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Lacey, Fabio and Me: The Neverending Story

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This will probably predominantly focus on Lady because she basically knows zero things but Lacey will probably be mentioned so I figured she needed to be part of the title... :D


So, Lady is my foster horse from an organization called Sound Equine Options.
She's a ten year old (approximately, no one's checked her teeth yet) Arabian mare who was rescued about a month ago from pretty serious neglect (she's put on probably 100-150+lbs so far). She was literally living in someone's suburban backyard with her year old filly, a donkey, and a mini.
Her filly was signed over to the rescue as well and I think she's already found a new home, or at least she's being fostered by some people who want to adopt her eventually.

Lady was a bottle baby (orphaned at some point) but so far she's not showing any of the really bad orphan "traits". She doesn't have much of an idea about one's personal space but she's not terrible about it.
She's supposedly broke to ride but the owner she was removed from said that she (the owner) was the only one who could ride her... We're thinking that maybe a couple rides were snuck on to Miss Lady but that she isn't truly "broke".


I just got her yesterday so I figured that now would be a good time to start writing about her, start from the beginning, right? :D


So, basically my "job" is to get her trained up to actually being ridden. If I wanted to, I'm "allowed" to actually get on her eventually myself but I don't have to. Depending on how she progresses, I may start riding her myself but that really really depends.

Right now, our goals are: getting to know each other, leading well (she's under the impression that leading probably means she takes humans somewhere...), desensitizing to everything, being touched all over - she does not want her belly touched right now, saddling, blanketing, fly mask, I want to teach her to pony so she can come on trail rides with Lacey and I, etc.
Basically, I need to get her up to normal handled horse level.

So far I'm loving her attitude. She's very looky and not spooky - very curious about things that scare her. I've seen her get scared a few times but I have not seen her actually spook. She's also pretty spoiled - what she wants is apparently what she's used to getting. However, oh darn for her, I definitely have lots of experience with horses like that *peers accusingly at Lacey*.
She also loves to be touched so it's super easy to reward her for the right things (Lacey hates touching which always makes rewarding her more difficult).


Summary of today:

Day 1:
The goal was working on leading, I also tried a few sending exercises - turned out to be a terrible idea to try with a horse that doesn't know what "whoa" means. :lol:
It got a little scary when she decided to trot super fast around me, on the lead rope, while turning her head and shoulders in towards me -trying to intimidate me. I dumbly ended up backing away from her the first time she did that so she tried it a couple more times. Thankfully I was using my 14ft lead rope so I just started smacking in her the shoulder whenever she turned towards me. She decided that would be a good time to bolt but oh, guess what? I was prepared for that so it totally did not work. After that, she basically stopped and was like "oh, I'm dumb" so we went back to walking 2 steps, backing up one, etc etc.
Then, we finally got down to the shed - thank Jesus for Lacey, she was basically glued to my shoulder the whole time (except for when Lady was playing up) all like "Hey guys! I'm so kewl! Does not need lead rope=CHAMPION!" so she was being a great role model.
I tied Lacey up to one post and clipped Lady to a leadrope I had "installed" on the wall of the shed in such a way that if she pulled back, the lead would get looser (no one knew if she tied solid) but not set her free. She stood pretty well there and I groomed her shoulder (I haven't touched her all over yet so I wasn't sure how she'd be with more than that).

After both girls were groomed, I took Lady 15 feet away to work on some more leading. She was a little easier this time but still really didn't understand what I was getting at.
Then I "tied" her back up and took Lacey 15 ft away to work with her. And well, Lady decided that she was done being "stuck" so she started testing out how well she was tied. To make a long story short, Lacey was a gem and Lady ended up being tied solid which she still didn't like but she didn't pull back or anything so yay! She even got the lead rope over and behind her ears but didn't panic, just untangled herself. Smart!
After that, I took Lady off for another 5 minutes and touched her all over with the lunge whip. She was scared of the whip at first but then realized that it wasn't hurting her so she settled right down. Then, as we walked back to the shed, I practiced leading correctly with her some more and she showed that she was really catching on. She even backed herself up a step, before I even asked, right before we got to the shed!

Then I fed them and let them both go. I'm really pleased with how far we got in just a couple little sessions.
I gave Lady some raspberry leaves with hers, likeI do with Lacey. Hopefully that'll calm her current heat down a bit (she's super in heat, all squealy and it's probably not helping her be not bratty, lol).


