So many problems with the 3/4 legged animals!

We do love living here and I am sure all the animals do too! BUT we have had a few dramas and my vet Momchil is certainly kept busy since we arrived!

First drama was Luna my mare who I adore above all the others, which I know is stupid but she really is a very special girl!

The journey from France to here did not go to plan and the transport people let us down and sent none horse people. We did actually try to cancel, but then get told they had left already (which we then found out was a lie!) They did send one guy that was so scared of horses he refused to get out of the car! Once both her and Baby had been put onto the trailer we know that they did not come out again for 48hrs and had no stops! This means that they more or less walked and stood in horrible conditions and on terrible roads for way too long! Weight loss is normal but I think the whole thing scared Luna and she stayed stressed way after the journey had stopped!

We then had to launch a rescue mission to get them back to me as the transport people demanded more money than agreed and I sent some heavies down with the money I believed to be the correct amount and Luna was loaded again!

Once at my friend Kates house, she then, we have no idea what on, cut a large gash in her bum! Momchil (Vet) to the rescue for the first time and stitches put in! Over to box rest and dont ask how but she then cut her knee! Poor horse in the wars and stuck at Kates house as we cant load her again to get her to my house!

The Unicorn looking skinny and sad!

After a few weeks with Kate looking after her brilliantly we walked her to my house. We thought that was the last of the drama and all scars started to heal nicely until last Saturday! She was put in the large field as we had hay come and she must have jumped into a hole or over a log and she has torn her suspensory ligament on her front leg! Momchil again with a scan machine to check her over and put her on rest for 6 months!

All I want is to have my little girl healthy and go ride with her through the fields but that is not going to happen yet!

Ok dog drama! Kate was about to look after all dogs whilst I head to Spain for a week, bless her she came around and Oreo got over excited and fell through the steps onto the concrete underneath! Momchil visit at his home and he thinks its ok as she is running around like a loony apart from holding it in the air! Home we go and the next day it looks swollen so we head back again, xray machine away for repair so he looks again and thinks maybe she does have a problem so asked Kate to bring her back in a few days!

I will get a photo of the xray as its awesome (well not really for her) but she has a clean break through both bones! He spends hrs doing an op on her tiny little leg and inserts a pin! Strong pin he told me! Well I treated her like it was all normal and she was allowed some time to go and play with the big dogs and you guessed it she broke the pin! He has no idea how as its super tough! But another vet visit and next Tuesday she heads under the knife again to try and remove the broken pin and do something else instead!

Damage after op and broken pin!

Pig next, while we are away, as Kate finds her hiding behind a box shivering and in pain! Vet visit, another xray, no brake but in pain and pees all over everyone! She is healing well and just been a bit slower. Maybe a larger dog playing too rough!

Then of course we have little Button the wonder dog with 3 legs! Jenny my best friend in Spain noticed that when she ran she lifted up her back leg on the opposite side from the missing one! I had someone say it was due to the weight shift and that she did it so she didnt fall over! I wanted this to be true but guessed otherwise. So now we are spending soooo much time at the vets I thought it best to have an xray and check!

Well the poor little baby has her knee caps in the wrong place! I will also get the xray as how she walks at the moment is a wonder, she is certainly not slow! Button goes in for surgery on Tuesday with Oreo so keep your fingers crossed all is well!

sleeping after her swim in the river today and long walk! 

The dog number also grew this week and I blame Kate for this one as she picked up a dog in the middle of nowhere, probably dumped as she is quite old and is super skinny and a few issues with back legs as she is an Alsatian! I will talk about Emma the lady who then had her spayed and looked after her for a week, She needs funding for the work she does out here and I need to see if she has a website! the link is her facebook for the neutering!

We cant believe how well she has settled in and loves all the others, sleeps at my feet and is super soft and gentle. Momchil thinks she is maybe 10 but when possibly a street dog that eats rubbish you cant tell!

We have called her Ali (the Alsatian)

Ali

To end on a happy note! The 3 other horses have found the tiny barn and spend all day hiding inside from the heat and the flies! its like the smallest space ever but I guess they love it!

Yes Dooley is hiding at the back! 

Rich is out there as I type building new steps into the new outdoor dining room! He is super brilliant with timber, watch this space for more photos soon.....