So when we last left Cecil was chilling out keeping another horse company and having a good ol' time. Then came the message. To untangle a whole hell of a lot of crazy - there seems to be a few issues: 1. the lady never told her husband she was getting another equine; 2. She does not separate horses for feeding; 3. she talked a good game but was not willing to do anything different to help the horses get used to each other.
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| His new digs |
So we made a plan to pick him up.
And the rains came. Her set up is a barn in the middle of a 7 acre field with no driveway. So we waited for it to dry up and started the search for Cecil's new new home. I also fielded a bunch of crazy messages from the lady - she loved him. She wanted to show him. She couldn't get out of bed and he ran away from her husband. Her horse is mean. We don't need to pick him up. Her husband said we can wait. The list goes on.
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| Showing his new owner his 'rules' for saying Hi. |
It was finally dry enough that we went and got him. It was a bit dramatic but we got him and put him on the trailer.
In the background my husband was talking with a guy that just bought the mini-farm across from our feed store. He bred dairy goats and had a yearling standard donkey that was a bit too playful for the goats. He only has a small pen fenced currently but was working on fencing a 4 acre pasture.
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| He is now the 'big' man on campus. |
He uses our vet and we were able to do some digging to try and make sure it would be good, so when we loaded Cecil up we were able to take him straight over. Our biggest worry was how he would get along with the goats. We didn't need to worry. He keeps the baby donk from roughhousing around the goats and doesn't mind the goats licking him. Time will tell if this lasts, but at least I can stop and see him every month when I pick up feed and hay.
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| Learning where the treats are kept. |
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| His new 'brother.' |
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