Yesterday I went to town, which always means sacks & assorted "stuff" to unload. For some reason Gus seemed to think that his help was needed. It is difficult to open the side door on a van, gather up as many sacks, etc as you can carry, & get the door closed again, before your "helper" either grabs one of the sacks, or you get one of the sacks caught in the door as you try to shut it quickly, so the "helper" can't grab a sack. It's a very clumsy project, & I have never been able to get them to agree to leave me alone when I'm unloading the van. I dropped the mail all over the ground, & figured it would be safe, since it's inedible, while I took what I was carrying into the house. Came back out & Gus had a newsletter of magazine size in his mouth, swinging it around in the air, like a flag. By the time I got to it, between his snotty nose & what looked like hoof prints on torn pages, it's not very readable anymore. Wouldn't been so bad, but it's actually our neighbor's mail, we're picking up for them. I don't know how he could cause so much damage in such a short amount of time................!!!
As for his snotty nose, he has managed to get a cold or as they call it in equine circles, rhino. He was punky for a couple of days, but has bounced back, except for the snotty nose. I've tried to clean it, & he seems to like it just the way it is. I tried putting lotion on it because he's rubbed it enough to make it sore. EEEEEKKKK!!!!! you would have thought I was using acid. In fact he was such a pill, he had to stand tied until he would quit pawing the ground & stand still. He dug a big hole to show his displeasure, & also would not except any treats.......or what he obviously thought of as bribes.
Chester is continuing to improve, & is walking with almost no limp at all. We are planning on taking him up to the equine center in Gilbert later this month, & have him evaluated. I'm not going to quit giving him antibiotics until I'm told to. So we'll see what Dr. Taylor has to say.
4 comments:
Gus just wants to be a mailman lol. Hey check my blog today and see what we just got :)
Aaaawwwww! you have a Gus too. My Gus is bigger than your Gus....!! (G) Poor babies, those burrs have been in there a long time & those feet.....!!!! How lucky they are, although if you are going to put Gus on a diet, he probably isn't going to think so.
well if i hadn't changed his name i would have TWO named Gus... when Dillon came his name was Gus but he was just way too good-looking, i had to give him a special name...
and what do you mean IF i put Gus on a diet???? it started IMMEDIATELY!!!!! actually he was being fed a little alfalfa, whatever grass or weeds grew in their horrid pasture, and LOTS AND LOTS of junk like bread! so some good bermuda ought to help him out quite a bit! and hopefully my farrier will make it out tonight, she's gonna try her best... but the burrs, oh they are stuck in there like glue, i worked half an hour on th em this morning, got a few more burrs off of their sides and Gus' belly, and Ruthie's tail is now totally burr-free hurray! tonight i am going to add scissors and maybe clippers to my arsenal of tools, the shedding curry works but it's a long hard slow process and my arm gets so tired! i have had some offers of help too which i am happy to accept!
I'll check tomorrow & see if the farrier made it.
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