Tomorrow, I think we're going to work more on leading, obviously more on standing tied, I'll probably do a little more with the lunge whip - to get her thinking, and I'm going to hopefully get her brushed all over. I'm a little nervous about picking up her feet but she did just get them done so the trimmer must have survived...probably I will too... :lol: I'll probably also show her about flysheets, just so I can start doing that to her everyday since I figure that'll be CRAZY for her. :lol:



And here's a picture of the girl that I took yesterday. She's come a long way since she was rescued but still has a bit of a way to go.






Thanks for reading! :D
 
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#887 ·
Ha! I'm not the only one who is afraid of cantering but who can do pretty much evvvverything else with horses. Ground work with snotty babies? Check. Bareback w/t? Got it. Roping a cow? No biggie. Canter a strange horse? Heck no.

I adore you xD and now I need a 29 year old mostly blind arabian. I CAN canter with/without a saddle thanks to an oh-so-cruel trainer who put me on our grey arabian mare who was NOTHING like Lacey and so-so-so lazy, and taught me to ride bareback by chasing her in a circle. She of course, felt obligated to give me her roughest, cruddiest speed-trot and by the time we hit a canter I fell off. And then I fell off again. And again....until I finally learned to sit it (she had a terrible trot and canter) for fear of my life. Now I'm not a big fan of cantering. Can? Yes. Want to? Not really!

Go Lacey and Emily!!!
 
#890 ·
You will, Cherri! :D That was one of those things I always told myself was "for other people" and that I would never feel safe enough on horseback to even consider trying. Even with Lacey.
I mean, heck, I've been riding her for 5 and a half years and that was the first time!! And only our second time bridleless, ever. Probably her second time bridleless in her whole life too, since she had no idea about neck reining or leg aids [besides "go faster" when I got her...
In any case, you'll get there. <3

I agree, Christy!! SO awesome. I wanna go do it 50 more times. :lol:

Haha Allyson, I SO get that!! That sounds so scary!
I rode this old QH gelding who was THE BEST...except for one little thing: he would always buck when he was cantering. Looking back, I'm sure it was a pain issue, but I knew nothing about saddle fit or anything like that back then!
My instructor always told me to "ride through it" and I always tried, but I ended up on the ground more often than not. Or smashed into the arena wall, or thrown into a jump....thank goodness I wore a helmet during those lessons!
But that old guy really started my love of old horses, He was ancient and was always really depressed, so I started grooming him after my lessons - trying to cheer him up. Somehow the attention kind of made him "come alive" again... My instructor was kind of floored because, I guess, she had never seen him engage with anyone in all the years he had been boarded there.
Then I asked if I could start riding him in my lessons and I think I rode him in lessons for..4-ish years, plus I had permission to come out and mess around with him whenever I wanted. :D

But anyway, he was generally a sweetie excepppppt for cantering. I'm 100% sure it was a pain issue which makes me sadder that it scared me so much since it probably hurt him a lot too. BOO.
I don't know what happened to him..he's probably gone now. That barn is gone now and he was really old+his owners had abandoned him there years before I met him... Ah man, hopefully he had a kind end.
In any case, he was the best and was part of what prepared me for Lacey so I'm extremely grateful for him.
For that matter, I'm pretty sure HE is pretty much 100% why I stuck with horses through my teen years.
And he's definitely why I love underdog horses so much! haha

Thanks Julia! :D Lacey makes me brave. I really can't describe it in words, but she just has a "vibe" of safety. She's like that line from one of the Narnia books, referencing Aslan [Lacey is Aslan in this scenario] - "'Safe?' said Mrs. Beaver...'Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good.'"
She's not "safe" and she makes sure to remind me of that often, but she's 100% good. :)

Aw, thanks Zexious!! Would you believe that I'm 5ft 8in and she's only 14.1??! hahahaha She's such a roly-poly little thing!




Onto the news side of things:

1. The term is OVER!! YAY!!!!!! You guys have NO idea how much I needed this term to be done.
Now I just hope I passed everything...Yikes.

2. Gman, a friend of ours, and I are going to the zoo next Thursday! :D Said friend lives a few hours away and she's coming up for her spring break. Gman and I both wanted to hang out with her, plus it's been a while since Gman and I had hung out together = Emily coming up the genius idea that the 3 of us go to the zoo together. YAY!

