skip to main |
skip to sidebar
This is Bindi, my year old boarder collie. Ever since the day I got her (over a year ago) she has HATED riding in the car. She was a few months old already when I bought her, and for the ride home I put her in a crate on the backseat. Needless to say by the time we got to the house (20 minute drive) she had gotten sick and thrown up. Ever since then, if I take her for a ride, she throws up. I've tried letting her ride loose where she could sit right next to me (and in my lap when she was smaller) and she threw up on the front seat - and in my lap. Yuck. I've tried putting her in her crate (which she is comfortable with as she sleeps in it at night in the house) and she gets sick in there too. I am at a loss as to what to do to get her to enjoy riding in the car. She's the first dog I've ever had that hated it. And shes a collie!! She should enjoy riding in the car!! I can get her to load up into the car on her own, I have been working with her on that (she gets a treat when she goes in and I allow her to come back out whenever she wants so she doesnt feel like shes forced to stay in there). My car is parked near her kennel and I've been keeping her dog food in the back of it, so every time I feed her we have to go to the car to get her food. She knows thats where her food comes from now. I'm doing everything I can think of to make her think of the car as a good place. I had to take her to my parents last month while I went out of town for a week, and she got sick on the trip there and even worse on the way home. She was in her crate both times. On the way home she had almost made it the entire hour drive home without getting sick and lost it about 10 minutes from the house. Maybe shes getting better? Is this something where I just need to start taking her more often so she gets used to riding in the car? As of now I've only tried to take her somewhere a half dozen times in the entire year I've owned her. I go into town every morning, I can start taking her with me each day if theres a chance it'll help her. Or is she always going to be like this, and theres no hope? I am hoping someone who has experienced something like this with dogs can give me some imput. We have a good 3-4 hour drive coming up in a little over a week and I'd like it to be as easy on her as possible. Anyone have any advice?
I'm a week late in getting this posted, but Luv foaled a beautiful sorrel tovero colt at 11pm on May 8th. "Trick" fooled me into thinking he was a filly at first, which is how he got his name. He is all colt though, and is completely full of himself. There are lots of photos of him on my website (www.wphorses.com/Trick) and on my BB (http://wphorses.proboards107.com/index.cgi). Trick is Dodge's very first foal and I think he was well worth the wait! He may be for sale at a later date, I havent decided yet.
Flicka is the only horse I have left to rehome (aside from John who is at SOS Equines), and I've got some new photos of her. As of now they are only on my board but I am hoping to get them all added to her page on my website as well. She is doing great with her halter training and should be ready to stand (quietly!) for the farrier within a few days. We'll be working on our trailer loading this week as well so stay tuned for photos of that as I will have someone here to help out and take pics. We're also going to introduce her to the clippers and bathing too (she needs a bath sooooo bad!), along with tying and some light round pen work. She is getting dewormed tomorrow and is also on the strongid pellet dewormer. If anyone is interested in giving this very energetic filly a home, let me know! I'm not kidding when I say she'd make someone an awesome endurance prospect, she NEVER tires and being 1/2 mustang I bet she'd be extremely sure footed on the trails. Not to mention how pretty she is. :)
Well, here it is 2 days after I was supposed to move out, and I'm still here. The closing date has been moved yet again... to May 16th (not by me!). Its been moved 3 times now... originally we were supposed to close April 29th, then when I was on vacation they called and had changed it to April 24th, and then I find out on the 23rd that they changed it again. OMG talk about a major headache. We (me & my realtor) have a meeting with the buyers on Monday and I cant wait to let them know how I feel about all that has happened lately (trespassing is the big one - long story, wont go into it at this time). I am highly pissed off though, as I busted my ass trying to get everything ready to move out - gave most of the horses away for free - had the house packed up and 90% of the boxes already out in the trailer - had my family rearrange their schedule so they could be here Thursday to help load all the furniture (which was obviously cancelled) - and not to mention all the people who had to rearrange their schedules so they could come pick up horses. Ugh. What a stressful mess. Anyway, most of the horses have been placed. The only ones left are Flicka (here at my house) and John (now at