Moo is getting bigger by the day and hungrier too. Having her around the house pasture has given her the chance to eat green grass but it also puts her within "breaking in" range every time someone opens the barn. Apparently the amount of grain we give her isn't enough and she's learned to push through with nose to open even the smallest of openings in the large sliding doors. Usually she knows she's not supposed to be in there and as soon as she walks through and the human notices her, she turns tail to get out. Yesterday she decided she was staying and I should be the one to leave. I've never once, nor has anyone, struggled with her but there's a first for everything. I managed to get her out but her hoof skimmed my left foot and it hurt like hell. My toe is swelling just a little and I'm so thankful it was only my toe, not dead center in my foot. With boarders coming and going all weekend we decided to try moving the three horses in the small pasture (Moo's old pasture) in with the others so we could put Moo back in there. Amazingly they all did wonderful and after about 10 minutes of establishing who was herd leader (Blue, the boarder) and who was second (surprisingly, Midnight - our yearling) they are happily in the barn together. It went better than I thought with no major bites or rearing. Moo is in her pasture but staying by the gate just in case we decide to let her out again.

Kim and Brian have sold Fizzle and they're arriving early this morning to load her. All the kids are so sorry to go but with soccer practice and a new litter of kittens they are distracted.

I'm just thankful we're out of the cold snap and can enjoy the 70' weather without worrying about more snow!