Yes that does say Ali..he absolutely had a field day yesterday trashing his rug!
I brought them in took his rug off and hung it over the stable door to hang up when I was finished brushing him walked away totally forgetting the rug, poo picked and did a few jobs.He'd pulled rug in the stable and obviously had a great time.Luckily he'd only managed to shred the lining and pull out some of the filling so I took a deep breath and drove to my Mum's to get a repair job done.Mum did quite a good job and said she'll get a full sheet of lining in Town and re-line the rug.My own fault really cos he plays with everything but the rug is less than a week old and not a cheap one,he'd already ripped the neck cos he seems to spend half his time rolling in the mud:0
Trouble is ive been spoilt because Polo really takes care of his rugs so ive bought expensives ones knowing they last him for years,AliG is in need of a heavyweight one if they are wintering out but im starting to re-assess the amount i'll be spending on it!
Had nice couple of rides on Polo over the weekend,my brother came out yesterday with all the dogs in tow which was fun. The GSD nearly had me off bouncing out of a bush when Polo wasnt expecting it so he did 180degree spin..well 4dogs is a lot for him to keep track of:)))
Not sure if I mentioned AliG was going through a difficult patch with his feet again but he's been picking them up nicely this week.
He rather bonded to Polo now and shouts whenever we ride or if Polo comes in without him,if Polo is eating out of a hay pile Ali has to eat out of 'that' hay pile too :)
Our field shelter is up and running, we moved all the hay and boarded it out still waiting for the tractor to come out (told you YO takes forever to do anything!) but they still have enough room to get in out of the rain and have been happily using it.M found them both fast asleep in there yesterday morning when she put Ellie out,reckons Polo nearly shot through the roof when she popped her head round:)
Might try and get a few pics of them in it this week....
7 comments:
Ha ha! Had to giggle - you soon learn the ones that you can't leave anything in with, don't you? A friend of mine made the mistake of leaving a brand new set of WOOF boots in with her horse - :-) She got the only lace WOOF boots in town!
C
horseloverz.com has some pretty nice turnout blankets for pretty reasonable prices. Although they can still get trashed, it doesn't quite hurt as much.
Lovely mom. One time mine pieced together an expensive wool cooler my Boys had ripped to shreds. I kept it for years afterwards as a tribute to her sewing skills and patience.
Chance tore the arms off my winter jacket right in front of me--fortunately I was not in it at the time. No shame at all.
odd isn't it. Molly never bothers with hers, and the lightweights are hung up in her stable; her mother couldn't be trusted to be left with a rug that wasn't on her back.
trip to horseworld soonest, i reckon, for the cheapest rugs around (that's about half way between me and nicola...). Or down to haswell, they're cheap, and you could pay us a visit.
Are you going to harrogate week saturday or sunday?
I realise its the sensible option BUT I hate cheapy rugs on my neds:-0.I can walk around in primark clothes but my my boys must be well dresses at all times:-))))
Mum bought some filling and lining today so she's going to give the rug a full overhaul.
Polo used to play with everything if you left it in the stable but ive gradually built it up and he's ok now.
Not sure if I mentioned but Ali nearly hung M the other day.She was taking Polo's rug off and Ali leant over the wall (the stable walls arent full height) and grabbed the back of her coat and picked her up..oops!;0 He's extremely strong in his neck.
Horseworld is brill isnt it!
Yes im going to Harrogate probably on the Sunday but not 100% sure yet depends on M (hubby problems!)..are you going?
What's going on at Harrogate???
C
caroline, the northern equine event, demos by geoff billington, heather & max (together) and a.n.other, an eventer whose name escapes me. Plus shopping, of course. £9 on the door.
Nicola, yes, haven't decided which day. heather & max are on at 10.45 a.m. whichever day.
Oliver Townsend..herecently bought a couple of Ryan & partner's eventers,i'll be interested to see if they are there and how they are going?
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