New Date and New Info

The travel date is changing, unfortunately. Nothing bad happened- just people's normal work schedules getting in the way of horsey fun!

New hauling date of Wednesday, February 2.

This is very interesting- earlier this week I spoke to the Sumas office and was confirmed that they would be in the office. When probed for information, all the agent said was to bring the completed paperwork.

Today, the agent, who actually sounded very much like the same guy, also confirmed the date and time as acceptable, but ALSO told me that there was an additional fee of $43. Not a big deal, but it would've been nice to know.

I am hoping there are no other hidden surprises when it comes to the border crossing, and I hope it is as easy as everyone says it is.

New Stuff!

Someone's new sheet arrived today :)

And his temporary new halter is hanging outside his stall door- he'll get a Tekna halter once I know what size he runs!

He also has his very own bucket-o-brushes waiting in the tackroom, and about 6 new sheets and coolers, a grain bucket, polo wraps, and a bunch of other goodies all given to him by a  dear good friend who lost her precious Paint gelding to EPM a few weeks ago. These are mostly all show stuff- either that Hank won or used to win :)  He was a great guy, and I feel like by letting Dansey wear his stuff, Hank will be imparting some wisdom on the youngin'. Dansey, in turn, will have rather grand shoes to fill!

Doing Better

We're doing much better!

The vet comes back out today to complete the ppw for his travel. Should be ready to go for Jan 31!

Colic

He's ok- but we had a bit of a scare late Friday night.

http://marediaries.tumblr.com/post/2888450527/friday-night-scare

He got the full treatment, and seems to be recovered.

Send good thoughts to our boy! Though colic is not funny, I did joke with J and say maybe this is his way of saying how he feels about becoming an American in the near future.

Conceptionbydesign

So, Amy, the J & M coordinator/volunteer extraordinaire for J & M was able to read Dansey's freeze brand, and subsequently, find out who he really is. (eternally thankful! YOU ROCK!)

Here is her post: http://marediaries.tumblr.com/post/2880625193/danseys-pedigree-and-info

Our boy is Conceptionbydesign- the son of a $1.7M winner, Grinfromeartoear. In general, he's got an awesome pedigree with lots of $ winners (daddy), harness racing horse of the year (grand-daddy), Hall of Famer's (grand-dad on Mom's side).

His full pedigree is here: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/conceptionbydesign

Our boy is also quite young- not even 3 yet. His birthday is April 14th, 2008. I'm glad to know this as I can tailor his training and development to that of a young 3 year old.

It always amazes me how horses like him fall through the cracks and end up at auction.

I'm also wondering if a name change is in order. His name at J & M is "Dansey", which I like, but I can see people making fun of him, which is why I changed it to Danney. However, now I know his registered name. I'm contemplating "Desi" too. I guess I'm going to wait until I meet him and see his personality. Maybe it'll be none of these and something else.

Monday Jan 31?

I'm as giddy as a school girl. We're looking at Monday, Jan 31, to be the day Danney comes home.

I'm going to call the US border people tomorrow to make sure the vet will be at the Sumas crossing in the morning.

Just for fun, I added a count down clock to the blog. -->

Weeeeeeee!

Good News!

Just got word that Danney's traveling papers will be ready on Tuesday. Now we just have to work out a hauling date for both parties.

Hoorah!