Its almost foaling time....

It has been an amazing month so far. The weather has been warm and breezy, the barn yard is slowly drying up and Daya has been loving it. She enjoyed being pampered yesterday as I sprayed a white vinegar mix on her stained spots, sponged her down with some whitening shampoo and sprayed her off. Its beyond me how to get the yellow look out of her tail... but I was very happy with the end result (Of course I didn't have my camera with me!).

She has done really well with being saddled everyday. I've had her cinched up about 10 times now, no bucking, not even a single crow hop. She still gets fidgety and unsure sometimes when I first start cinching her up but it is all still new to her so this is expected. She is really handling everything very well, especially with her being so sensitive to things. The only problem areas I'm having is getting her used to my foot touching her belly as I put my foot in the stirrup. We are taking baby steps though and she is doing a really good so far.

I do have some great updates as far as foaling! Daya's belly dropped last week and started bagging up Sunday night. The area around her tail head is mushy, her vulva is dropping a little and this morning I noticed a subtle change in the muscles around her hindquarters. I'm thinking her cervix is starting to open up! Hoping to have a foal on the ground within a week!

She hasn't bagged up very much but everything else is pointing towards dropping this foal!