Yesterday was hot. Today was hot. TW and Boblet spent loads of time chilling at the yard, some with the dogs and some without. We nommed hay and grass and mooched about.
Today TW made us special perfume. It was cold tea, lavender, tea tree, bergamot and bog myrtle. Stinky. I let her spray me all over. The others weren't so keen. We've not done any riding this weekend but TW says thats ok cos we have been relaxing. We got excited when we thought we might get into the paddocks with the grass but it was a trick. We aren't so fussed about the hay at the moment though, Boblet said we shouldn't get it any more but TW says he talks rubbish.
Anyhoo, the random bowls of shizzle keep appearing. The spirulina keeps going down but no-one is sure who is eating it. Brewers yeast seems to be the favourite at the moment , it's another thing that TW thought might help Brack. He ain't interested though.
This afternoon some of the chiddlers came to play. We just stayed grazing. Sounded like they were having fun though.
Sunday, 9 April 2017
Friday, 7 April 2017
relax
Yesterday I had a day off. Today I had a day off. The sun has been shining and the flies have been shitty. My tummy has felt good though. The flirting and the squirting from Mikka, Lyra and Dilly has been a bit much and Brack's fly aversion is stressing him out muchly.
Anyhoo, TW and Jez had a little play this morning. Jezey is one strong beasty but she is trying her hardest to be a good girl. We had hay this morning and some yea sac. TW tried to convince Brack to have his rug on but he was not interested. It made TW sad cos she was worried about his itchiness. She offered us some spirulina too but no-one wanted it.
In the afternoon she reappeared with Boblet and the dawgs and 5 new feed tubs. She put out brewers yeast, marshmallow, salt, equishure and spirulina. I nommed the brewers yeast and the girls mooched round the rest. Lyra and Dilly ended up with green noses. Then TW chatted to a lady on the phone who is going to come and visit me and Bracken and see if she can help us with some herbal stuff. Then we mostly slept in the sunshine.
Anyhoo, TW and Jez had a little play this morning. Jezey is one strong beasty but she is trying her hardest to be a good girl. We had hay this morning and some yea sac. TW tried to convince Brack to have his rug on but he was not interested. It made TW sad cos she was worried about his itchiness. She offered us some spirulina too but no-one wanted it.
In the afternoon she reappeared with Boblet and the dawgs and 5 new feed tubs. She put out brewers yeast, marshmallow, salt, equishure and spirulina. I nommed the brewers yeast and the girls mooched round the rest. Lyra and Dilly ended up with green noses. Then TW chatted to a lady on the phone who is going to come and visit me and Bracken and see if she can help us with some herbal stuff. Then we mostly slept in the sunshine.
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Sleepy
TW was super sleepy when she arrived at the yard this morning. We were all lined up waiting by the gate for her which surprised her. She chucked us our hay about but it wasn't the best bale. We still started nomming it though.
It was a lovely sunny quiet day. TW decided it was a nice day for another try so she got me out of the field and let me nom some more and gave me a nice brush and massaged my stifles. I had a bit of mycosorb but didn't want the equishure. Then she got my tack on. Fourth day on the trot.
Anyhoo, she popped on board by the stables and I backed up and turned round. TW took a deep breathe and turned me. Left. I did it. And we stood together and breathed deeply. TW said she only wanted me to try and walk round the boulder and back. I sighed. She wiggled the stick and off we went. Nice and relaxed. By the donkeys she felt me hesitate and before I turned she made me stop and we stood and breathed again. And strode on round the boulder and back. She was so happy. Dafty. Back at the field I had a mooch and a nibble by the car and then went back in with the dudes. And spent the rest of the day chilling. I think Jez was a bit miffed that she didn't get out today.
It was a lovely sunny quiet day. TW decided it was a nice day for another try so she got me out of the field and let me nom some more and gave me a nice brush and massaged my stifles. I had a bit of mycosorb but didn't want the equishure. Then she got my tack on. Fourth day on the trot.
