Tex is moving to Louisiana

Tex is moving to Louisiana this Saturday, 8 days before I'm moving there too. He will live in husband's parents' green pastures with LOTS of grass, and I plan to see him very often. I will be living about 10 miles away, but in the town of Jackson, LA, there is little to no traffic to worry about.

Tex's surgery was scheduled for today, but since he's going to be making the 8 hour trip with husband's brother on Saturday, I decided to cancel the surgery. I can't imagine that it would be very good for the stitches to bounce around that much on the trip. I'm sad that I have to go 8 whole days without seeing him, but I know that he'll be SOOO happy to have all that green grass, and possibly some new friends. He'll be traveling with Taz, husband's 1/2 paint, 1/4 arabian, 1/4 quarter horse (if you use your math skills, you'll figure out that those numbers total only ONE horse!). Since Tex is traveling, Monday I loaded and unloaded him into the stock trailer several times to make sure he wouldn't make a fuss about it. He did wonderfully, but doesn't know how to back yet- on the ground or in the trailer. So, I took him out of the trailer and tried the Craig Cameron method of teaching him to back- tapping his front feet with the stick until he backed. However, it was late and I was impatient, so it wasn't our most productive lesson. When I'm feeling impatient, tired, hungry, or especially a combination of all three, I've learned that it's best not to try to train!

The move details have been a bit overwhelming lately- I'm actually moving 21 days ahead of schedule, which makes for a very short time to pack! TM