Flew, Flu ....... and Phew!

What a busy week its been around the yard. Lots of men turned up on Monday and started working in one of the big barns that we walk past every day - there were tractors and diggers and drills and even people outside the barns cutting down trees! Now I'm rather sensitive to noise and found it all a bit overwhelming - so a couple of days I rather raced past all the schemozzle to get into my stable. (I think I must have pulled a bit because The Gaffer and The Mrs were rather left behind and didn't seem best pleased). But then today I think I redeemed myself because as we were going out to our field this army helicopter flew down our valley and right overhead - it really was very,very low - and I didn't bat an eyelid whereas Louise......................!

We also had worming day this week - not very nice, but I must say that the Mrs is a dab hand with the old syringe in the mouth. I was all ready to make a fuss when I heard them talking about dosing us, because believe you me the stuff tastes HORRID, and before I knew it she'd given me my medicine and I'd swallowed it all! I think she was even quicker that the Vet when she came and thats saying something. I watched over the stable as she did Louise as well - it was just the same - I blinked and almost missed it - Louise never knew what had hit her and had swallowed the lot before she knew it. Actually, none of these things are as bad as you think they will be - the lovely vet came to give us our flu jabs and we were all ready to make a fuss but she was sooo good at it that in the end I didn't even realise I'd had my injection. Now our injections were for Equine Flu - none of this rather common Pig Flu thats going round - actually I'm finding it all rather confusing - if horses get Equine Flu why don't pigs get Swine Flu? Or maybe they do.................... I must ask Louise about this. Until next week. Oh, and have a Happy Christmas - Thelma.