Anyhoo, she popped on board by the stables and I backed up and turned round. TW took a deep breathe and turned me. Left. I did it. And we stood together and breathed deeply. TW said she only wanted me to try and walk round the boulder and back. I sighed. She wiggled the stick and off we went. Nice and relaxed. By the donkeys she felt me hesitate and before I turned she made me stop and we stood and breathed again. And strode on round the boulder and back. She was so happy. Dafty. Back at the field I had a mooch and a nibble by the car and then went back in with the dudes. And spent the rest of the day chilling. I think Jez was a bit miffed that she didn't get out today.
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
persevere
Today was a day of many parts, and many bad words. TW came up early and chucked out the hay and tried to convince me that we should try another pootle. I declined. Multiple times. She decided that I was winding the others up by my running away from her skills so in the end went for Jez instead. Jez was a good girl and got up to the stables quite easily. TW was pleased. They managed a tiny way along the track before Jez got scared and then Jez came back. TW was sort of sad that Jez was scared but reasoned that she was being much better at coming away form the herd so that was good enough.
I decided I was ready then, so she caught me, brushed me and tacked me up. Nae bother. She got on me by the stables and off we went. Or not. I backed up and backed up and turned and backed up. We tried again. And again. And again. TW dropped her phone and I tried really hard to step on it and stamp on the mounting block. The air turned blue. She shouted and shouted and shouted. The girls were shocked and stood staring. I carried on nap nap nap. TW eventually jumped off, rescued her phone and moved the mounting block closer to the donkeys. She got back on. I nap nap napped and threatened to rear and napped some more. I refused to turn left but circled right and tried to trample the conifers. We went round and round and back and forward. We did not get past the donkeys. TW wanted to cry. I went back to the field and went to sleep.
Hoof lady came and Mikka was a good girl. Then Jez was a good girl too. Then I had mine done and I was a good boy and last but not least Misty was a very good girl. TW was confused cos my legs and tummy seem fine. Hoof lady says she thinks I just don't want to leave the girls. They are all super flirty squirty at the moment, Lyra is the worst!!
Anyhoo, TW went home and a wee while later she returned with Boblet and the dawgs. The dawgs went for a play with Boblet and TW decided she was going to take me for a walk. So she got me in and I was a good boy. So she tacked me up and I was a good boy. She found her purple glitter stick and took me for a walk past the donkeys and to the lambs. No problem. So she popped on me. No problem. And asked me to walk. Nap nap nap. We stopped and did some slow breathing and I napped some more. So she rode me down to the yard. No problem.
Tried to ride me back. Nap nap nap. "I do not even understand what you are getting out of this!!" muttered TW and wiggled her sparkly stick some more. I sighed and walked out of the yard, past the donkeys and to the lambs. TW was confused but very very pleased. The lambs were scary so we turned round and came back and she rubbed some oils on me and Boblet gave me a groom. I'm shattered.
I decided I was ready then, so she caught me, brushed me and tacked me up. Nae bother. She got on me by the stables and off we went. Or not. I backed up and backed up and turned and backed up. We tried again. And again. And again. TW dropped her phone and I tried really hard to step on it and stamp on the mounting block. The air turned blue. She shouted and shouted and shouted. The girls were shocked and stood staring. I carried on nap nap nap. TW eventually jumped off, rescued her phone and moved the mounting block closer to the donkeys. She got back on. I nap nap napped and threatened to rear and napped some more. I refused to turn left but circled right and tried to trample the conifers. We went round and round and back and forward. We did not get past the donkeys. TW wanted to cry. I went back to the field and went to sleep.
Hoof lady came and Mikka was a good girl. Then Jez was a good girl too. Then I had mine done and I was a good boy and last but not least Misty was a very good girl. TW was confused cos my legs and tummy seem fine. Hoof lady says she thinks I just don't want to leave the girls. They are all super flirty squirty at the moment, Lyra is the worst!!
