She's not going out yet for a couple of reasons. Beefy is bound and determined that he is the answer to her prayers, and I might add, she seems to think he just might be........!!1 LOL He is pretty loyal and is getting exercise running around and around her pen. He seems to think there is a way in, if he can just figure out what it is.
Of course Siggy, the 28 inch micro mini thinks she's pretty cute too, which of course Beefy sees as a threat to his inside track. He went after Siggy a couple of times and we were afraid if he caught Siggy, he might hurt him because of the size difference. Couldn't rely on Siggy to give up, he thinks he's 10 foot tall and bullet proof and has no problem wading right into the middle of trouble. So for a few days, Siggy had to stay in his pen during the day and Beefy stayed in his at night. Of course Bonnie had to put up with both of them day and night, don't know if she got any sleep or not......!!! LOL
Things have settled down and the boys have reached a level of acceptance and they can both be out together now and Siggy seems to have decided to find other things to do. YEA.......!!
Tyler and Dr. Jeremy came out earlier this week and trimmed Bonnie's feet. They decided not to open up the abscesses since they are so close to the coffin bone, so she got her worst foot packed with Epsom salts and wrapped. The last couple of days she has been pretty gimpy on that foot. They think she's probably trying to open that abscess on her own. One thing about abscesses, they can go from barely able to walk, 3 legged lame to instant soundness, if the abscess opens and drains. She's not 3 legged lame, but she certainly isn't very comfortable.
Suzanne takes videos almost every morning when she comes out and heads for the feed room. She never knows who's out there until she opens her door. Looks like there was quite a few out there for this video. They like to stand in the middle between Suzanne's RV and our house. As soon as the sun comes up it shines in that area and as a bonus they have access to both doors when they open. It's usually Suzanne's first, but I guess they don't want to take a chance on someone coming out and they not know it.
Yesterday afternoon Dr. Jeremy and soon to be "Dr." Haley, her graduation is just around the corner, came out to draw blood for Coggins testing of the donkeys going to California for the Run with the Burros next month. Suzanne will take 9 donkeys for the 3rd year in a row to this event. The 2nd of April will be the 3rd annual Tombstone Donkey Dash , we will have a booth set up and some of our volunteers will be running or walking donkeys. There will be one more race this spring before it gets too hot, in New Mexico. This will be their 1st pack burro race on May 7th, 2022.........!! No more races in the Southwest until the weather cools off in the fall. There will be races in Colorado all summer, where pack burro racing is the summer heritage sport for the state.
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