Gman told me that I should invite NG. HA! NO.
Gman can be so intimidating, poor NG would be scared off.
Plus NG hasn't even met-met Gman yet - NG will see me talking to Gman, then sneak by real covertly, sneak back again, etc etc. He acts like he wants to talk, but he never stays close for long enough for me to invite him into the conversation.
In any case, Gman reallly wants poor NG to come. haha

3. Hazel got sheared last Saturday! She is nekkkked.







4. Lacey is shedding SO much! I took my cat's Furminator up to the barn and WOW. That thing works SO well!! It's a miracle. It's a "longhaired" one which I think helps - Lacey has a really thick coat and a lot of shedding tools don't really get in there "enough."
Her shoulders are close to being "done" - I'm so excited!!



In other news, I clipped off her winter "beard" on Monday so hellllo cute Lacey face!
As you can see, clipping her face is a major production. ;)



5. In Atticus news, he's turning into quite the "lap-goat".... I sat down next to him while he was laying down, again, and "plunk" - his head was on my thighs. Hahaha! What a cutie. :)



In other Atti news, He's finally got "bow" figured out and now we're working on "circle". He figured out the concept of "circle" pretty quickly last night so hopefully that one will be fast!
I'm always impressed with how fast he picks new things up.
He's also recently started figuring out that "shake hands" can be done with either front hoof = he's started offering one or the other! I only trained the trick using his brown front leg - this "both legs" concept is completely him. I'm proud!

OH! ALSO. The other day I trimmed one of his back hooves and, immediately post-trimming, he showed absolutely no shyness about he touching hi rear or his leg! Usually he's nervous about that, right after a trim. But this time he was just nervous during the trim, nd not at all after. Yay!!!

Cute face.




6. In other animal-related news, remember how the pasture owners have those really wild llamas over in the other pasture?
And how the brown one is tentatively my friend?

Tenatively, HA!!



I'm pretty sure she thought I had food, but still! She's never, ever, been that "friendly" with me before! YAY! So exciting!

7. NG news.
On Sunday it was weird. Real, real, weird.
He lurked around while I talked to Gman, but didn't come over [I wish he had! I really want them to meet]. Maybe this Sunday that'll happen somehow.
He didn't sit with me, again.
But he did go out of his way to tease me unnecessarily about a few things and do that little "hey"+head-nod thing guys do when they want to say hi but aren't sure about things.

Internally I'm wanting to freak out and be all "why aren't we friends anymoreeeee???"
[to which he would probably say something about how we aren't friends - did I tell you about that? a few weeks ago I said to him that something was ok because "we're friends" and he quickly retorted "nope, we're not friends."]
BUT, I'm playing it cool and being all "whatever" about the whole thing. Cool like the iceberg that sank the Titanic.

ALSO.
So I told you guys about how he's always talking to me in-person about my Facebook posts but never likes/comments on anything?
Yesterday I posted that llama video with the caption of "why hello there, Llama BFF"
This morning I get on FB and he's liked that video AND commented about how my "captions are always hilarious."
:rofl:

WHAT IS HAPPENING. Best thing ever.


Anyway, that is basically what has occurred in my life since last Fridayish.

OH! I think someone mentioned something about not knowing about Duke[ina]?
She's this coyote who lives in the pasture and who is friends with Atticus. She's really sweet and shy and wonderful.

Here are some pictures from last spring:






I hope you guys are all doing great!!
 
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Oh my gosh!! CAROLINE!! That's hilarious! I can't believe I didn't think of that!!! I'm laughing so hard! GOOD ONE. :rofl:



GUYYYYYYSSSSSSSS. So MANY things.

1. Lacey went all lame again. That was a bummer situation UNTIL I realized that what was bothering her was a slight flare in her hoof that was adding undue pressure to the inside of her left front pastern = where that old injury of hers was/is.
I guess the hoof trimmer must have just missed it last trim/didn't back it up enough..
In any case, I was able to really back up her toe on that side and take off the flare [with my rasp] and she was noticeably sounder within minutes. And she was sounder today than she was yesterday so I think I'm on the right track.

I'm so glad I spent that year trimming her! Even though I don't usually trim her anymore, I love that I have that insider knowledge of what kind of trim Miss L needs and I know how to perform said trim myself.
Anyway, hopefully, now that she's back on the road to soundness, we'll be able to go for a ride this week. It's supposed to be really nice tomorrow..hopefully that works out.

