9pm or so she has started blowing a lot. She was rubbing her butt on the wall and later stood with her butt firmly pressed against the wall for quite a while. She laid down, sternal for a while, appearing uncomfortable, but not miserable. She did a big roll and jumped up. Tail went up, we thought it was time to poo, but she didn't. She's holding her tail very high often and swishing it a lot. Almost wagging it like a dog.
10:40
She's also started rubbing her teeth on the wall. She's pacing a considerable amount and is standing in the weirdest positions. Back feet really close, one back leg up and the other bent far, like a one legged squat... Things like that. Mom has declared this is the night and I refuse to agree because I'm tired of this horse proving us wrong.
11:44 I can't survive many more days of this. She's acting the same. She hasn't laid down again. She's currently resting in her naughty corner. She hasn't visited it for a while. This is the first time she's stood still for a while. Probably stopped labor. I'll update again in a month when she foals. I won't be able to form words by then, much less type, so good luck interpreting her foaling story.
11-12 I'm actually typing this on Sunday evening. Things got crazy and I only updated Facebook and not here. Around this time, Don't started getting really crazy. All the aforementioned signs were multiplied by 1572 and she finally convinced me tonight was the night. Mom, Ashley, and I were glued to the monitor watching.
12ish with her tail held high, (she'd been holding it up a ton anyway, she shoved her butt near a wall so we couldn't see well. (She was standing). Don't get super excited, yet. No baby, but she pooped. The thing is, it appeared to be liquid poop. Maybe this means nothing to you, but in my vast experience of watching YouTube and mare stare for 3 weeks, I knew this was often a sign that water breaking was imminent. I'd already shared this delightful knowledge with anyone who would listen, so naturally we all freaked out the tiniest bit. Coats and shoes were thrown on and we headed for the door. Time to go to the barn.
We stopped. Took a breath and thought about it. We didn't want to interrupt too early. We all decided to wait. We called my sister and told her it was time for her to come home (she was about 15 minutes away). We continued watching and Don't got increasingly restless. Then, out of nowhere (and completely unlike him to do randomly in the middle of the night) the donkey brayed. Don't wasn't affected a whole lot, but she definitely took a step backwards as far as labor goes. This happened again about an hour later. She slowed down again.
Then, the dogs in the other side of the barn started barking to go outside. It was all downhill from there. She slowly became less interesting to watch and eventually was content napping.
No baby.
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