Injured !

Two days ago one of the mares injured herself. Somehow she managed to poke a branch in the inside of her thigh. I didn't see it when it was in there, I was in the house. Maggie needed to get a treatment in the vet clinic. I stayed at the farm to feed everybody. A couple hours later my friend came back, Maggie had to stay at the clinic. The stick was long..., holy ! She lost a lot of blood ! Poor girl. The next morning we could pick her up again. She was quiet, just munching her hay, glad to go home again. Magpie loaded good in the trailer, I bet she knew we will bring her home. Back home, we put her in a shelter which is fenced off, so she can go out of the shelter little ways, still can't walking around too much. Here as well, no fussing at all. I guess she is still too sore ! She eats the food really good even there are antibiotics in there. Maggie is talking to her friends left and right from time to time... even has company at night. The dogs keep her company in the shelter. I took a night shift last night, checking on Maggie to see if she is fine. No signs of colic or more bleeding.

Tsktsk

Winter is here. The temperatures are between - 11 and -28 degrees at the moment. Sometimes with blue sky and sunshine and other times, like today, cloudy. It's only - 21 degrees today. We worried about one of the cats, Tsktsk. She wasn't around yesterday at all. :( Usually, she is around the house at 9 am when it's time to feed the horses. Not so yesterday ! I walked around calling her in the morning and evening, no Tsktsk. :( She is such a cool cat, and she likes to talk. It would be sooo sad if an owl would have her for breakfast... Today, I called her again this morning during feeding time... still no Tsktsk. I went back in the house after chores and put my shoes and gloves beside the fire to let them dry, look out of the window and there she is :) beside Maddie !!! We were so happy to see her. Poor girl, something must have chased her up a tree.

to Edson again

It was time to go back to Edson again. We met my friend in Entwistle, had lunch and picked up horse and chicken feed on our way home.

cow work

Thursday / Winfield, After 11 hours of sleep I felt pretty good. My friends and I were sitting in the living room and had breakfast. Over night we got a big load of snow :( (I looked out of the window and my first thought was REALLY ???) and so several clients cancelled their booking. So, my friend decided to separate his own calves from the cows and bring them to the auction. It was pretty chilly. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my ski pants :( Finally, the calves were loaded and we hit the road to drop them off at the Rimbey auction. Our next project was to pick up two loads of calves from a client. These guys also went to the auction in Rimbey.

Elk haul II

Tuesday/ Wednesday. Another elk haul was scheduled. This time, we picked up the first half of the load in Spirit River and the other half in Leduc. No snow on the roads, ditches and fields had a bit. We had a good time, good interesting talks, I really enjoy to travel in this semi truck with my friend. As soon as all the elks were on the trailer, we only stopped for bathroom breaks and to get food. This time I wasn't that tired. I slept for around 1 1/2 hours and had a nap around 1 am. We had to be in Fort Macleod at 6am. I really hoped that I don't have to help unload this time.... I was lucky there were at least two other persons there to help.... I stayed in the truck and entertained myself with music. After around an hour or so we were done and could hit the road again. Our next stop was A&W to have breakfast. The next thing on our list was sleeping. After 3 hours of sleep we decided to drive some more and have a nap again before we drove through Calgary. On our way home we detoured to Ponoka to pick up a load of cows at the auction mart. They had to go to a place close to Leduc. Now, it was time to go home and to bed.

4 weeks...

I just realized that I only have 4 more weeks left in Canada. :(:(:(:(:(:(:(  The time just flies when you're having fun. So far, it was a great experience, lots to learn, good and bad, lots to see... I am glad that I took all the chances to do things even it meant to be on the road almost everyday. I enjoyed every second of my stay !

tagging and give injection

Saturday, over night we got around 3 cm of snow :( My friend decided to give the calves an injection so they won't get sick after the long walk home and the weather change and also tag them. There wasn't enough of the drugs and so we had to make a trip to get more. While we were gone to buy drugs, three of my friends rounded up the cow and calves. So, everything was ready. My job was to assist with the tagging and make sure the syringes were filled up. I really enjoyed to help. I like that. We all were hungry and headed for the house. Soon, it was time to pack up all the stuff again, load the horse and head back to Edson.