Tag Archives: Toro

Bunny’s surprise

Posted on June 21, 2018 by lppaintedponys

I did know that Bunny was in foal.  She appeared to be.  Had no idea when exactly she was due.  I wasn’t watching close enough.

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Granddaughters meet B-B

Posted on June 16, 2018 by lppaintedponys

We do a modified version of imprint training that works for us. With that, the girls’ joined me outside with GG and Bee-Bay.

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GG foaled

Posted on June 16, 2018 by lppaintedponys

GG is so good, but she did escape her pasture through a gate that wasn’t very well secured. We have a little bay filly. We haven’t actually chosen a name yet, but that will come as we get to know … Continue reading →

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aaannnndddd now we know Y!

Posted on March 28, 2017 by lppaintedponys

At 5 AM this morning, I went out to feed.

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STILL waiting on Tory

Posted on March 25, 2017 by lppaintedponys

Foal has definitely shifted, checked at 5 am (it’s Saturday!), nothing….  but dealing with grand daughters now, can’t see her from the house at the moment.

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Start ST Patrick’s Day with a Guinness Stout

Posted on March 18, 2017 by lppaintedponys

Taff has steadily gained some good weight but gotten progressively wilder.  Nymbus has filled out and is moving beautifully BUT his dam has done a great job at protecting him and keeping him scared of us.  He’s fast and good … Continue reading →

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Baby & Stomach Flu – YAY!

Posted on March 1, 2017 by lppaintedponys

Well, knew Taff was getting close as the positioning changed slightly and the edema was quite heavy.  I don’t have any good pics of that.  Then on Monday (sunday nite/early morn) Larry came home EARLY and curled around me (!!). 

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Bay & Silver, Silver & Bay!

Posted on April 1, 2016 by lppaintedponys

I’m already “tired” of bays. I’m “over bayed” at the moment and will be as long as we use Wizard (all foals guaranteed to be bay pintos or chestnut pinto w/ bay gene – homozygous for both bay and tobiano.

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Pony Coat Colors

Posted on March 20, 2016 by lppaintedponys

There are many colors in the pony world. Some are exclusive to specific breeds. For our purpose, we will concentrate on the colors allowed within purebred American Shetland Ponies and crosses that our program have utilized. I’ve long been fascinated … Continue reading →

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Pregnant mares

Posted on February 28, 2016 by lppaintedponys

While in the process of moving late 2014 and setting up fencing on our new place in 2015, we’ve found that there were some unplanned visitations. So we are following 3 Jr mares with their pregnancies. We don’t know exactly … Continue reading →

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