Jenny Foal

From my bathroom I noticed that Dollie was pacing and looking over to Rosie's paddock rather than watching Mike walk down the drive to get the paper. It was the morning of Sunday, March 2nd and we all strolled down to let the chickens out and feed the horses. Hannah noticed something odd looking in Rosie's paddock; She thought it was a goat but then realized we don't have goats. Sure enough it was Dollies baby 10 days early. Dollie had her foal between 7 am and 8am that morning in the corner of the paddock. The foal slipped between the post and the barn and ended up in Rosie's paddock. When we found the foal, Dollie was pacing back and forth along the fence and Rosie, being the sweetie she is, was gentle and curious.

Dollie would not let the foal nurse because her bags of milk were tender. Between Mike and I were able to hold Dollie and help the foal nurse. The foal was an early surprise and we were not completely ready. That day Dad fixed the larger openings in the fence. We are very fortunate that no harm came to her that morning. Spirit was watching over her!

When Daniel saw Jenny the first words out of his mouth were "oh, mom she's beautiful... we can't sell her". That night he asked how much we were going to sell her for with every intention of buying her. She is beautiful, athletic and most important has the sweetest personality... she is a keeper so Daniel can save his money for his ocean liner he is going to build some day:)

The foals registered name is Genuine Sunday Surprise and her barn name is Jenny. Just like our other horses, she is a quarter horse. She melts my heart when she greets us with her high pitch foal whinny and attempts to stick her fuzzy nose over the stall door.