Lily and Her Box / Dakota and Chey

This is box we had in the living 

room back before we moved

to moms so it was still waiting

on Lily Bit when we got home.

I started to toss it but found

that she loves to get in it

and 

MESS

with the dogs!

Silly girl. She hides and jumps

out at them when they walk

by.

She seems to be the only

thing bringing me

laughter these days.

However the site above made

me smile.

You see, when Dakota stayed

the night at moms, Cheyenne would

not sleep in the bed with him there.

Her being the QUEEN BEE 

she apparently resented the 

KING

from being there. She would

sleep in moms recliner.

However, I guess mom not being

there and me taking over her

bed, Cheyenne gave up the 

resentment and slept 

with Dakota in the bed.

I shot this the other morning 

and was touched by it...

not only does she sleep with the 

KING now, they sleeping 

touching!

HAHA

The story of these two go back years.

Dakota was a AMBER thing where

she thought at 6 Caleb needed

a dog. Six months later they

were moving and could not have

an animal.

That is how I ended up with my

best bud.

Later upon moving again, they got

Dakota always went in the car

with me when I went somewhere.

Going to Ambers Chey would always 

try to play with Dakota.

Dakota, being the ass he could always

be would growl and be ugly to

Chey.

Later on, Chey went to live

with mom. She then became

the Queen and when Dakota

came over, she treated him the

way her treated her.

Later, becoming friends and 

playing together.

But sleeping together must

have been another thing!

Roxy

Even though Roxy is not my horse,

I do interact with her daily.

So the events of the evening was

very stressful.

Around 5:30 or so I went to the barn to 

feed. 

As like everyday, Misfire was at the fence.

I get out of the car and greet her

and she replies with neighing at me.

Yesterday however she did not neigh.

And while Stormy was with Misfire, 

I was missing a horse.

I fed the two girls, the pigs and 

the cats then I put on my boots

and walked around the pasture

looking. 

Roxy has always been a accident

waiting to happen.

But I figured that maybe she 

found a low spot

in the fence and she had gotten

out. She has managed that before but

last time she managed to 

be in the safe area between the 

pasture and the barn.

I jumped in the car to drive down a

couple of houses ...checking.

When I came back I stopped and

called Chris (owner of said property).

He met me at the barn.

I was then missing both Stormy

and Misfire. I told Chris that they were

wherever Roxy was.

I called for Misfire who always comes running

when I call. It took several calls but while

walking up through the pasture here she

comes from the back of the pasture,

from behind the trees. I then headed that 

way. Once you break through the trees

you come upon another opening. I stood there

looking while I waited on Chris to 

catch up. I did not see Roxy and as I 

was about to turn and leave,

Misfire comes over to me then walks

over to the right of me, past a downed tree to

another small opening I did not see. 

There stood Roxy. Something was not 

right, she was not moving to me.

I got to her and checked to be sure she

was not caught up in trees or fencing.

But she was covered in sweat and 

she was moaning.

We tried to get her to move so we

could get her to the barn. She was

so weak that she could not move.

Then she went down.

I called another woman that used to be at the 

barn and she said she was colicky

and we needed to get her up 

and walking. I ran down the hill

to the barn for a lead line, halter

and whip so we could see about

getting her up. She would rest and then

she would try again, and again....

but we were never able to get her

up. We finally got in touch with 

Joe, Brenda's hubby and he was able

to get in touch with Brenda at work

where all I had was her cell number.

Finally with Brenda there, hubby

Joe, Chris, two of my friends I was

to have dinner with, Trellia and her

BF from the barn (goat owner) we finally

located a vet that would call

us back. He came but Roxy was

in such bad shape. After an exam the

news was not good.

She was struggling so badly and

all that could be done was to

put her down.

My heart broke for Brenda and for

her horse. 

RIP Roxy.

Feeding Time at the Barn

I think I mentioned that 

Misfire 

was into turning her

feed bowl over.

Two days in a row.

No clue what that was all about

but yesterday I stood and 

watched her. She kicked

out that front leg, hooked her

hoof on the edge of the 

bowl. I loudly told her no 

and she let it go.

Tigress was checking things out.

Snapped this cute pic

of Shadow. Isn't she just 

so pretty?

Bathroom Habits/Feeding Habits/ Makeup

Look at the pic below..

Take that black hair and make

it gray and you have me!

Add a cat also!

Not sure what is going on 

but the last two days

Misfire has taken to 

dumping her feed bowl on

the ground.

She usually does this when I go in

the barn to get the feed for the 

other two horses.

No clue what or why she is doing

this. This evening I think I will

stand there and watch her to see if

I can figure it out.

Cheyenne has blonde eyelashes.

But it looks like she has black

eyeliner on also.

She so hated me taking a pic.

She kept turning her head.

PUR-FECT

Looked out on the deck

yesterday and saw this site.

I had noticed the flower

from my wreath had blown

off but since I had not

made it to the deck to 

clean and arrange my

furniture I just let it lay.

While loading the dishwasher

I looked out to check on 

Lily and saw her sitting

there looking out in the yard.

Grabbed my phone which

is always handy and called

her name.

Having Lily look at me

for this shot is the

only posing we did.

My beautiful girl.

Sleeping/ Playtime

Well they took over their

side of the bed last night when

it was time for bed!

Then little girl decided to 

join them!

I think she was tired cause we

played several times yesterday.

And her and Dakota played some

together also.

There are those times that

she just has to sit 

and look pretty but here

I was playing with her Cat

Dancer and she looks

cross eyed!

Then later in the day........

she not only sits in a box she

sits in a box in a box!

 

Then comes the "she won't play

with me" look.

I tell you, this girl is all over

the place.

She loves running through her tunnel

at moms cause it slides all over

the place on that floor better

than it does at the house

on carpet.

When its too cool to hang

on the deck Lily has

taken to sitting in the window

down in the den. I missed

the best pic, she was stretched

out and sunning. But the

time I grabbed the camera

she had moved to 

sit up.

Late yesterday she decided she

wanted brother time so she

crawls up to hang with 

Dakota.

I guess cause she was not raised

with the other dogs she don't

hang with them or give

them much attention as

she does Dakota. 

Got a message on FB yesterday

from Julie at TN Tiny Weddings.

She said her furbabes had

something to share with my furbabes

if I was out and about.

I ran over before going to feed.

and this is what she wanted

to share with my furbabes.

   

That was so sweet of her.

My babes get a bowl of treats

before bedtime every night so 

they were happy getting something

new. 

Two Buds

With so many critters

in our life these

days...

these two don't get a lot of 

time to just veg 

together.

Yesterday morn, Lily jumped

up to lay with her bud,

Dakota.

Even in Sleep

I love all my babes including

my barn babes.

But this little girl is

just purr~fect.

The two above pics were taken

the other night after spending

a day on the deck.

The ones below were taken

last night as she curled

up next to my legs in bed.

After a day on the deck that

started at 6am and  ended

around 8pm.

Apparently I have nothing better

to do then take pics

of sleeping animals.

They warm my heart.

They tick me off.

They also give nothing

but love.