SOS Equines). Hank is currently in training (for either reining, reined cow horse, or cutting - depending on what the trainer thinks he'd do best at) and will be for sale once he's had a good 30-60 days under saddle. Cowboy is also there for training but I am not planning on selling him at this time. Dodge will be going to California, Friday and Cactus are going to Ellensburg - Fridays gonna be a barrel horse and Cactus is gonna be a 4H horse. Missy has a home on the west side of the state as well as Ramone. I have decided to keep Fancy, after having her for 17 years I just cant imagine her not being here. And... I think she IS pregnant after all. Her belly is getting huge and low, and she's starting to get a bag. I wasn't very excited at first - I was kinda liked the thought of her not taking last year when I bred her - but now that I've had a few days to think about it, I'm kinda glad. It should be an awesome cross - Fancy has always thrown loud color when bred to a paint. I'm betting on a bay frame overo, probably a filly. And before anyone jumps on me - Dodge is negative for Lethal White Overo. I wouldnt have bred them if he wasnt. I'm going to head out in a few and turn Fancy and Luv out together on pasture for a bit and get some photos. I'll be posting the photos on my board, and will add them to the main website tonight. Most of my tack that I had for sale has been sold, all I have left is the saddle, and a leather driving harness that has never been used (still in the bag). I think its welsh/14hand size. I do have YEARS worth of Quarter Horse Journals, Paint Horse Journals, and Cutting Horse Chatter magazines that I need to get rid of if anyone wants them. I am tired of packing them around all the time. I even have some REALLY old Arabian journal magazines (from the 70's) that someone *might* be able to pry out of my hands. Well I think thats it for now. If anyone is interested in Flicka, please let me know. She is currently getting worked on halter training and loading, as she's not too keen on loading into a trailer right now (or she'd be at Shawna's, with John). And if anyone is interested in John, contact Shawna at http://www.sosequines.org.
I am running out of time to place these horses, so I am now offering them all for free to approved homes. Anyone who is interested, please sign up on the SOS Equine board and fill out an adoption application ASAP. SOS Equine Rescue is helping me place them so I am having all potential homes go through them for screening. I am also looking for pasture to board these horses at until they can be rehomed, as I have to be out of my place by Thursday at the latest. So if anyone has pasture they'd be willing to board out please let me know. If I cant find somewhere to move them by Tuesday I will be hauling them to the feedlot on Wednesday, and thats the last thing I want to do. So please, spread the word, cross post on other boards, send out emails to your horsey friends.. whatever you can do. Lets find these horses new homes!!!Horses left:FancyRamoneCactusJohnDodgeMissyFlickaHankLink to SOS board: http://sosequines.proboards42.com/index.cgi
I just got home from 5 long days in Las Vegas, and boy am I tired. I want to apologize to those who emailed me while I was gone, I did not have access to a computer over there so I will be catching up on everything this weekend. I also found out that my closing date on the house has been bumped up to the 24th so I am going to be completely SWAMPED between now and then, getting the rest of the house and barn packed up and everything moved to Wenatchee. Plus I have 11 horses that still need to be rehomed. I have been in contact with a group who is going to help place the horses, once everything is lined up (hopefully this weekend) I will list who it is and their website addy and contact info. On a good note - Luv did not foal while I was gone, and it looks like I got back just in time. Her bag has made some drastic changes while I was gone and is almost full. I will have to go back over my notes from previous years to see how long she normally stays bagged before she foals, but I think its only 2 weeks or so. I'm really hoping she foals before I have to move her to Wenatchee, I dont like hauling them when they are this close to foaling. I've already got names picked for the foal.. I can't wait until it's here!! I will keep this updated as she gets closer to foaling.
Here is the first group of headstalls & bits that I am selling. I have more out in the tack room that I need to bring in and get pics of. Everything in these pics are for sale - except the tom thumb bit. And they are all in good condition and most of them hardly used. I have larger photos I can email those interested.
This is Bindi, my year old boarder collie. Ever since the day I got her (over a year ago) she has HATED riding in the car. She was a few months old already when I bought her, and for the ride home I put her in a crate on the backseat. Needless to say by the time we got to the house (20 minute drive) she had gotten sick and thrown up. 