Anyhoo, TW went home and a wee while later she returned with Boblet and the dawgs. The dawgs went for a play with Boblet and TW decided she was going to take me for a walk. So she got me in and I was a good boy. So she tacked me up and I was a good boy. She found her purple glitter stick and took me for a walk past the donkeys and to the lambs. No problem. So she popped on me. No problem. And asked me to walk. Nap nap nap. We stopped and did some slow breathing and I napped some more. So she rode me down to the yard. No problem.
Tried to ride me back. Nap nap nap. "I do not even understand what you are getting out of this!!" muttered TW and wiggled her sparkly stick some more. I sighed and walked out of the yard, past the donkeys and to the lambs. TW was confused but very very pleased. The lambs were scary so we turned round and came back and she rubbed some oils on me and Boblet gave me a groom. I'm shattered.
Monday, 3 April 2017
End on a good note
TW came on her own this morning cos the dawgs were all shattered from the weekend. She hayed us up and then took me out of the field. I came straight out. I got my own hay, had a brush and got my hooflets picked out and got half tacked up. TW was proud of me, she said I was lovely and relaxed.
Anyhoo, TW had her phone appointment while I nommed my hay and then I got the rest of my tack on and we got ready to go. Minus a few stirrups falling off and TW popped on, still nice and relaxed.
So, I walked forward then decided I was scared. The donkeys were wrestling and fecking about. I went backwards. I wiggled about. I tried my best to show I was scared. TW got scared too. We debated for ages. In the end TW sent a text message and we just sat there. Next thing teacher lady appeared on a nice grey boy. Fair enough I thought and followed them back to the road. TW laughed.
Down the road we went, me behind, side by side and my trying to get ahead. There were some proper eejits on the road today, driving too fast with rattly trailers. I wasn't bothered though. Down the road, round to the right then back to the teacher ladies yard. She popped off and we carried on. Past the big dog, through the electric gate then down the stoney drive. All on our own , nice and relaxed. Onto the road and along.
Half way along the road I stopped. And reversed. There was something bad on the right. TW turned me round and I started marching back down the road. SO we turned round again and marched back to the scary spot, I got a bit further and stopped again. So TW popped off and I had a big poo and we marched together back to our place. TW says she was so proud of me. Then she decided that maybe I could walk down the track this time on my own cos the donkeys had gone. So on the popped. Off we started. And I napped again. And again.
We went round and round and backwards and forward. I got to past the donkeys but that wasn't good enough so I got myself back to the gate! Ha! Then TW decided we should compromise and maybe I could just get back to my mounting block. We went round and round, closer and closer. So annoying!! SO I decided the best thing to do was stamp and paw on the conifers. TW was horrified! SO I did it some more. And some more. Eventually she laughed. Then when she laughed I got closer to the mounting block and off she popped. Always end of a good point.
Back in the field the girls were all flirty and squirty, I really couldnt be arsed with it. Later on in the day TW came back with the dawgs and we all had some sniffs of the new essential oils. Apart from Bracken who just ran off. We all mostly liked the bergamot and maybe the ylang ylang a bit. But mostly we liked the grass.
Anyhoo, TW had her phone appointment while I nommed my hay and then I got the rest of my tack on and we got ready to go. Minus a few stirrups falling off and TW popped on, still nice and relaxed.
So, I walked forward then decided I was scared. The donkeys were wrestling and fecking about. I went backwards. I wiggled about. I tried my best to show I was scared. TW got scared too. We debated for ages. In the end TW sent a text message and we just sat there. Next thing teacher lady appeared on a nice grey boy. Fair enough I thought and followed them back to the road. TW laughed.
