Hi everyone,
sorry I haven't posted in a while, I started school last week so I have a lot of homework! Anywho, Jester got adjusted by the chiropracter on Saturday. He was starting to get a little stiff again so it was good that he got adjusted. I have still been taking him into the creek every chance I get. Last time we got into some trouble with an underground bee's nest. We were coming out of the creek up a steep tiny little hill onto a ledge type thing with a drop off to one side and a steep hill on the other. So Tie and Kara went up first and then Jester and I, Buddy and Kristin, and Tater and another one of our friends come up onto the ledge that barley fit three horses. So then all of a sudden Buddy and Tater start going crazy and jumping and kicking and rearing up since a bunch of bees start to attack them. Then Jester starts freaking out and tryed to bolt up the hill. My friend got stung right above the eye and bended over holding her head right underneath Buddy while he was still going crazy. I think Buddy new she was there because even though he was still being attaked by bees, he didn't hurt her. So I let Jester run up the hill and drag me up with him. Then up came Buddy and Kristin along with Tater and my two friends. We all calmed our horses down and regrouped, checked on the horses and tended to my friends sting. Just as we had everyone settled down, the bees started attacking us again! So Kara ran to help the two girls with Tater. Tie was loose and started walking, but he stepped on his lead rope and jerked his head up, breaking his halter. So I quick tie Jester to a tree and go and grab Tie. Thankfully his halter was still wearable. So of course the bees just had to go bother Jester while I was with Tie. So Kristin grabs him until Kara gets back and I go and free Jester. Since I couldn't get his lead rope undone quick enough, I unsnap it from his halter and get him away. So I calmed Jester down and went back to get his lead rope. So once we all got situated again we high-tailed it out of there as fast as we could! We all breathed a sign of relief once we got out of the woods (including the horses). We were very blessed to have avoided serious injury. It was so easy for any of us to have gotten hurt. My friend, Mallory, only had a little red spot from where the bee stung her.
So we are going out early tomorrow and the get will be out there. I am going to get Jester's coggins test. A coggins test is just a blood test. Hopefully we will have an uneventfull day!
That's it for now