Munch's Homecheck...And This Week's Happenings

Yesterday we went to visit Munch to see how he's getting on at his new home.  Pete and Stella have done a good job of staying on top of his weight.  Munch is the same weight as he was when he left us...so he's lost a bit of winter fur and put on a tiny bit of weight...but that's very good considering Munch lives up to his name in terms of his appetite.  He's laminitis free at the moment and sound on large railway type gravel.  Hopefully Stella will be able to get out with Munch a bit more and enjoy riding along the Devon lanes!

Munch on the move!

Earlier in the week we had a bit of a challange...The ponies' quarterly shipment of bedding was due to arrive...but early on Tuesday morning, the lorry driver rang to say that although we'd specified a 7.5 tonne lorry to make the delivery (to fit down the lanes), the driver had been sent out with the bedding on his 26 tonne lorry (eek!).  Ted, Jenny, Hazel-Ann and Graham soon had the situation under control.  The lorry driver managed to drop the delivery at the bottom of the driveway.  Thankfully he managed to catch his trolley and it's load of bedding because it rolled off down the hill whilst he was operating the tail-lift controls!  With Ted on the tractor and Hazel-Ann and Graham in charge of loading and stacking, the delivery was stored away in no time at all.

Making first contact with Topsy

Getting ready for headcollaring

Topsy's coping well without dear Tufty.  She has settled well and is very comfortable with her companions.  Faye has worked with Topsy again this week.  Topsy still has a particularly strong trauma trigger half way down her nose where the headcollar noseband sits.  The triggers on the end of her nose have pretty much disappeared now but there's still a way to go until they are all overcome.

We're looking forward to reading an article about p4p and our campaigning work in the Veterinary Nursing Times - thanks to Assistant Editor, Emma Cooper, who got in touch this week for an interview!

We must say another thank you to Ted, because he and Faye spent the majority of today computerising the p4p accounts.  We've been wanting to do this for a while so it's great to have it very nearly finished!

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