Down the road we went, me behind, side by side and my trying to get ahead. There were some proper eejits on the road today, driving too fast with rattly trailers. I wasn't bothered though. Down the road, round to the right then back to the teacher ladies yard. She popped off and we carried on. Past the big dog, through the electric gate then down the stoney drive. All on our own , nice and relaxed. Onto the road and along.
Half way along the road I stopped. And reversed. There was something bad on the right. TW turned me round and I started marching back down the road. SO we turned round again and marched back to the scary spot, I got a bit further and stopped again. So TW popped off and I had a big poo and we marched together back to our place. TW says she was so proud of me. Then she decided that maybe I could walk down the track this time on my own cos the donkeys had gone. So on the popped. Off we started. And I napped again. And again.
We went round and round and backwards and forward. I got to past the donkeys but that wasn't good enough so I got myself back to the gate! Ha! Then TW decided we should compromise and maybe I could just get back to my mounting block. We went round and round, closer and closer. So annoying!! SO I decided the best thing to do was stamp and paw on the conifers. TW was horrified! SO I did it some more. And some more. Eventually she laughed. Then when she laughed I got closer to the mounting block and off she popped. Always end of a good point.
Back in the field the girls were all flirty and squirty, I really couldnt be arsed with it. Later on in the day TW came back with the dawgs and we all had some sniffs of the new essential oils. Apart from Bracken who just ran off. We all mostly liked the bergamot and maybe the ylang ylang a bit. But mostly we liked the grass.
Sunday, 2 April 2017
itch
It was a sunny Sunday today. TW and Boblet came up nice and early with the Lunatic, chucked us some hay and set about shovelling muck from the top yard into a trailer. It looked very boring. After 3 or 4 loads TW wanted a rest and decided to ride me while Boblet went for a walk with the dawg. She snuck up on me when I was nibbling and dozing and before I knew it I was tied to the stable with a bit of hay. I just snoozed.
Tack on, nice and chilled. TW said we could try and step on the road again today if we felt brave. I wasn't fussed. Before she got on by the donks she realised my stirrup had fallen off. Oops. Then when she got on the saddle slipped a bit and the stirrup fell off again. I didn't mind. So off she got and sorted me out and tried again. Then Boblet reappeared and tightened my girth again cos I'm a bit in between sizes at the moment.
Boblet said he would walk with us, so we mooched down the track nice and chilled. At the bottom TW asked him to wait for us cos we needed to go on the road a bit. Off we set. At the farm drive I thought we were turning round but TW said we could go a bit further today. When cars came past she made me stop and stroked me and made the cars go slow and all was good. We tootled a bit further to the next drive where I spied the ginger shetlands. So when the road was clear we turned round and started to tootle back. All of a sudden 3 cars started coming towards us so TW asked me to stop again while they drove past. After the first one I was bored so said cmon and off we went, back to Boblet and down the track. The Lambikins were bleddy scary though!! Boblet gave me a carrot when we got back and TW popped me back with the dudes. I made sure she gave me a good kiss too for being awesome.
Bracky was super itchy today. TW got him in a head lock while Boblet got a headcollar and then she sprayed him with tea tree oil and gave him carrots and scratches. He did not want his rug on. He spent most of the day in the shelter hiding from the flies. When TW and Boblet came back with all the dawgs he was hiding and TW tried to convince him to have a rug on. He ran off and ran round the field rolling and looking annoyed at midges. TW was sad so me and Lyra made her scratch us lots to distract her.
Tack on, nice and chilled. TW said we could try and step on the road again today if we felt brave. I wasn't fussed. Before she got on by the donks she realised my stirrup had fallen off. Oops. Then when she got on the saddle slipped a bit and the stirrup fell off again. I didn't mind. So off she got and sorted me out and tried again. Then Boblet reappeared and tightened my girth again cos I'm a bit in between sizes at the moment.
