Tania Kettle

So I thought I had killed Lightning.

Well, she always follows me round, and then Hello! she's nowhere to be seen.  

I started having flash backs to Grease's unfortunate end, so found myself hunting under bushes and round trees with a big stick. No joy.  So I came inside, had a shower, then the young one video phoned so I made him look with me.  Working on the theory that this might not have a good end result, and he could immediately be my rah rah team, when I started being upset about being a chicken killer.

But eventually, we found her!

Under the bush, outside my room.  But wait, I had actually thought very, very bad thoughts of Pat because he was looking, well, extremely pleased with himself.  And I thought he had done something bad.

Works out I got my Energy messed up.

Lightning is, as I am writing this, sitting on six (6) fertilized eggs.

Well, that answers that question of: Where the bloody hell are all my eggs?

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And Boo had an awesome Wellness Check the other day.

He is soooooooo cute.  Mumma had her vaccinations, Boo had his first lot of vaccinations, check that he was growing well, in proportion and poo taken (I had already collected it) away to be assessed.

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And Boo was a rockstar again today.

He is now freeze branded and micro chipped.  Very chuffed with him.  He did himself proud.  And it's so good to hear people who work with horses, say how much easier and nicer it is, to work with a handled horse.  In fact, the guy who came today had only met me once, for 15 minutes, a year ago.  And remembered Belle and Mumma.  Well, the actual phrase was, Is this the same mare?  Which is kind of the same thing. 

But he did remember Belle, and we were having a chit chat about her.

Anyhow, it is good to have validation from people who know, and work with horses.  

I did look a bit of a dick though, because even though I had Mumma and Boo in the stables, all happy and waiting, I had put Boo's halter on wrong.  I am so lucky with my friends though, Geoff just said, Halter's on wrong, I'll just change it.  And he did as Boo just stood there.

I forget that I can't do certain knots and buckles and things like that, and that I can't process how practical things fit together.  But I forget because everyone I know doesn't care.  The horses don't and my peeps don't.  

I sometimes wonder though if I am so good with the Clair-senses because of this quirk.  That the Touch/play is directly because of this. 

Well, go me if it is. 

And I missed my bloody sunbathing today.  Mumma and Boo came up and were waiting in the stables and we have a rule here, that if peeps are hanging round in the stables, waiting for human peeps to turn up, then I keep them company.  They're not just left there by themselves.  We talk, have a bit of a chit chat, groom or whatever takes our fancy.

It doesn't seem like a big thing, and it's not, but it is a respect thing.  No one is stressed, upset or otherwise fretting.  We just hang out until our peeps that we are waiting for turn up, everyone does their thing, then Mumma and Boo go out again.  Read into that, I lead Mumma 2 metres, out of the stable and take off the lead.  She either hangs round or goes for a wander. 

Boo does Boo.

All jokes aside though, it works really well for us.

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And in the realms of the weird and bizarre...

Mumma's fecal count came back at 8200 (yes, you read that right) and Boo's at 7800 (yes, again correct).

So now everyone is like, WTF is going on?

The Lab is upset, the Vet's not happy and I just don't believe it.  So new Plan A.  We are collecting poo as and when, I see Mumma or Boo doing their business, zipping to Vet, who then courier to Lab.  Lab wishes to do some sort of growth thing to see what they're missing.  Vet wants to know what we're missing, as do I.  And we will consistently test any poo I can get my hands on for the next month.  To track the cycles, and why we are getting such unusual results. 

Well, we need to know where the problem is, and then correct it.  And going up by 7 and 8000+ worm count in less than 3 weeks, well, something is not right.

I'm a little excited actually.  I may not get the end result I want out of this, but I will get a result.  Some of my best work has come from a mistake.  

The Lab is also being extremely pro-active, as is our lovely Vet.  And as much as I am not a head girl as such, I love the process of the jigsaw puzzle.  

What's working, what's not, why not?

I'm excited, not just about the end result, but how we get there and what eventually we will be left with.  What's the final picture?

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Bugger...bugger...bugger...and bugger. 

So our worm results (and there are still 3 lots to come back PLUS the mould/fungi type one) have come back so far as:

100, 200, 8500, 7200, 6900, 7100, 10000 and 8900.

So not a stunning end result.

We have put a new Plan A in place starting Friday, but are still waiting for the last results which will be back by Friday lunchtime.  We think we know where we mucked up and how although to be fair, it shouldn't have worked like that.  All 3 of us - the person that sold it to me, our Vet and me are all in agreement, it should have worked. 

Unfortunately, results are quite obviously showing that it did not.

Bugger.

But since you and I both know that I'm like a dog with a bone when something is not right, I called my original guy and had a bit of a chat with him, which went really well.  He is absolutely adament that everything should have worked.

Which, to be fair, is where we're all standing.

But the results are showing us something different.

Anyway, my guy's coming over to see me well, anytime from now, as I'm writing this.  Which is excellent because it's not about who is at fault, it's about how did we get here?  And more to the point, How do we fix this?

And he is speaking to our Vet too.  Well, to get us back on track, everyone needs to be transparent. If I say, We can prove this... then he needs to be able to speak and see, our tests/results etc.  And not just some of them, but all of them.  Go back to when everything was working, then back to when they stopped.

However, now we have five (5) people that are saying, These results shouldn't have happened.

The excellent news is everyone is pro-active and solution focussed. 

I'm interested in how the last results come back though - especially the week long, mould/fungi type one.  

But what I cannot get my head around, is that my horses do not look as if they have a worm count of 10,000.  

So that's been our week:  There are awesome things happening that can't be rushed, and the rest of the time we are just hanging out, doing our thing.

And mucking out paddocks...

Big hugs and horsey kisses from us here, to you there.

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To Tony and his family...my heart is broken for you guys.

Love xx