled by David. Above is Maj in the crush waiting to be scanned. She was PG'd and thrown back out with Billara Beersheba after scanning |
| empty. She had a false pregnancy in sympathy with the other mares! She even went to the extent of bagging up, getting milk in her teats, going long and loose in the girly bits... then all of a sudden the week before the vet came, she started decreasing in size and the udder disappeared! We were NOT amused as you could well imagine! Oh well, nothing we can do about it but try again! Home News and Happenings Stock For Sale Breeding Stock |