Boblet said he would walk with us, so we mooched down the track nice and chilled. At the bottom TW asked him to wait for us cos we needed to go on the road a bit. Off we set. At the farm drive I thought we were turning round but TW said we could go a bit further today. When cars came past she made me stop and stroked me and made the cars go slow and all was good. We tootled a bit further to the next drive where I spied the ginger shetlands. So when the road was clear we turned round and started to tootle back. All of a sudden 3 cars started coming towards us so TW asked me to stop again while they drove past. After the first one I was bored so said cmon and off we went, back to Boblet and down the track. The Lambikins were bleddy scary though!! Boblet gave me a carrot when we got back and TW popped me back with the dudes. I made sure she gave me a good kiss too for being awesome.
Bracky was super itchy today. TW got him in a head lock while Boblet got a headcollar and then she sprayed him with tea tree oil and gave him carrots and scratches. He did not want his rug on. He spent most of the day in the shelter hiding from the flies. When TW and Boblet came back with all the dawgs he was hiding and TW tried to convince him to have a rug on. He ran off and ran round the field rolling and looking annoyed at midges. TW was sad so me and Lyra made her scratch us lots to distract her.
Saturday, 1 April 2017
natives v arabs
Sorry I've not blogged for a few days. TW got so germed up that she confiscated the laptop and sulked for a few days. We only really saw her for hay visits and a few cuddles. What a mardy bum!!
Anyhoo, today she was starting to feel a wee bit better cos she had a big sleep. She came up and gave us hay and Boblet set to work hammering wood on the fence to try and stop the dawgs straying too far away. TW decided she could do some stuff.
First she took Jez out of the pot which is never easy cos Jez is a supreme foot planter. She gave her a nice groom and tacked her up and attempted to ride up the track. But Jez was too scared. So they tried to walk up the rest of the track in hand. Jez wasn't keen. So they came back to the yard and had a little wrestle and ride about. TW was pleased.
Then Mikka had a nice groom and went for a wee walk and was very good apart from jumping at the lambikins. TW was very pleased. Mikka was very cuddly. I went to sleep.
Next Dill had a brush and a tiny ride. TW was pleased. Boblet was slightly worried as Dilldred threatened to bog off but TW laughed and it was all good. I snoozed some more.
Then Lyra practiced leaving us. She was slow and steady so they also practiced turning round. Then they did tying up. Lyra was very good but she still doesnt like picking her feet up. TW said the arabs are easier than the chunks, I have no idea what she is on about. Oh!! And they all got carrots. I did not. Bracken knew TW was on a mission today and spent the whole day hiding from her. I've got a runny tummy a bit but I still feel ok. I was meant to be on a pleasure ride today, I'm looking forward to some regular work.
Anyhoo, today she was starting to feel a wee bit better cos she had a big sleep. She came up and gave us hay and Boblet set to work hammering wood on the fence to try and stop the dawgs straying too far away. TW decided she could do some stuff.
First she took Jez out of the pot which is never easy cos Jez is a supreme foot planter. She gave her a nice groom and tacked her up and attempted to ride up the track. But Jez was too scared. So they tried to walk up the rest of the track in hand. Jez wasn't keen. So they came back to the yard and had a little wrestle and ride about. TW was pleased.
Then Mikka had a nice groom and went for a wee walk and was very good apart from jumping at the lambikins. TW was very pleased. Mikka was very cuddly. I went to sleep.
Next Dill had a brush and a tiny ride. TW was pleased. Boblet was slightly worried as Dilldred threatened to bog off but TW laughed and it was all good. I snoozed some more.
Then Lyra practiced leaving us. She was slow and steady so they also practiced turning round. Then they did tying up. Lyra was very good but she still doesnt like picking her feet up. TW said the arabs are easier than the chunks, I have no idea what she is on about. Oh!! And they all got carrots. I did not. Bracken knew TW was on a mission today and spent the whole day hiding from her. I've got a runny tummy a bit but I still feel ok. I was meant to be on a pleasure ride today, I'm looking forward to some regular work.
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