Picture Update

Life has been pretty busy around the farm lately so not too much time to post.

We had our third foal arrive Tuesday morning. Glenn had a bus route and I left for work so the retired gentleman who does some of the barn work in the morning found the little guy. He decided to name him "Lucky"...

Well it didn't take long for "Lucky" to become "Unlucky"... Glenn noticed his eyes were red and when I came home at lunch with both of us holding him we came to the same conclusion that he appeared to have entropion. We see it in the odd lamb and deal with it accordingly.

For those that aren't familiar with entropion it means the eye lashes are turnt in on the eye, in turn the eye lashes rub against the eye and ulcerate the eye which result in severe pain and blindness... it all happens quite quickly. Anyhoo, with sheep we insert penecillan into the eyelids and the bulk of the liquid in the eyelid forces the eye lashes to flip out and the scar tissue keeps it out.

Lucky is all fixed up now and there are no long term effects to his eyes!! He truely is very lucky!

He weighed a whopping 22lbs at birth...

Here is a comparison with me... this is before his eyes were fixed you'll see his eye is only half open.


Back home in his blankie!


Without the blanket





The Fjord filly, Yetta, walking around the barn






And last but not least...Sophie finished all her tests and was bred the last three days to a lovely import from the Netherlands... this guy is just awesome!!! Cross your fingers in 35 days she'll check PREGNANT!!!!

Great update, love lucky :) minis are somewhat addictive I'm finding. lol

ahhh gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!!! :D

what mini is that little guy out of?

sophie's "mate" is stunning... hope everything goes well.

OKAY...........one...........thank god you guys recognized the problem with little LUCKY........glad he will be as perfect as he looks............lovely pix of the other babies..........and OMG the stud dog is amazingly beautiful...........is he chocolate or is that just my eyes.............holy............what puppies those two will produce....... :cowboyhound.gi :cowboyhound.gi

WOW.. Realy glad you found time to upload some pics. That wee one "Lucky" is SWEET!!!! And the fjord filly is ... umm wonder if she would fit under my jacket and I wonder if you would notice her missing.. She is a darling. What is her name?

Yeah Holy that stud pup realy is a stud muffin.. I will cross my eyes and everything that it took, and you will have puppies on the way.



WE NEED MORE PICS OF YOUR CRITTERS!!!

Great pictures......I am going to have to work hard on the hubby for a PUPPY!!!!

I've never heard of a hrose getting an entrophin eyelid before (sheep and dogs yes!) is it something that is common in minis?? Yetta is goregous, what a pretty girl! And my goodness Sophie's "boyfriend" is GOREGOUS!

Minis are very addictive.... McGregor our little driving gelding we lent out for the winter arrived home last night. I had him hooked in about 3 minutes flat and we were cruising up and down the road. I can't wait to get all the mares started - they're "B" size Minis so they can cover ground in a hurry.

Lucky is Jillian's baby - the silver dapple.

The Fjord filly is "Yetta" and the colt is "Magnus"

Stud dog is brown... the breeder and I have had very lengthy discussions over the repercussions of breeding to a brown. Brown dogs are "registerable" in Canada but not accepted in the confirmation ring and frowned on by some. Ozzy has been shown extensively down in the States and he is quite possibly one of the best health tested males in the country. Given Sophie's color/pedigree her litter should consist of blacks and landseers.

I've never heard of entropion in horses before either nor did Jillian's past owner who is a huge Miniature breeder, in fact she didn't even know what it is. The college had limited research on how to approach it and actually ended up using the same technique we use on lambs on him.

sweet love them...

They are adorable. The one with the blanket on looks like a toy.

what a cutie, thats great that you guys were able to fix her up!

my friends qh had it as well, im not sure what all happend or how they did it, but he dosen't have eyelashes on one eye now. besides that hes perfectly healthy! (a cluts, but healthy :P )

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the pictures! The wee ones are so darned cute. I realized while reading it that Lucky is HALF the weight of Kayla. THAT'S TINY! Sophie's boyfriend is stunning. I didn't realize that the Cdn confirmation ring doesn't recognize chocolates. Do you think they'll change that in the future?

How are the girls doing?

OMG - gorgeous or what?????

All of them - glad that Lucky is okay!

Ha, the foals are adorable! I love the name Yetta..

Sophie's man is handsome, although the brown isn't my choice I'm more into the blacks, well not hard to tell, percherons, b/w paints are my fav, black newfies! ha.. I love black! hehehe.. be interesting to see the color combos.

Beautiful pictures and I LOVE Sophie's new male friend - he's absolutely gorgeous and knows it too!!!!!

Love the pictures, Sophies boyfriend is a good looking boy, can't wait to see the puppies!!! the Mini is so so so cute !!!!