Our beloved Mishka has sadly transitioned to Rainbow Bridge. We are all completely devastated at this time and do need time to grieve. A more detailed post will be forthcoming. Thank you all for your understanding.
On Wednesday, Jo, Dancer, Valley Girl, Peaches, and Mishka had a Bemer therapy treatment and they all loved it! The chewing and licking was amazing! This was our first time – many thanks to Kathy for arranging the treatment and many thanks to Mireille and Lisa of MD-Equine Therapy for taking such great care of the horses. You do great work! Mishka’s smile spoke for all of the lucky horses today!
We recently took off a couple of days to enjoy time with the family. We rented an Airbnb on the river and had a great time! I wish that it could have lasted longer but I’m very grateful for the time we had.
Wishing everyone a wonderful summer weekend!
This has been Mishka’s lucky week! Last weekend, with the help of Jenny and a new volunteer, Juan, we did some work on Mishka’s paddock area. Shadow tried it out and thankfully, it met with his approval! We have quite a bit more work to do on it, which will, hopefully, be completed this weekend.
On Wednesday, Mishka was really good for his hooficure with Tom, one of our farriers, who is so very patient, kind, forgiving and truly wonderful with him. Dr. Julia Simonson was also here in order to discuss and assess Mishka’s feed plan and supplements so as to make some adjustments to his protocol.
On Thursday, Dr. Chris Burnham came out to do some bodywork on Mishka which went really well. Mishka melted with each adjustment! That evening, beneath the most beautiful rainbow, Mishka was all over the place! It’s so nice to see him feeling better while experiencing the joy of just being a horse!
I also discovered another little bird in one of the small waterers this week. We most fortunately, saved him in the nick of time, unlike the baby bird we found last week, who, sadly, did not survive. This little bird, who was a bit larger, fell out of his nest by Mishka’s shelter. We dried him off, warmed him up and returned him to the shelter where he sat in the warm sunshine. When we checked on him about forty-five minutes later, he was gone, so hopefully, he is safely back with his beloved Momma Bird.
We are so very grateful for the shade. When we purchased this property several years ago, there were only five trees by the main road. Over time, we planted over a dozen more, which are all flourishing!