Everyone seems to have settled down nicely over the past few days, there was a definate distance between AliG and Polo after the Ellie 'incident'.Polo had been pretty much ignoring Ali and they werent grazing near to each other but today they had a chat over the stable wall and were close again when grazing.
Polo has had a couple of reasonably sedate rides(for him) since the vet came out,he obviously has the token spooks!;)Today we were out with the YO on her pony and Jo on Ellie he was torn between leading, which he usually does but then worrying about the pony getting near to Ellie so kept grinding to a halt waiting to check nothing was going on then walking on again.He also pretended a leaf rustling was soooo terrifiying he just had to try and take off which just happened to be across a field heading home!
AliG was long reined on Fri with Jo's help ..no problems.
He looked really bored over the weekend actually when I turned him out Sunday he hung around at the gate while I finished off jobs as if to say 'well come on Ive done nothing today',he only walked off when I got in my car and started the engine...seems like the boy has a work ethic unlike someone else I know:0 Might ride him in the school tomorrow if its free.
Long rein AliG today as well, he was brill again.. even when some horse's started charging around the field we were going past,they seemed to find a horse being long reined and not ridden terribly exciting!?!
Tomorrow he's getting his feet trimmed again im hoping now that he's picking his feet up nicely he'l be easier on the poor woman.I have rasped twice since the first trim,his heels were so high and loads of flare on the hinds she didnt want to do too much in one go, when they are in balance I might take over and do them myself along with Polo's..its just finding the time!
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Busy, busy. Still it seems Polo, feeling better, is back to his old self, spooking at the monsters in the bushes. (As Tucker did with me the other day. *sigh*) Horses with "creative imaginations" are a real challenge.
And AliG continues to be as solid as a rock. What a contrast between the two.
Oh do you have a braefoot trimmer?
Which school of thoughts?
I love AliG more and more. Won't you get bored with a well-behaved, willing to work young horse :-p
Nanananere!
BTW 28 degrees is a normal temperature ... 37 is hot :-D
I was just saying to the trimmer today how pleased I am that they are so different.Ridden I couldnt get further ends of the spectrum but personality wise they are total opposites too.I really like it!!:)
Muriel ive trimmed Polo from day one by myself because there was no trimmers in the area.
Since then more people seem to have gone barefoot and although the trimmer has to travel quite a distance there is enough demand up here for her to do so.She has been following the AANHCP and has just finished her training but is now thinking of joining Pete Ramey's 'group'.This is the method thats always made the most sense to me.
I'll probably take over AliG eventually but at the moment two to trim ontop of everything else is just too much!
AliG was alot better today anyway not perfect but much improved.
Didnt get to ride time trimmer got finished but will ride Polo tomorrow and long rein Ali Thursday as ive recruited a work colleague to walk out with us:)))
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