Changes and excitement

Some excitement at the barn recently, and a few changes are in the works.  Maddie's buddy Jordan was sold last week and he left on Friday.  I was out of town when Jordan was loaded but apparently it was an ugly scene.  Lots of whinnying, screaming, and calling for each other.  Diego (the other gelding Maddie lives with) took the opportunity to beat up on Maddie pretty good, too.  No one was happy about separating Maddie and Jordan, who have been inseparable since Maddie moved in.

A day later Maria and Sarah took Maddie on a walk to help calm her and Maddie tore away from them after spooking at a passing truck.  Maddie gave them all a show as she bolted around the local fields, terrified.  Maria finally caught her eye and Maddie ran up to her on the driveway, only to slip on the new blacktop and go down, hard.  She gave herself one deep wound and one shallow one, and left a remarkable skid mark on the driveway and several tufts of fur ground into the blacktop.  Maddie!

I was still out of town when this happened and Maria was understandably concerned for Maddie's physical and emotional state.  We went straight over to see her when I got back a day later.  Maddie was defensive about her wounds but let me put some disinfectant on them after a little work.  She lunged out fine and I persuaded Maria to hop on her bareback.  Maddie looked fine, although a little caution was in order as one wound is on the right leg close to where the girth goes--easy to hit with a toe.

The next day we went over and I took a little video of Maria cantering her:

Anyway, we are now getting ready to move Maddie to Anarchy Acres.  We want to get the barn cleaned out and find her a temporary buddy for the transition--preferably a miniature horse.  We are concerned that Maddie would not do well alone in a strange place with only the goats for companions.  We'll see where this all leads!