I like to take care of horses. One of my horses is pregnant. This is my first time dealing with a pregnant horse. My husband likes to play football with my brother. My brother is in the NFL. My husband played high school football. My husband was in high school about 10 years ago.
I would be terrible at playing football with your husband. I don't know how to handle pregnant horses. My dog is bipolar. My dog takes a pill twice daily for his bipolar which makes him less energetic also.
My pregnant horse looks about ready to foal anytime now. What do you do from here? That must be an incredible experience! We have vet ready to help us out. We just need to pay attention about when to call him. He totally guides you through over the phone? No, he'll come here, although the horses can do it without human help. It's safer with human intervention. Did you know horse pregnancy lasts nearly one year? That long? I do suppose they grow much larger! That's crazy! What role does a human play in the birth? Guiding things? Mostly humans are there to guide and keep an eye on things, yes. And to comfort the mare. A lot of animal births in the wild end badly. It's good that she will have some support from you. I can imagine that comfort being really important. You're doing a great thing in helping the process along! I admire that! It's awesome but also a bit daunting. Is your dog female? Could she have puppies? I can only imagine. That's so much responsibility. As for my dog, it's a boy, he probably won't. With his medicine lowering his energy and all I don't think I'll be having any puppers anytime soon unfortunately. There's a real problem with dog overpopulation anyway. And they have litters, unlike horses, who have one foal. Can you imagine that many horses at once? Oh my!