I love my new barn. Seriously, every day I am thankful that I moved Andy! I'm paying maybe $20 more a month, and getting so much more. He's looking really good; definitely putting on some on the weight he couldn't gain at the old barn due to not being fed enough.

I am doubly thankful that I moved in now. I had his teeth floated last week, and they turned out to be in worse shape than I expected. His incisors were seriously angled and he had two periodontal pockets, one of which was really big. So his teeth are in as good of shape as they can be after one appointment with the vet, and the pockets in his gums are healing for the next two weeks. Unfortunately, this means that he can't have anything with a stalk, in cause it gets stuck in the pocket. This means no hay or grass. So he's on a diet of Senior mush and beet pulp and he gets turned out in the arena during the day. Poor Andy. In a little over a week he can have hay and pasture turnout again, and the vet will be back to see if the pockets healed. If not; well, we have more work to do and I have more money to spend! But I would be screwed if I was at the old barn, because I would have no way to feed him the 14 pounds of mush he needs a day, not to mention I couldn't really keep him in the huge barn all by himself.

Andy and Lovebug are in looooove. It's so cute, and slightly annoying. I don't really want herd-bound, buddy sour ponies, but they are so KYOOT together. They are stalled next to each other, and get turned out together. The new barn owners actually really like them both, but actually think Andy is better behaved! I am so proud of him. I was telling someone a while ago that if I love my kids half as much as I love my horses, I will be an amazing mother.