Roman is still healing from his foot injury from out at the ranch. It was a deep cut and will take a long time to heal. But it is healing, nicely. Roman has to stay in a dry stall because of the location of his cut and the risk of infection and reinjury. We have had a lot of icy storms that have made everything muddy around here when it all melted.

Roman is not happy  about having to be couped up inside every day. I don't blame him. We had warm weather today, about 60 degrees, so I brought Roman outside. I tied him to the fence on the pavement and gave him some have. His old friend, Joe, came over to visit. They haven't talked in over a month. So, that was a nice outing for Roman. It really helps if he can come out of his stall for a little while, even if he doesn't get to run around, he still enjoys the change of atmosphere.

It is supposed to get very, very cold this weekend. We may get another ice, storm, too. It is only supposed to be around 23 degrees for the high temperature and 10 to low teens at night. Bur-r-r-r!

I have been bringing our other stallion, Apollo, into the barn with Roman on cold nights. They do quite well together in the barn, keep each other company. The stalls are only panels until we can remodel. The "boys" don't try to get to each other over the panels. One stall separates them. They are quiet when together in the barn. I let Apollo and Roman sniff noses the other day when I was leading Apollo back out to his outdoor pen. They sniffed a couple times, then Apollo squealed at Roman. I quickly pulled Apollo away before a fight could break out. I lead Apollo to his pen. When I came back to check on Roman, he just looked at me sadly as if to say, "Mom! He just yelled at me!" That little black stud just chewed out a 17+ hand stud and told him he was boss! Poor Roman, he wasn't expecting that. Anyway, they will be together again this weekend when it gets cold. Hope they are still friends.

 

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