2. OH MY GOSH GUYS.

Stuff, a lot of stuff, went down with NG tonight.
So you know how last week was weird?
First, HE REMEMBERED THE NAMES OF THE CLASSES I WAS TAKING and asked about them by name. SO CUTE.

This week, all my usual pew-buddies were MIA. So I said to NG "Can I sit with you, or you sit with me? Otherwise I'm gonna be all alone.." And he immediately, like he was relieved or something, said sure and asked where I was sitting.

Then once we were sitting down and chatting, he told me that he was trying to get a group together to watch the Kentucky Derby at the local racetrack and that I should come. HA. I appreciate planning ahead. 2 months ahead though, really? :rofl: This guy, he makes me laugh so much.
But he told me that he remembered how I hadn't ever been to the races and he feels like it should, as a horse person, be on my bucket list. hahaha

Accidentally I think I came across as less stoked about it than I meant to come across as - you know, the whole "oh cooool....." disparaging thing and he seemed a little put out. So I said something about how I was bummed we never did anything this term and he told me basically that he was in class when I had told him I was available, but that next term his schedule was better and we'd "have to do something." [why didn't he TELL me this?? But whatever, he's a dude. And I'm not taking it personally.]

Then, later, as we were walking out of church, I asked him what he was doing this week. He told me that he wasn't really doing anything and that he found that super frustrating.
....annnnnnd I invited him to go to the zoo with Gman and that other friend on Thursday. :rofl:

And from his reaction, he might actually come!
Gman is thrillllled: "GOOD! That'll save you from going alone with him. We'll check him out and approve/deny him :)"
And my other friend is real stoked too.

I hope NG comes...It's hard to really figure someone out when you only see them for an hour, or two, once a week and talk to them for maybe 15 minutes each time. I mean, I like who he is in that short amount of time...but even super annoying people aren't so bad if you only talk to them for 15 minutes...
So hopefully he comes.
And I REALLY want Gman to meet this guy and tell me his opinion. So it could be good all around.

AND! Inviting NG to the zoo with us GOT HIM TO ASK ME FOR MY PHONE NUMBER!! Finally.
So hopefully that means he might really like to come. I'll text him on Tuesday or Wednesday to find out for sure. Unless he texts me first? haha We'll see.

:happydance: :happydance: :happydance:

I hope you guys are well!!!
 
#896 ·
haha that's great, Julia! I loveeee National Geographic! And you know that's what I'm going to think of now too. hahaha I have an entire 3 bookshelves devoted to NatGeo's...my great-grandma collected them, then my grandparents collected them, and now I kinda collect them. I have them going back to 1912-ish! It's crazy. Some of those old ones...it was such a different time!
I will be sure to report back after the zoo. I haven't heard from NG yet so I'll probably text him tomorrow something like "Do you think you'll come to the zoo tomorrow? You should come!" [he always say "you should come!" to me when he's invited me to stuff=a little mirroring never hurt]
I hope, but I don't hope that he comes..it makes me nervous that he might, but I'm starting to care about him and I want to know what Gman thinks of him...just to be sure NG is actually the good person I think he is.
NG is so awkward.
Funny story: on Sunday, midst of the service, he turned to me not wearing his glasses anymore. He said "I lost my glasses...?" and we started looking for them. Once we found them, he demonstrated how he lost them - somehow he basically karate-chopped himself IN THE FACE=flinging his glasses into the pew in front of us. HYSTERICAL. I'm still laughing about it. haha



Also, I realized I forgot to share with you guys about how I went to this horse expo-thing on Saturday!
It was pretty great, I went a few years ago and I liked this year better. There was still an unfortunate amount of handsy riders in strong curb bits, but 75% of the riders were pretty darn kind-handed. I loved it.

There was this one guy who we saw the other year who has a "Friesan Dance Troupe" aka Friesans and Friesan-cross stallions who are that whole Mexican-dancing-horse stuff. It was infuriating last time and it was just as bad this time.
The horses are all clearly terrified and riddled with behavior issues [this year one of his horses reared over backwards, narrowly missing him, after "dancing" for 5 minutes straight]...IT'S THE WORST.
In any case, I did not take pictures of that.


But! PICTURES!

Um, so someone should buy this one for me??



This guy was teaching a class on some kind of Cowboy Dressage.
This horse was giving him alllll kinds of sass.
But look at it!
I'd be fine with that in my pasture, thank you!



