As usual, life has been so crazy!! Michael has been working even more hours at work, and I've started working at the horse barn! I've had some pretty great experiences out there, but I think I'll save that for another post.

So, since you're already here, I'm sure you're just dying to hear about all the other cool stuff I've been doing instead of blogging, hmm?

Well, I've learned about carcass grading for both cattle and sheep. If you're normal, you are probably mentally screaming "ewwww!" right now. We first looked at the live animals and estimated what we thought the carcass values would be, and then we evaluated the actual carcasses. It isn't my favorite thing to do, but it does help you understand what a good animal should be and what you're actually eating.

Last week I practiced (under vet supervision of course) giving injections to horses. They were all intramuscular, so it wasn't very difficult, and all the horses behaved well. Afterward, my class got to watch a horse have his teeth floated, which is something I've never seen before! Nowadays they have an electric floater that looks a lot like a drill, so there's less pain and damage to the horse's mouth afterward.

My pigs are so excited for Halloween… can't you tell?