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Our news has taken a back seat recently, having no posts since late June due to the illness and very sad loss of our brave dad and grandad Jozef.
Before we continue with our pony posts, this one is quite rightly dedicated to a very brave man who endured and survived times in his life like, thankfully, most of us will never know.
If you read the obituary in the link below you will see why we are very proud of him as he himself is here, photographed at the Cenotaph.
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Obituary-Camp-survivor-and-veteran.6458235.jp
August 31st, 2010
 
It’s hard to believe a year has gone by but Tilly is shaping up nicely, a lovely bright bay we hope to show her in some yearling classes soon - the trailer is on order, just awaiting conversion for shetlands.
June 28th, 2010
Got a nice shot of Em when we brought her onto the lawn with her foal Faline!
June 1st, 2010
When we’ve been grooming out the pony hair recently, the birds have done a great job of clearing it up to line their nests but this one couldn’t wait!
April 10th, 2010
Poppy foaled on Easter Sunday! A tiny little colt, probably early but well. Despite keeping a close eye on Poppy, the minute we turned our backs she foaled! Here he is on his first days out.
April 9th, 2010
Little May’s last photo at Kettlesnout on the day she departed for Germany. We were very sad to see her leave but sure she will soon settle in her new home.
May was vetted the day she travelled and export papers completed - all the necessaries/Defra paperwork was arranged by Owen Jones who is very experienced in international pony transport which makes the process easy for vendors [the hard bit being them leaving].
Even though she has gone further afield, we will visit May in the summer if our plans to tour Europe come to fruition.
March 29th, 2010
 
Here’s Fox and Pops 3 days before Fox foaled - Fox is really moulting [as you can see from the amount of hair groomed out] which some say they do more when close to foaling. You can see her belly is quite low and also shown is a photo of her bag to show it’s size at that stage!
March 16th, 2010
Little May has been sold to a lovely new home - a pony stud in Germany so we hope she’ll soon settle and be happy there. It looks a beautiful spot - I’m tempted to go with her!
March 9th, 2010
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February 19th, 2010
Today for the first time, I saw that Foxy is just starting to bag up, which last time she did around 4 weeks prior to foaling. No significant signs yet on the other 3 mares but still it’s time to get the foaling box ready! As advised by our first class mentors at the Dilston Stud, we keep an annual record of each mare and each foaling as it helps to look back and see any trends. Close observation is now the key and we watch for any out of character behaviour prior to foaling which can be small things like laying down more or being alone.
In preparation, we’ve just purchased a flash new dog rug for any early foals - black with silver stars! We use them when they are newly born and the weather is cold.
18 - 20″ seem about the right size for newborns.
As well as having the obvious handy - clean bucket/warm water, mobile phone, vets number, headcollar etc, in our foaling box we keep:
- Tail bandage
- Lubrel lubricant
- Sterilised scissors, cord & string
- Enemas
- Plastic bags / bin bag for afterbirth
- Hand wipes / kitchen roll
- Clean Towels
- Purple spray for foals navel
- Jug for expressing colostrum/milk & feeding bottle
- Large syringe
- Hibiscrub
- Disposable gloves
- Wound powder
- Torch
- Camera & video [though never used video!] - with full charge!
We’ll no doubt realise we’ve forgotten something! With all the best intentions of scrubbing hands with hibiscrub, often there’s little time and events seem to take over with some of the fast foalings we’ve had.
February 10th, 2010
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