A mule I would like to own.
This was probably THE MOST well behaved equine there. He/she was amazzzzing. Such a good mule.



Then there was the "Stallion Showcase"

Some reining stallions...









A Gypsy Vanner stallion.
[my mom looked at him inquisitively for a while, then said "That's a pregnant girl, right? There's no way it's just that fat..right??" hahahaha That's a stallion. haha]



And a young Rhinelander stallion.



Then there were Icelandics EVERYWHERE





SO CUTE.



Then this lady did a dressage routine with her Haflinger, Star Wars. STAR WARS.
They were AMAZING. I was so impressed.





And Miss Lacey this morning:



Plus a flower last night.

 
#899 ·
That mule is probably the most horse looking mule I've ever seen. I guess because of the chrome? I don't know...its like it has a super-horsey face and body, then BAM. Giant ears. I love it so much.
 
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Thanks glacierbay!

RIGHT, Christy??!! THE BEST. He was THE BEST tooo. She started off ponying her younger Haflinger off him and the younger horse was giving them both all kinds of sass [first show]. The rider ended up basically dropped her reins fully on Star Wars, to deal with the young horse, and just off her leg/magic, he stayed under control+did every figure she asked him to do+was just so well behaved even though her attention was totally on the other horse!
I can't say Lacey would have been even that good and she's the queeeen of ponying. :lol:

I agree, Allyson! I wish I knew "what" he was - like what breeds. Maybe we're just used to seeing backyard mules and he's like a legitly well bred mule? But yeah, he[she?] was some kind of classy animal. And that chrome! I do love lots of chrome. haha

1. Funny NG [NatGeo? haha] story: I texted him this morning, at about 11am, to find out if he was coming tomorrow.
He finallllly texted me back, at 2, saying that he would "come if come to the Kentucky Derby" [pretty sure he's referencing his Kentucky Derby thing that I didn't seem thrilled about]
HAH.
Negotiation!
So I get that text and, as I'm trying to think of something to respond with, I get another text that's just "haha". He must have decided that that sounded harsh or something..
He is literally the most awkward person.
I love it.

In any case, I texted him back saying that was very sneaky, but that I would come to the Kentucky Derby...and that I had been planning to anyway. :lol:

Let's see you respond to THAT, funny guy. :rofl:

In any case, this is good.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow!
DunDunDUN. We're gonna have a blast.
Well, we would have had a tn of fun anyway but this adds more intrigue. Like a Spanish telenovella, or something. :rofl:

Also, I described Gman to NG as my brother/best friend....90% sure NG thinks Gman is my literal brother. hahahahaha YES.

BUT I'M SO NERVOUS.


Anyway.
2. It's Atticus' second birthday today!!

He's such a grownup! So weird to think I could still have him in 14 years...I hope that'll happen!

My little man. <3




:happydance: :happydance:

And, of course, I will report back after the zoo tomorrow and hopefully have lots of zoo pictures to share!

:happydance:
 
#902 ·
I was just thinking that I love that mule - gorgeous creature that it is. I guess I've never really seen a mule all spiffed up...just hanging out in Amish pastures....and at the Christmas tree farm that I go to. lol.

Attttttttttti happy birthday! He is so photogenic, love him and his whole demeanor.

Good luck with NatGeo & Gman!!! All of your zoo trips make me feel the need to go to the zoo...I haven't been in a loooooong time.
 
#903 ·
I bet you're right, Christy! I could definitely see that.
Atti says thanks! haha :lol:

Julia, Atti says thanks! :lol: He's sure something. I'm glad he's mine. He may be crazzzy, but I love the little booger. :D
You should go! Actually, maybe not. I guess "my" zoo is one of the best in the US or something...if you have sad zoos near you, you should avoid them. haha But yeah, I love that there's a zoo so "close" to me! And it works out pretty well as a "hanging out" spot cuz it's easy for me to get to and Gman/most of my other friends don't have to go tooo far to get there. [I live about an hour away from most of my friends/the zoo which makes hanging out hard, but the train goes straight to the zoo=ideal].


Ok, UPDATES.

