Fwd: not so good

 

 

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From: Bleurs@aol.com
To: asiwalkedoutdonkeys.blogspot.com@aol.com
Sent: 15/06/2010 13:21:11 GMT Daylight Time
Subj: not so good

 

archie has a rub mark

we had to abandon the cart at a friends house and so we went home feeling pretty gutted.

we dont know why he has a rub, it is from the collar and he has two raw patches on his neck

small but we knew we had to stop straight away in case they got bigger.

Suddenly it wasn't fun any more and we all felt gutted.

The donkeys are so lovely and it is so so important to get it right , as piers pointed out they are the only (apart from jasper and my kids!) non-consensual beings there , the panic has now started to set in why did it rub, it hadnt before and we really need to pull the cart.

A  frantic day on the phone yesterday spoke to some great people, really friendly and helpful.

We have discovered a collar called the empathy collar and have ordered one.

Please god, it comes tomorrow it looks good, but we are now two days down on training and I think piers and I starting to feel really truly stressed.

Endless lists, risk assesments, was actually rude to some friends yesterday as I couldn't bear to hear their light conversation, al I have mental time for is facts , straight to the point, not great for my marriage or friendships,endless concerns about donkeys, hooves, hair (not just my own!) and width of gates.

house also falling to pieces, upstairs toilet is leaking and stinks cant find a plumber to fix it

oh well, maybe get used to the smell of urinals, jasper endlessly scratching have de-flead him so often Im surprised he hasnt been poisoned

five days to go

this time next week

sort of great and shit!!

sarah