July 2024 - nail in hoof and Eli arrives

In pure Ducky bad luck style, soon after our Clay Hill event he picked up a nail to his hoof. We knew this could be catastrophic as has been for many horses and took him straight away to AVC for the best part of a week. I had to manage my feelings on AVC - Ace went there and never came home - so I had to block those deep concerns.

Thankfully the nail missed critical structures and he came home to a week of stall rest and a slow return to work. To see how he was feeling we went to HAW for a cross rails hunter class and he did so well! Never did I think we would get the opportunity to return to jumping. I feel so thankful!

After Alpine went over the rainbow bridge we starting feeling the silence in the house and therefore put together our must have next dog list - we wanted short hair, rescue dog, good with cats.

Welcome Eli - hes a 14 month old Royal Bahamian Potcake dog - basically Nassau street hound. Was found on a garbage dump and brought to NS. Hes settling in well, has lots of zoomies around our yard, is in his place on the pecking order with the cats (the bottom), loves his toys and is getting better with barking. Took a while to warm up to Paul and doesnt like strangers, we are working on him getting more comfortable when friends come round to visit.

 

Chloe and I went to see the new Twisters movie last weekend, I love the original movie but this is a great addition to it, a really good summer blockbuster movie with awesome cast and soundtrack. Loved the weekend together doing this.