Gman and my other friend LOVE NG. Like a lot. They think he's the greatest. :happydance:

Their comments were that:
1. He seems super genuine, like he's not trying to be anybody but himself.
2. [from my female friend] "he's a hottie! You did not say he was so good looking!! He is ADORABLE."
3. From Gman, after NG left and we were 'playing' in the giftshop+looking at the jewelry+he found a ring that I "needed" but it only fit on my ring finger, "Sorry NG! Looks like she's marrying to the Zoo and not you! Darn." :rofl: Awkward.
4. When I told them about the "Kentucky Derby Agreement", after NG left: a chorus of "oooooohhhhhh"s went up and they both screeched "DTR, DTR!" ["Define The Relationship"]

And a bunch of other stuff.
But it went super super well.
Really could not have gone better.

My female friend who went, unprompted-ly, said that she could tell NG likes me, but he's just shy... Who knows. But he did actually come soo...we can draw our own conclusions.


ANYWAY.

In any case, about an hour ago, NG texted me saying "Thanks again for inviting me. I had fun...too much fun."
:rofl: Not sure what that means...but how cute is that? He's sweet.

1. The most hysterical video of all time. It's probably not as funny to you guys as it is to me but I'm still laughing so much.
That laughter in the background? Definitely NG. He has THE BEST laugh. Oh my goodness. His laugh just makes me laugh. :rofl:



Our group picture.
We were somehow, accidentally, the most color-coordinated people in the zoo. haha YES PLEASE.

NG is on...our left? Then Gman's little brother [can you believe that kid is TWELVE?? Yes, 1-2. :shock:], then Gman, then Gman/my friend from camp, then me!



AND! The baby LIONS!!!

So sleepy. :D




:happydance: :happydance: :happydance:
 
#904 ·
HOW does a 12 year old look almost 18 and I look 12?! Oh the cruelties of this world!

Anyways, sounds like a great trip. I wish I could talk my friends into going to the zoo...and some how not have me drive. We have a really nice one in Houston, about an hour away, but it is SCARY...SCARY SCARY SCARY to drive down there. Houston drivers = heartless speed demons who run you over if you go any less than 10 mph over the speed limit. Your zoo though, sounds way better than ours, and the animals actually come OUT. There are always so many people at ours that the animals hide pretty much 24/7.

Those lion cubs...cutest little babies ever.
 
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So I'm hoping for the best, preparing for the worst.
I saw the ultrasound and her small intestines looked like 2 little sausages. Plus her colon[?] was overly big too.
Her belly is SUPER big from the blockage, but, very surprisingly, overall she seems comfortable.

The vet was really impressed with her. She said that she's never seen a horse with such a bad ultrasound be so laid-back and calm. [I'm not sure how I feel about this - I would not be surprised if Lacey is hiding her pain for me..she's like that and it worries me a little?]

Unfortunately, our favorite vet wasn't able to come out so we had to use someone from a different practice [my least favorite practice].

In any case, the vet advised me to wait until the morning to make any decisions.
The ultrasound looked really bad, but Lacey doesn't have a fever, her heart rate was 44[??], and her gum color was great = the vet wanted to give her a chance before letting her go.

Personally, I just don't want her to be in pain. I don't want her to "go" in pain.
But if the vet feels strongly enough that she should be given a chance, CLEARLY I am all for that!!

So we'll see. Maybe that Unicorn magic will help...I mean, the vet -after trying to tube her- looked at Lacey, stroked her forehead, and said "you ARE a Unicorn, aren't you?"
Of course, we all know this already BUT this vet had never seen Lacey before. She had never heard that Lacey's alter-ego is a Unicorn=who knows.

But, most of all, I want her to be comfortable and happy.


Plus side: this night has been full of blessings -
1. Lacey's massage lady came right out when I called her [I figured that Lacey knows her well enough+she has years of horse experience=first person I thought to call] and she was just THERE. Being real helpful and just all around a gem. She's even coming back in the morning, at 7:30am, to be here for Lacey and I.
2. The vet isn't charging me for ultrasounding in the morning.
3. If Lacey is comfortable at midnight, I get to sleep until 5am. The vet gave me sedation for Lacey, in case she's not doing well at midnight.

And oh my gosh, guys. Lacey is the sweetest. Even before she had had any pain medication or anything, she was a whinnying/nickering machine. She was talking and talkingggg to me.
That horse.

Anyway, that's basically the low-down+everything I know.

Hopefully the morning will bring new hope.

Funny how a day can go from SO GOOD to SO BAD in a matter of seconds.
But at least there is a glimmer of hope and so many blessings.
 
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