Ive been very busy today I mucked out,scrubbed and filled water buckets,filled haynets then had a good sweep up.
After this I did feet.Polo first, seems like there's very little to do with him these days other than take a bit of wall height off and balance them so was done pretty quickly.
AliG came running to the gate when I first brought Polo in but by the time i'd finished his feet Alig was off grazing in the field so I went and brought him and did his feet.His heels needed loads off again and his frogs required a fair bit of tidying up.He was fab while I did the front two but got a bit fidgity while doing the hind's threatened to go down again at one point which he got wrong for..foot still recovering after the last time!
I then tacked him up and we went out for a hack he tried to turn a couple of times going down the lane,I pushed him on and gave him a tap on the shoulder he was trying to turn.He was really good for the rest of the ride..granted slower going out than coming back but thats a work in progress.He was exceptionally good going past the riding school's arena as a horse was turned out in it and it was going balistic bucking and tearing about...absolutely no reaction from Ali.
Further along the lane someone had dumped a fridge/freezer he stopped when he spotted it looked but approached it with encouragement had a sniff then carried on.We trotted most of the way home as it was freezing and starting to hailstone.
Big difference from Polo he passed the fridge/freezer with no reaction on the way back,Polo would still shy even after having a good look and sniff at it!
One thing I learned today is that Ali responds to a tap on the shoulder much more than behind the leg he almost seems to resent it when you use it to back your leg up.
They are both back out tonight Polo with a full neck rug Ali in a summer sheet..he is far too fat!
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Happy Easter.
Did you get any chocolate eggs?
Oh cruel Mummy, horsey without a warm rug ^-^ The same for Linda, she is not fat, but she is not clipped. so only light waterproof rug.
It is snowing and freezing here :-(
George has only got a thin rug on - he seems perfectly happy.
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Tucker was a bit like that about the whip at first. Now I can use it at my leg, but not too dramatically.
Pretty impressive about the fridge. AliG is definitely a good "work in progress." *S*
Mmmmm yes Muriel I got a couple half way through the flake one now yumyum:)))
I'd take his rug off completely but his coat is unbelieveably soft and if he got wet it wouldnt give him much protection.
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