Jasper seems to be improving, although it has been quite a shock to find out he "PREFERS" grass hay to alfalfa........!!! The alfalfa we have is pretty dry and pretty stocky, at first we thought that might be the problem. But, no he isn't even interested in the leaves if we clean out the stems. He will reach over the alfalfa to get to the grass.......... go figure.....!!! Makes our job of weaning him off the alfalfa a whole lot easier, that's for sure.
He is really ouchy on his front feet from chronic founder. He wants to go out and explore, but after an hour or so, he usually heads back to his pen which because of the alfalfa being in there (just in case he changes his mind) has to be shut. As soon as we see him, we let him in and he lays in the nice deep sandy area in there for the afternoon. He's still very interested in going out and what is going on around him, but the feet just aren't willing at this time.
I've talked with Dr. Jeremy and we'll give Jasper some more time to settle in before we start messing with him, probably x-rays first to see what we're dealing with. He's on Equinoxx and Gabapentin for pain and inflammation, for now.
Saturday was a busy day for everyone. We all got up at 5am to give the 7 donkeys going to the parade time to eat breakfast, so we could load up and get to Tombstone by 9am. Everything went smoothly, UNTIL, Turbo, decided he really wasn't interested in being in a parade today, if going in the trailer was part of the deal. While the battle of wills between Lynn and Turbo was going on I heard Linda mumble something about Lynn being more stubborn than Turbo. Sure enough, at one time I thought Lynn was going to pick Turbo up and throw him in the trailer, and we're talking about an 800 pound donkey that don't want to go.......!!! But go he did......!!! LOL
Leo had been watching and thought he might like to raise a fuss too, but his didn't last very long, and he decided going in the trailer wasn't really a problem.
Leddy just went in the trailer like he was suppose to, he's pretty much a "go along" type of guy, really mellow.
Got down there and Dave and Georgette were already there. Georgette has had a bug and lost her voice and can't talk. If you knew Georgette you would know how strange that is, she is a talker and having her quiet with only hand jesters and whispering if it was really important was really weird..!!!
Lynn and Linda had gathered and packed all the costumes for the donkeys, so everyone start dressing donkeys.
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| The donkeys were really good, considering we hadn't had a complete "dress" rehearsal and some of the stuff they hadn't had a chance to look at..!! |
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| BlackJack, John, his little friend Paddy and Leddy. Everyone loves John's costume that looks like Paddy is carrying John on his back. |
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| Cheyenne, our little ballerina |
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| Cheyenne, Dave, Quilla and Georgette, before the parade |
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| Buddy and I, this was Buddy's 1st parade and he really did good, except he seemed to think it was a timed event and he wanted to be in the lead when it was all over..!! My arms were sore from holding him back. |
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| Linda, Turbo and Lynn before the start of the parade |
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| Waiting for the start of the parade. That little box in front of us is a jail wagon pulled by 2 mini horses. When it started up the metal wheels made a noise that Turbo didn't find acceptable and he lived up to his name as he took off for parts unknown. Lynn stayed with him for about 100 feet or so, which was really impressive.....!!! LOL Poor little Leo was being ponied off Turbo's pack saddle and he had to keep up, his little legs were really moving. If he had lost his footing he would have gotten dragged. But Turbo stopped, and came back to the parade route like it was no big deal. |
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| Some admirers with a different mode of transportation |
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| This is everyone except BlackJack............. left to right, Buddy Brat, Cheyenne, Turbo, Leddy, Leo and Quilla |
We won 3rd place again this year, same as last year. Lynn and Linda already have plans for next year to WIN.......!!! Sounds like there is going to be some costume designing going on.....!!! LOL
After the parade John and I loaded up our 4 donkeys and rushed home, so we could get to the race track before pill draw closed. They were qualifying a couple of the classes and moved pill draw closing up an hour, which put us into a time crunch. We made it, then sat around for longer than usual.........It's amazing what we will do for a few minutes of fun......!!! LOL
I thought the 2 guys that finished ahead of me last year were moving out of the Hornet class, but one of them came back with a new car and the other one showed up, just for fun. He said he isn't running for points so that's OK.!! The guy with the new car won the main event.........BUT.......he might have a hard time of it this year. Jennifer started out on the dirt track years ago, has a good car and the experience she's had over the years has put her in a position to be a thorn in #3's side. Should be fun to watch, you can guess who I'm rooting for.
I finished 3rd in the heat race and was on my way to finishing 3rd in the main event, to those two. But I got spun out on the last lap by a guy tapping my left rear corner, so I ended up eighth. Should be an interesting year I'm pretty sure it won't be boring.
It was a rough night for all our cars. Our son had stopped on the track to keep from hitting another car and got rear ended by another driver that wasn't head's up driving and plowed thru. It's going to take a lot of time, effort and money to get his car back on the track, just because someone wasn't driving past their hood.
Our friend Larry that drives a ProStock was a victim of circumstances in a wreck that started in front of him.
It was a rough night for all our cars. Our son had stopped on the track to keep from hitting another car and got rear ended by another driver that wasn't head's up driving and plowed thru. It's going to take a lot of time, effort and money to get his car back on the track, just because someone wasn't driving past their hood.
Our friend Larry that drives a ProStock was a victim of circumstances in a wreck that started in front of him.
Larry's car is the yellow 09 that T-boned the green #41. Needless to say, it will take more time, effort and money to get it back on the track.
At the track, in the dark late at night, with high adrenaline they figured both cars were totaled. But by this morning they are both talking about fixing. Both frames seem to be OK, which is always a big worry. Well the front frame horn of Larry's will have to be replaced, but it could have been worse.
When we got home from the races, Doug had left for California to visit friends and family. He said he'd bring back some more of those yummy avocados.........hope he doesn't forget...!! LOL
When we got home from the races, Doug had left for California to visit friends and family. He said he'd bring back some more of those yummy avocados.........hope he doesn't forget...!! LOL
THANKS LINDA FOR ALL THE PICTURES....!!
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