September 18, 2009

Horses, Raccoons, and Llamas- Oh My!

    This blog will update visitors on the capers of the beings who inhabit the fresh green spaces of Fields Quarter Horses. To understand the diverse cast of characters you will meet here- first, let me give you a brief overview of our operations.

    Fields Quarter Horses is a multi-purpose industry which breeds, raises, trains, shows, and boards American Quarter Horses. The proprietors also operate a pet boarding and training center, a doggie daycare, and a full-service grooming salon and spa.

    The crew at Fields Quarter Horses comes in many shapes and sizes. Some of us have toes- some of us have hooves. We come in long and short haired varieties, in many colors, and a range of individual personalities. But, alas, that just covers the staff. Thank goodness, the animals are not quite as assorted as the humans who take care of them. You will meet the human animals in good time.

     The stars of the show, of course, are the non-human animals who live at Fields. The main players in our troupe consist of a couple of Quarter Horse breeding stallions, a Miniature Horse stallion, lots of mares, their foals, the teenage horses,  the training and boarding horses, a llama, some donkeys, a goat, gobs of dogs, fistfuls of cats, and a rather sarcastic raccoon.

     A small sample of what you can expect- today a Rocky Mountain horse named Cody moved out of the barn and a beautiful 2 year old Englishy looking chap named Kramer moved in. A strawberry blonde filly named Wendy stood quietly in the corner stall with bandages on her left hind leg. An athletic-blonde-bring home to momma- looking young horse named Chase went about convalescing from surgery to both his front legs. Chase received his daily grooming before he went out for hand-walking exercise. He asked if his hairs were all in place and we all assured him that he was dashing and ever perfect. In his short time with us, we have begun to suspect that Chase may have some narcissistic inclinations. He spends an unusually long time each day pondering his appearance. 

    So, tomorrow, we will return with highlights from the day- until then.

Khris

6 comments:

  1. LOL! I'm guessing Chase is a Chevy model?

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  2. Cheri- Why, OF COURSE! Chase can be found on youtube as Chevrolution. His entire life has been chronicled there. He even has his own website- it's All Chase, All the Time! www.victorychase.com

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  3. *Celebrates* I got it right! Whoot! Hope he heals up well and fast. As well as the Strawberry filly is ok. And I hope Kramer is not on the injured roster...tell me more about Cody, please.

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  4. Cheri, you don't miss much (snickers). And, you've been paying attention. Cody was a Rocky Mountain Mountain horse (per his owner). He was a gelding who was boarding at our facility and the first horse of his more mature than me owner. They came to us having taken 2 riding lessons EVER and bought him from a horse trader. Can you say- accident waiting to happen! It became painfully obvious that we were not going to be a good fit for one another when I caught the owner smoking (for the second time) inside the barn. So, rather than fume (literally) we politely asked them to make other arrangements for his care. I hope they will be ok- he's a good boy and has been taking good care of his novice humans so far.

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  5. *Shakes head* Smoking in the barn...just plain dumb. I hope he'll be ok too, poor boy.

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  6. do you like horse racing?

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