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Date Posted: 18:42:39 01/11/03 Sat
Saddle, Kelsey and Travis sat downstairs, watching a movie. Outside it was snowing hard and it had gotten very cold and windy. After the movie ends, Saddle tells Kelsey and Travis to go to bed. "I want to check on the horses first" Kelsey tells Saddle. Saddle looks out the window at the storm. "Kelsey, its 1 in the morning and its snowing really hard, we'll be going out there in 4 hours anyway" Saddle tells her. "I dont care, i want to check on them and make sure they're ok, its really cold, Tori might need another blanket on" Kelsey protests. Saddle sighs. "Alright, you can go down there and check on them, but make it quick" Saddle replies. Kelsey puts on her jacket and paddock boots and runs down to the barns. Already there is about a foot of snow on the ground. She opens the door of the stallion barn and checks all the horses. Tori is curled up in the thick shavings, but when he hears Kelsey footsteps he springs to his feet. She gently runs her hand down his neck and under his blanket, then feels his ears. "Your cold, arent you Tori?" She asks her horse, feeling how cold his ears are. She gets another heavy blanket out of the tack room and puts it on over his blanket. Tori gently lips her hands and blows in her face. She checks on the rest of the stallions, gives Honor another shot of bute and then puts another blanket on him to help him stay warm. The stallion had been consistantly losing weight in the 3 weeks since his injury and has a hard time keeping warm. Then she walks to the broodmare barn. She opens the door and turns the light on. In the dim lighting she can see Stormy stretched out on her side. As the lights warm up she realizes Stormy is having her foal! She watches from outside the stall as Stormy pushes the foal's shoulders out. Shortly after that, the rest of the foal appears. Kelsey rushes to the tack room and gets a bucket of warm water and some clean towels. She quietly enters the stall and helps Stormy clean the foal off with the towels and warm water, and makes sure that there is nothing blocking the foal's airways. then she stands back as the little foal struggles to its feet, not quite sure of what to do with its long legs. After a few failed attempts, the foal stands and looks for Stormy to nurse. While it nurses, Kelsey looks it over more carefully and starts to touch its ears and face, imprinting it so training later in life would be easier. She checks to see if the foal is a colt or a filly and finds that it is a filly. She looks at the little bay for a moment, then realizes she forgot to tell Saddle. She runs to check over the other horses, then runs back up to the house. "Kelsey, you were down there for almost 2 hours, what happened?" Saddle asks anrgilly. "Stormy had her foal! its a bay filly!" Kelsey exclaims breathlessly. "Is everything OK?" Saddle asks anxiously. "Yeah, i made sure her airways and her mouth and ears didnt have anything in them and helped Stormy dry her off, then she stood up and nursed and i did a little imprinting with her and she seems normal." Kelsey replies. "Well, if you think everything was normal, i'll look at her when we go down for morning feeding, so go to bed" Saddle replies. Kelsey and Saddle go to bed. Two hours later, Kelsey's alarm goes off. She jumps out of bed and quickly gets dressed, then looks out the window. There was at least 2 1/2 feet of snow on the ground. "Wow, we dont normally get that much snow in central kentucky" she says to herself. She runs down the hallway and knocks on Travis's door. His alarm is also going off. "Go Away!" he mumbles to her. "Look out your window and stop being a jerk" Kelsey replies cheerfully. "How can you be so happy in the morning?" Travis replies grumpily. "Will you just look out your window and get up, theres even more good news at the barn!" Kelsey replies, turning to go downstairs. "Oh fine" Travis replies. He sits up and looks out his window. "Oh my god" He mutters, suddenly awake. He springs out of bed, gets dressed and runs downstairs. "Look at all the snow!" he exclaims. "Forget looking at it, we gotta feed" Saddle replies. They go down to the barn. "Travis, be quiet in the broodmare barn, Stormy had her foal last night" Saddle tells him. "She did! why didnt anyone tell me?" Travis asks. "You werent awake enough" Saddle replies. "Well, come on, shes perfect!" Kelsey exclaims. Saddle and Travis follow her. The foal is nursing when they get to their stall. "Shes a beauty" Saddle says softly. Travis and Kelsey nod in agreement. "Beautiful conformation, too" Travis says. After they watch the new mother and her baby for a few minutes, they go feed all the horses and turn them out.
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