Now that we have a little less snow on the ground and some of the grass is actually still green, I let Cheyenne out free while I cleaned her stall and let the other two finish their grain. I will do this once in awhile with each of them. But only one at a time. Using the dynamic of being herd bound I know that the one out loose will really never leave. Sometimes they've strayed a little too far but the whinnying of the other two will always bring them back.
And Cheyenne is a veteran at this. She usually knows her boundaries. I started her out first doing this and she quickly learned that if she strayed too far, she'd get corralled.
So yesterday morning I check on Cheyenne while I'm doing stalls and see she's a bit too far off to the south of the property. Very seldom is she over there and she was getting a little bit too far away. So I stepped out to call her and took a little video. When my daughter was here she said that she was down by the horses one day and she said Cheyenne was not even paying attention to her so she called her. By name. And she said she looked up and came over to me! I said, oh yeah, she knows her name. She's the only one that really knows her name. She was my first horse and I was always saying her name. And, like a dog, she recognizes it now. So I took this video to show her how she recognizes her name.
Well, she came to me and I thought she was going to go right over to the gate to go in with the other two but she still wanted to graze. She knew she had gone too far so she just scooted over to the middle of the property.
That's one thing she knows. If she's too far and she knows I'm coming, she knows she better get closer or you're going in the corral. 
So I let her graze for another 20 minutes or so and then I went to get her again
And Cheyenne is a veteran at this. She usually knows her boundaries. I started her out first doing this and she quickly learned that if she strayed too far, she'd get corralled.
So yesterday morning I check on Cheyenne while I'm doing stalls and see she's a bit too far off to the south of the property. Very seldom is she over there and she was getting a little bit too far away. So I stepped out to call her and took a little video. When my daughter was here she said that she was down by the horses one day and she said Cheyenne was not even paying attention to her so she called her. By name. And she said she looked up and came over to me! I said, oh yeah, she knows her name. She's the only one that really knows her name. She was my first horse and I was always saying her name. And, like a dog, she recognizes it now. So I took this video to show her how she recognizes her name.
Well, she came to me and I thought she was going to go right over to the gate to go in with the other two but she still wanted to graze. She knew she had gone too far so she just scooted over to the middle of the property.
That's one thing she knows. If she's too far and she knows I'm coming, she knows she better get closer or you're going in the corral. So I let her graze for another 20 minutes or so and then I went to get her again
More expensive puppies, but puppies all they same 
My husband was in the water room getting the water buckets ready and I went flying in there saying, something's wrong with Sandy! I flew back out to look at her and even though I have had no experience with this at all, I knew it was Choke. She was stretching her nose lifting her lip and frothing and dripping from her mouth. Choke is when there is something stuck in the esophagus. They can still breathe but they can't swallow anything past the obstruction. And horses cannot throw up. It could be anything that they ate too fast which at that point I assumed it was the grain. In fact, I thought, could the grain have been a little frozen in chunks that she swallowed? I didn't notice but then again I didn't really look at it that thoroughly. I had each bucket doled out earlier in the day so I can just grab them. They definitely could have been a little frozen. 
But I sold my trailer a few years back. 
But she was still there in the morning. I checked the cameras recordings and it didn't look like she laid down all night. I know they sleep standing up but if they're comfortable they will lay down for a while too. 
and the antibiotic is so thick I practically needed two hands to push it in! My horse was an angel and barely moved. Of course she was on the tranquilizer when I was doing it. But she said when she gave the banamine shot it was before they had tranqed her and she said she didn't even flinch. I said, okay! I think I can do this. It just kind of gives me the creeps.
Hopefully this one ends well. 
Even though what I was giving her was the same grain as she always ate, apparently she doesn't like it softened with warm water. Go figure. I figured she'd be starving and would gladly eat it. She didn't. 
And while you're at, maybe you can do the other two. 
He's thinking about it.
