Deep Breath

November was not a month I care to wrap up, so we're gonna take a deep breath and start over in this second week in December. 

Two nuggets. There were 7 but that story stays in November

Meet Dolce, thanks Libby! We welcomed her in pretty soon after losing Pico. The house was so empty. The last time I lost a cat I still had a dog. She's got a lot of similarities to Pico which I don't mind at all. Doesn't change the ache of not having my shadow cat, but its been fun having a kitten in the house. 

Goggles headed back to the folks at TRRAC a few days ago. A few things happened that made me decide to do this, but they don't really belong on the Internet. To be honest, I definitely have feelings of inadequacy and failure. But I went through those already when I bought Butterball and decided to sell Goggles, so I'm desperately trying not to feel them again. 

Butterball continues to be an absolute delight. Best egg ever. We don't have electric at the barn so I walked him up to the house for his most recent clip. No crossties (or tie period) and kids playing basketball nearby and it went just fine. 

Ben is getting more attention now. He went wrapless in November, and that was a mistake. But he's been back in wraps for a week now and seems to be feeling pretty good. His hind feet are looking amazing. I'm doing a coat of hoof armor shortly after each trim and he's actually got some decent depth to his soles and real heels for the first time in a long time. I'm doing some of the cowboy work with him, trying to give him an inner peace. He also is back to his weekly acupuncture, and he's getting all of Goggles supplements (liquid magnesium, Relyne, and Calming 707). 

Back to our regularly scheduled programming soon. Thank you again for all the kind words about Pico, I know everyone reading knows the feeling of losing your heart cat/dog/horse.