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Earlier this week, our two vets came back and took new blood samples of Arwen and Sahara, to see how the equine piroplasmosis treatment had turned out. We felt a change this past weekend, when Ali told us that the girls had given him a hard time earlier in the morning because they were so […]
Although our horses have had their periods of ups and downs ever since we bought them from the bush, I have always considered us to be so lucky for never having had any serious diseases. As long as they eat well and act according to their individual characters, all is well.
Some two weeks ago, we […]
When our friend Altiné told us that Sahara’s boyfriend Rio was in town, we immediately told him to bring him over so that he could meet our girls! After all, Sahara is expecting some time end of January, and we wanted to see what how the future foal’s father (who just went from colt to […]
Today, Isolde is officially 2 months old!
It truly feels as if we’ve known her forever!
Isolde’s first day in life (September 2008)
I can’t believe it’s already been eight weeks since she popped out of her mother’s belly. In those past weeks, she has grown so much! One her second day, she measured 83 cm in […]
I am turning a year older today, and what better than to post an entry about the day when we introduced Isolde to the track just a few weeks ago?
It was a fun day, because all the other Garvis presently in Niger came out too see her!
And I got to do some fun introductions within […]
Despite being taken out on daily rides, our race horses sometimes get too restless… And when Sahara’s energy level is so high it’s about to turn into destructive (or rude) behaviour, I let her out of the horse pen and let her run a few laps around the house, which she does with a passion! […]
Siestas at Ishtar’s Ark are wonderful laid-back quality time moments…
Anette and I are fortunate to have such good-tempered lively animals that add so much joy and quality to our lives!
For the first few weeks after arriving in Zinder, I had to keep a careful eye on our somewhat optimistic Rhodesian Ridgeback pup, so that she […]
Two weeks ago, we took our girls out for a nice little ride, with Isolde tagging along next to Arwen.
With our weeks filled with work, the weekends are for riding!
Here’s what the bush looks like through the my very green mobile phone camera lense, but lol, it’s better than nothing!
And here is little Isolde keeping […]
For five weeks, a little filly slept alone next to her gentle mother, but yesterday, something different happened!
… Isolde got company! It wasn’t for the whole night, but for a good half an hour in the evening as we were saying goodnight to all our pets.
The body language is crystal clear: “Hey you! Don’t drop […]
Our little Sheba is very brave, and we have yet to see anything that will frighten this young Rhodesian Ridgeback pup of eleven weeks of age.
Some things in life however do require a certain amount of respect and precaution, which Sheba sometimes lacks. Not wanting to take the chance of her learning a devastating life-lesson […]
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