Life's a Beach

Mike and I spent the weekend at Lincoln City, OR to celebrate our SEVENTEENTH wedding anniversary. We took Kizzi, and Rylee to "babysit". We were there two and half days and the only pictures we took were of the dogs.

Here she was in the car. She's a good traveler!




On the beach... mostly on the beach!




















Oh, and I got a good shot of our chins.



We went to Newport one day and walked down to the dock along the bay where the seals were out resting. Kizzi took one look and decided she was scared. Rylee was really interested!

I need your input... please

Regarding the five stalls on the north side of the barn..

What are your thoughts about putting concrete in the stalls, then covering with heavy mats?

We are seriously considering this for a few reasons.

(1) every fall, we put in course sand. It helps to fill the urine holes that are created by the horses peeing in the same spot, the dragging hay into it, maybe some poop, then me picking it out. Then the cycle begins again.

(2) In the summer, the stalls have become mostly dirt, dried and pulverized poo and urine, and dust. The dust gets all over everything, and I have breathing problems after I have cleaned the stalls.

(3) by putting concrete, if the horses DO potty in the stall, I can pick up the poop, and hose out the urine, without creating a sewage pond in the stall.

Bear in mind that the horses, as a rule, don't "nap" in the stalls. Neither are the horses locked in... They have free access to the dry lot, which is 75 feet long.

So what are your thoughts?? Pros? Cons?

Ticket Turnout

Roger B Rabbit - Self-Exercising

Mike hurt his back moving the last bale of hay and was lying down in a pain-killer induced nap, so I got ambitious. I rode Jazzy and she did VERY well. Then I rode Angel, who is still "off" from her butt kicking contest with Jazzy a few weeks ago, so we just walked and I only rode her for a few minutes.

Then I turned Roger out for some self-exercising. Good thing Mike was awake by the time I turned him because he raised quite a ruckus!