You have a show on Saturday - so you plan to leave Friday. It's Thursday.
You walk out into the field to find your
"Aww, he looks sleepy," you say from a distance.
As you get closer you realize he is not sleepy. His eyes are puffy. AND his nose is swollen too.
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| this eye was puffy-er |
You glance down and count only 3 shoes, too.
Here are the stages of "pre-horse-show-crisis-freak out" :
First, confusion
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Then, reality:
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Followed by:
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Then an irresistible urge to ....
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am I right?!?!
I think he got his face in something weird, or possibly got stung? His breathing and vitals are totally normal. He is perky and hungry and begging for treats as normal, but he did get some antihistimines and got to hang out in a stall all day.
God bless my wonderful farrier who will be tacking the shoe back on tomorrow before we leave.
However, if Hampton gets any worse or shows signs of discomfort I'll just leave him home. But otherwise he seems ok?? He does not seem to notice that he looks like he was in a bar fight.
Add this on top of a somewhat overwhelming life change right now (nothing bad, promise!) ... I may have a legit nervous breakdown. Prescription: BOOZE.
Stay tuned!
Ugh I totally own this shirt... we just played everything by ear and horse was fine. Hope yours is too and maybe some booze your way as well :)
ReplyDeleteThose gifs are perfect! I hope he gets better fast.
ReplyDeleteBobby looked the same way last summer when he stuffed his dumb head into a ground bees' nest. It took a couple days of antihistamines to bring all the swelling down, but he was fine otherwise. Just really ugly.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely been there! Fingers crossed that he gets better quickly, Rico's eyes would randomly blow up too and I would just ignore it. Ugh, horses are so dumb sometimes.
ReplyDeleteOf course it's the day before a show. That's the only time they do this. Obviously.
ReplyDeleteYikes!!! Hampton cmon buddy that is not a good look!
ReplyDeleteThey always know when we have fun plans! Hope he's better!
ReplyDeletehorse! I swear that they do it just to mess with us
ReplyDeleteAs Aimee said, this crap only happens the day before a show. Ugh, horses, man. Hopefully Hamps will be good as new and you guys can kill it at the show!
ReplyDeleteAlso, these GIFs are freakin fantastic.
GAH! Horses, man. I swear, they KNOW when we make plans. THEY KNOW.
ReplyDeleteFingers and toes crossed that he's feeling better by the show
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