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A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal. Proverbs 12:10 (NIV)
All of my
animals are registered and extremely gentle in spirit. Here is a little
story on each of them how them came to
One day at
a Festival my daughter was very hurt by a friend. As a mom I was looking
for ways to ease the hurt she felt and dry the tears from her eyes.
She kept going back and forth to a 4-H exhibit and riding
COCO AND KEYSTER: Coco and
Keyster were my first minis! I got them on Thanksgiving Day and have been
thanking God for them ever since. They were purchased from Theresa Puckett
at Crooked Creek Ranch in Galatin, TN. Coco was pregnant when we purchased
her. Keyster was newly weaned. I didn't know much about them and
didn't know it would hurt Coco for Keyster to occasionally nurse
her. (being that I tandum nursed myself!) Coco lost her baby one week
after purchase. The vet seems to think the stress of moving and Keyster
nursing caused her to miscarry. It was a very sad day at the farm when
this happened and we buried our first little foal fully formed close to the
house with a scripture on the tombstone that read, "Watch the animals and they
will teach you." Coco indeed DID teach us all that donkeys are very
sensitive because tears were in her eyes. I will never forget how she
reacted and how she bravely went forward like animals do. Theresa,
being the awesome donkey owner she is, bred Coco again for me much later and she
is now in foal for 2008 and doing great! Lesson
learned.
God Bless Coco!
Keyster is our designated "Yard Donkey".
There doesn't seem to be a pen he can't get out of which has given him the
nickname, Houdini! So we gave in and let him just stay in the yard and
kids have "poop duty" daily! When my husband travels, Keyster is allowed
inside. Sorry, honey! God Bless Keyster.
SILVER DOLL: Silver Doll is a
miniature palomino spotted horse. She was a rescue horse given to me by my
cousin. The person he got her from had put a halter on her at birth and
left it on even though Silver Doll was growing. When she came to us, she
bit and kicked and no one could touch her. It took three men to hold her
while we peeled off the halter and doctored it with salve. I continued to
doctor her throughout one entire winter and by spring time she was fully trained
and gentle to handle. All she needed was love. I gave her to my
neice, Kinley and she continues to live here at Amazing Grazers. In
another year or so, she will be our mule mom. God Bless Silver
Doll!
LITTLE JOE: Little Joe is a
miniature pony, 13 years old. I was standing at an auction one day beside
this man talking and looking around. His son rode up on Little Joe and
told me he could pull a cart and ride 100lbs or less! Needless to say, I
came home that day with Little Joe complete with harness and cart. My
husband was a little surprised to say the least but now loves him. Little
Joe has been entertaining parties, festivals and parades and will continue to do
so. He is very gentle. God Bless Little Joe.
One day my neice and daughter told me that it
wasn't right for Little Joe and Silver Doll to live together and not be
married! After much explaining that didn't seem to do any good, we had a
horse wedding! Crazy I know, but the kids loved it. It was complete
with veil and tie and top hat. My sister made corsages out of apples and
carrots and my brother in law sang! It was priceless and you may see part
of the ceremony here:
Oh yea, we are all about the fun!
JACK: Jack is our residing
"father of our mules". I found Jack through our Ferrier, Jeff
Porter. He went from a field of mares to our field with Harvey! Boy
was he ever upset!ha We are now using him to be the dad to our future mini
mules. Jack is VERY gentle and loving and can't wait to complete his
calling in life! Jack has warded off coyotes which makes him even more
precious to us! God Bless Jack!
LUCY: Lucy is a miniature horse
and to be the first lady of the mule part of our farm. I was on the
internet one day looking for mini farms and one popped up about 4 miles from my
house that I didn't even know about! I visited LittleSteppers
Miniature Horse Farm immediately and met David and Christine Chambers and what a
blessing they have been to me. She sold me this lovely lady even though
Lucy was very special to her. Lucy is a gentle and loving soon to be
mom! God Bless Lucy!
ROCKY and the girls: We
purchased this guy and gals from Rural King one Easter and hince our egg
supply! The girls work hard keeping us in eggs and Rocky works hard
fertilizing them and being the king of his castle! He also serves as our
guard rooster when strangers come around!
God Bless our chickens!
DUCE: Duce is a Yellow Lab
that was given to us by a friend my husband works with. I was NOT a dog
person when this happened! I guess it was fair since I surprise my husband
all the time with new equine, he surprised me with Duce! I went to pick
this dog up one morning in Orlando, Florida at 5:00am. It was still dark
(keep in mind I was still NOT a dog person) and I had to keep reminding myself
that I love my husband, I love my husband, I love my husband! Duce got in
the back seat and as we are driving down Interstate 4, he jumped in my lap
licking my face. Long story short, I love this dog with all my heart and
would fight anyone for him! He made a dog lover out of me! He eats,
sleeps and lives in our home and is a great protector of our family. God
Bless Duce!
