Yeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

Today was a stellar day for the boys!  My favorite vet checked them over today and pretty much said that other than lack of food, that he felt the boys were in pretty good shape.  Both were wormed and given some injections.  These were for the protection of my other horses as much as to get these guys on the road to good health.

I was a little worried about Charley since he is so skittish.  I brought food and beloved carrots so that I could preoccupy them while the vet worked.  He wanted to bounce around a little but with Favorite Vet and Most Wonderful Vet Tech, Charley was in good hands.  He was not crazy about the thermometer placement, but a carrot treat made that and the injections hunky dory.  Charley is only about 30 pounds underweight and pretty much OK otherwise.  Teeth are in good shape and his feet are sound.  He did not like the yucky worming medicine but that will help him gain weight more quickly.  Favorite Vet told me that I could put him on regular horse feed and boy did he love that this evening.  They said Charley resembled a quarter horse and is about 8 years old.  He is only about 14 hands high and  is what I call a cow pony.

Speck was so preoccupied with food, I am not even sure if he knew the vet was examining him. He was absolutely no problem through temp check, mouth and feet check and injections.  Charley did spare one small carrot for Speck, who also was in good condition except for the starvation of course.  He got the yucky worming medicine too,  and that will probably make a huge difference with him and his weight gain. Speck is just at 200 pounds below his ideal weight.  Yes, that is not a typo.  He is about 800 lbs and he should be right at 1,000 lbs.  They think he might be a TN Walking horse and is over 16 hands.  Wonderful Vet Tech fell in love with him and his beautiful kind eyes.  His color is called Flea Bitten Gray.  I think I like white with freckles better.  Favorite Vet estimated his age to be about 14.  I saw a little more of his personality this morning when I brought them food.  I always give Charley his bucket first as he is the dominant horse, then Speck second.  This morning, Speck was a little impatient and used his right hoof to paw a couple of times.  Nothing big, just a little sign that he is making improvement.


This was pretty much the day with Charley and Speck at Poplar Springs Farm.  It was a good one!