Wild Horses.....

Great start to this day!  Sitting here, still in my jammies, drinking coffee, playing around online......and suddenly crazy horse activity catches my eye, out the window.  Dixie had managed to get out and was running the fence line.  Susie couldn't get out and was having an absolute horsey conniption fit! Mass chaos ensues!  Well, if one person can actually create mass chaos, that is.  I rushed upstairs to get dressed, got my shoes on, grabbed my phone and a bag of carrots and off I went!

OMG, was Dixie ever having fun!  By the time I got out the door, she was tearing thru the neighbors yard, kicking and bucking, having a grand time of it.  Sadly, since it snowed the other day, everything is very wet, so when I say she was "tearing" thru the neighbors yard, I mean that quite literally.  There is now a multitude of hoof prints and skid marks in their lawn.  Personally, I say we're even for the fact that their German Sheppard takes a big old dump in our yard everyday, but I'm thinking they won't agree with that.  LOL

Anyway, I gimped and limped as quickly as I could and was just about to come out from behind the barn and around the corner when I heard her galloping, hell bent for leather, right in my direction.  Luckily, she skidded to a stop when she saw me as opposed to running over top of me (which was very possible and highly likely!).  We were right by the back gate, from which she had made her escape.  I waved the bag of carrots in her face, pointed to the barnyard and told her to get her big ass in there, NOW!!  Thankfully, she did just that!  It was part good luck and part good training and a whole lot of influence from a bag of carrots!  If Susie had been out.......no way in hell could I have gotten her back until she was damn good and ready.  But Dixie will do anything for food.....ANYthing!  I made her wait tho', until I walked back around the barn so that I could get to Susie and give HER some carrots as well.  After all, she was the one that was all worked up in a lather (literally) and needed some attention.  Not the bad kid! 

It's fortunate for me that Dixie is on a diet again, which means she spends her time in the barnyard and Susie is out in the pasture.  Ya have to feed them more in the winter, when it's cold, to help keep their body heat up.  Well, Susie will still lose a little weight but not Dixie!  She has gained again.  Horses are just like people.  Dixie can and will eat anything edible, but also gains weight just looking at food! 

I have no idea how the gate got open.  We had company last night  and they were all out there, so I suspect Chuck was distracted and it got left unchained.  Dixie is pretty darn good at opening a variety of latches and closures, but I don't think she could have gotten this one by herself.

Okay, so now I can get undressed, take my shower and get on with the days activities!  Hopefully that was my 'excitement' for the day :-)