With each new season comes new challenges. Oh they are probably the same old challenges you had last year this time, but we forget and they become new again.

With the end of winter, we remove the blankets, and sheets to reveal the surprises left behind. We marvel at the amount of hair we can eat and get in our eyes, nose, and ears. Not to mention all over our clothes, and how does it get into our underwear?

We notice flaky skin, rot of some sorts, and only God knows what else. It’s so hard to give them a good grooming with all that winter coat, and now it’s time to scrub-a-dub-dub. Down here it’s easy because we are up in the 70’s and 80’s, but watching your horse shiver up north usually upsets everyone.

Then the next wonder of wonders – mud. Mud everywhere. Next stop, foot rot, scratches, dew poisoning, you get the picture. Don’t you just love the suck your boots off type of mud. I remember Hunting up north and one of the horses always came home missing shoes. This gets old real quick.

The only thing I can say is “Enjoy the perfect (maybe rainy) weather”, because from here we move into heat and bugs. Especially great for the non-sweaters.

There are four season, and a multitude of challenges with each, but there are more wonderful times to be spent with the animals we love.

Enjoy!