Moving Day Quickly Approaches:
In just a few short days we leave our home in Arizona of seven years to head to the grassy, humid east coast of Mansfield, GA. We are both excited and apprehensive at the same time. Tom has been off traveling around for work while I am left behind to take care of getting the alpacas and dogs ready for the upcoming move.
Of course things could not go smoothly without some alpaca drama. Two weekends ago I went outside with Tom to give Eros his CDT shot. While Eros while trying to run away from Tom he got his foot stuck in the field fencing. He panicked as Tom got closer to help and when Tom got his foot free I noticed Eros was bleeding. Sure enough he had torn his left back toenail right at the top of the nail bed where it meets his skin. Poor thing. Well with treatment and separation from the other boys except his pal, Apollo, Eros never caught an infection and has improved greatly. The nail is still there, but I expect it to fall off once the new nail begins to grow and push it off.
The plan is to take most of the alpacas to Cienega Creek for agistment. The first trip to GA Tom will take the 4 maremmas, Max our min pin, and 5 adult male alpacas. I will be driving behind him with a trailer full of equipment and Dutchess, my American Bulldog.
The five male alpacas have their health certs, all dogs are ready to travel except Max who I take to the vet today to get his rabies shot updated. Tomorrow I do herd management to update all shots and trim toe nails.
Tom comes home tomorrow night and he has a ton of work to do before we leave with finishing up home repairs and getting the trucks in working order.
I’m tired, stressed, and simply can’t wait to get this entire move over with. Once I get to the new home (pictured above with a view of one of the pastures) there is a ton of clean up to do with starting with the house and barn that have been empty since December. The pastures are overgrown and need to be mowed down. We need some more fencing to keep house dogs away from guard dogs and alpacas. The list goes on and on, but we will make it work.
