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A couple of weeks ago we had our "5 month old Bonnie," photo shoot with Annaliese Moyer the professional photographer from Portland Oregon. I knew by now (this was the third shoot to chronicle Bonnie's progress as she grew) that Annaliese was very good but she outdid herself and under somewhat difficult circumstances.

Right off it will help if you know that elk and deer figure prominently in Bonnie's life, and her mother's as well. The site for the barn we built for Altea before she foaled is r… Continue

Bonnie Explores The Deep Dark Forest

Exploring the deep dark woods, with Momma and The Old Man.

Today Bonnie was particularly energetic when I took her and Altea out for Altea's circle work on the back meadow. More on Altea, who had a wonderful day too, later in her own Daily Training Diary.

Bonnie was squealing as she flew around through the woods beyond the little meadow, jumping her brush pile, doing huge gigantic sliding stops, with roll backs. Lots of dancing around mom Altea and… Continue

Altea's saga continues.

Recently mother to Bonalaria, (Bonny) a pretty and healthy filly (Feb 22nd), Altea's trip from her original home in Salmon Idaho, to her current home, built for her and her foal, through bad health with Insulin Resistance and special low carb diet, through a long recovery from laminitis Altea's story continues.

So what does the old man have in store for her?

Well, her IR condition demands not only special feeding but exercise, and the old man can walk about .75 mile be… Continue

Bonnie has an equine form of diaper rash. She apparently lacked enough of the right enzymes for digesting mom's milk properly and developed a burn around her butt. We've treated the problem with some probiotics (two) from the vet, which she learned quickly to like and sucked from the tubes.

Thus there was minimal restraint only for a few minutes at the first treatment.


As for her little butt burn, we treat it like diaper rash with A+D Zinc Oxide (is there a mother here that's not heard of tha… Continue

Day before yesterday Her Royal Cuteness the Princess Bonalaria appeared for her portrait session celebrating her third week of life. Attending were the Reduxes, Don and Kate. Bonnie was resplendent in her shiny fur coat.

These photos are protected by copyright, and I have the permission of the artist to display them.

I find it interesting how Portland Oregon's Annaliese, the artist that captured these images, draws out so much from the subject. Both the combination of wild abandon of carefree… Continue