July 28th, 2012

Hello again! It's been forever since our last blog post, but you know how sometimes no news is good news? This summer has been fun and easy for the horses and humans of Hytyme! All the horses have been enjoying the sunshine and the good pasture time. All the regulars are doing fine with their horses! But we'll get back in the regular blogging habit soon. Promise.

We have some excellent new volunteers! Katie (a new Katie!) has been working hard with the horses available for adoption and the horses we'd like to think about as lesson horses in the future. This is Katie in the photo above with a very well-groomed Smarty! Thanks so much for all your help, Katie!

The picture above is Trina, who cleared the blackberries around the arena. Thank you so much for your hard work, Trina! It's not quite as daunting to manuever around the outside of the arena anymore! It's back to it's natural path-like state.

Thank you to all the volunteers and friends of Hytyme! 


Here are some summer pictures of our rescue herd. Everyone is looking so sleek and shiny! 


So let's make this into a fun game. Can you name the horses below? Post your answers in the comments or on the Facebook page. The answers will be published in the next blog. Good luck! 

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May 21st, 2012

It's Coal!!!




Coal has been at Hytyme for a long time. In his former life, he was a hunter/jumper pony. In the last few months, Coal seemed on the decline. However, with careful feeding from Katie, Sam, and Kassi;  Bowen therapy from Katherine; and regular grooming by Vickie, Coal is feeling (and looking!) better than ever. 

May 17th, 2012

Hello again! 


Here's a neat slideshow of the road to the barns taken from April 4th until May 15th. Hytyme Lane, spring to summer:


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Things are just fine at the barn! The horses are in from the big field to let the grass regenerate for a while. Yesterday, Dr. Rosario was out to do a wellness exam for Turk (who is moving to Colorado in a few weeks!) and Hope (who has not been feeling so well). Dr. Rosario also performed some chiropractic adjustments on Katie's horses, Story and Charm. It was a nice day out at the barn yesterday (although the horses who saw the vet may feel differently). 


More to come! 

May 9th, 2012

Hello again! More news--hopefully, with the upcoming summer weather and potential upcoming adoptions, we'll be posting much more regularly on this blogs. It's been a fairly uneventful few weeks out at the rescue (which is good!). We're slowly drying out from our winter mud, and all the horses are shedding their heavy coats. Everything has been just fine otherwise! 


Here's a picture of Katie Mae snoozing in the barn. That's Braveheart, checking in on her. The big field is open to many of the horses now. They all seem quite happy about that!
Katie Mae takes a nap:

We had some wonderful visitors yesterday. Chuck was there to trim hooves, and Nathalie, who wrote the essay about Hytyme last year, and her crew from the Oregon Episcopal School were out to volunteer. We owe them a big thanks! They mucked out all the stalls and washed the fence. Then they got to play with the baby drum horses, April and Derby. 


Here are some pictures of their time at the rescue:

Thanks again to the OES group--we hope you enjoyed your day at the barn! Thanks to all of our volunteers and friends, too! More updates soon! 

April 4th, 2012

And...we're back! Wow! It has been a long time since our last post!! Sorry for the delay! It hasn't been terribly eventful at the barn, which is always good. Since our last post, we have mostly just been battling mud and rain and snow. But spring is on the way! 

Jim's camera had been broken, hence the lack of updates. Now that things are looking better at the barn, we should be back on track!

All the regulars have been at the barn, braving the weather. In some big, exciting news, Kassi is finished with school! No more commuting from Corvallis or going to class; Kassi will be at the barn full time! Hooray! Congrats, Kassi! 


All the horses are starting to migrate towards the big field. Pretty soon, most of the horses will be out of the mud and into the pasture (except for some who are not allowed the spring greenery). 


For the last few months, Spendy has been having a tough time with abscesses. She would get better, then get worse, then get better again. She's been indoors in a dry stall for the last few weeks, and Chuck was able to get some good work done on her hooves last week. We hope she's feeling better soon! 


Lyric and Marquis have been battling abscesses as well, so they have been indoors for rest and recovery. Two of the draft mares are getting very close to their foaling dates--we're all getting quite anxious to see these new babies! 


On March 29th, the Explorers came out again to help groom horses. Here are some pictures of their wet and muddy day:

Grooming Natasha (I think?)

Sue

Marquis and Dallas

Mary

Shannon

And this is what our volunteer area has been looking like with all this rain...

Thanks to the Explorers! We love your visits!

This last March was the rainiest on record...here's hoping for a beautiful, dry, warm spring! 

More to come!