A new chapter begins

Kaylee begins this new week on her own.

Lucky, her stall mate for the last 6 months has left for 

a new home.

 

Lucky waits with for the trailer with Carol

  

Lucky gets ready to board the trailer 

for his new home.

Good luck to John, Carol and Lucky.

Unfortunately Kaylee was unable to see Lucky off

as she had another bout of belly troubles. So our day was spent walking

her and this time trying something new. She was given a

heaping dose of mineral oil which helped lubricate her intestines

and move things out. We also gave her Maalox to break up the 

gas bubbles. Hopefully she can out grow this.

Kaylee's first night alone went much better 

than I ever anticipated. We returned to the barn at 10:30pm

to check on her from the days events. She was alone in the stall

and to our amazement was not crying or circling.

Training Continues

Weekly training has been progressing quite well.

Linda has learned a little discipline is

necessary for Kaylees development,

and no matter how uncomfortable it makes Linda it

must be done.

This week Linda put alot of time

into getting Kaylee to Lunge.

Kaylee tested the waters, but a firm hand had her

giving it her best shot.

 

Moving a little to fast and close.

 

Still running and pulling.

 

Settling down and giving it her best.

 

Moving better, Kaylee still has

a lot to learn for lunging

but she is making great progress.

Kaylee has visitors

Kaylee had some visitors today.

Nicholas and Dominic made a trip

to the barn to see her and take a tour .

 

  

The boys had a good time visiting with Kaylee

and going around to all the paddocks

to meet all the horses and ponies.

Linda's father came to watch her

give Kaylee her weekly training.

 

Here Linda and her dad rub Kaylee

all over, this helps her being comfortable

when the vet visits.

 

Kaylee goes for a taste of Bill's hand.

A little reprimand was in order.

 

Mini lunging saw Kaylee making Linda 

move out of the way quickly. Kaylee was

doing her best to intimidate Linda and she had the

upper hand until Jen stepped in.

 

Kaylee put up quite the battle, but in the end Jens

experience had Kaylee behaving.

Kaylee goes to Tufts

Kaylee went to Tufts Veterinarian School/Hospital

today. It was time to do some testing on the belly.

All the Doctors and students were great with Kaylee

and kept us fully informed throughout all of

the days procedures.

Linda and Ron get Kaylee loaded for the trip.

Kaylee walked right on without a fuss.

 

 Kaylee arrives at the isolation barn.

First thing is to step on the scale.

560 Pounds

Time to draw blood.

 

Then an endoscopy. Everything looked good.

One small gastric ulcer that was already healing.

Next came the ultrasound. A mild thickening
of the duodenum (the segment of small intestine
leading from the stomach) and some excess fluid
in a portion of her large colon (this could be the result
of mild stress from trailing and the days procedures).
There was also a rectal exam performed with no abnormalities found.
Two rectal Biopsies were collected for further testing.

Relaxing after all the testing. The light brown
coloration is from Kaylee being
shaved for the ultrasound.

All in All it was a good day with no initial major
issues found. The results of the blood work, salmonella testing
and biopsies will be in next week and the doctors
can make the final analysis of what direction to
take to make Kaylee a happy healthy little filly.