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That's my boy, part 2..
Jan. 27th, 2012 10:38 pmThe continuing saga of Midnight, the clown prince. Looked down the barn aisle this morning and in the end paddock I saw...a very large white and black bum. Not a bum covered with a blue blanket, as expected. I walked down and looked at my horse, who had managed to pull his fairly snugly fitting blanket up over his neck so that his butt and back were exposed, and the belly straps were pulled tightly against his front legs. He looked somewhat sheepish, and rather uncomfortable. When I tried to pull the blanket back into place, he reared up, spun around and took off - so I said fine, be like that! He managed to get the blanket back in place somehow.
One of the other horses, Orca, got loose this morning. He's one of our more senior horses, and is usually a quiet kind of fellow; he has arthritis and is often lame, but over the past few months Sue's been giving him glucosamine, and I think it should come with a warning: caution: this may turn your poor lame boy into a racehorse! He's been so much better since he started getting it, and today he just decided to go walkabout. He reared straight up just as Sue was taking off his halter, pushed past her and through the barely open paddock gate. And he was off! Took ages to catch him. It was annoying, but it does our hearts good to see him feeling so frisky. He had a terrible injury as a young horse, and has never been sound enough to ride since, so his job is to be Uncle Orca to all the youngsters, and he does it well.
It was a lovely sunny day, quite brisk, but nice for working. I did 10 stalls, cleaned 4 paddocks and helped Sue rake up a treefull of fallen leaves from the arena paddocks. Busy day, and by the time 4 o'clock came, I was ready to go home for dinner. Trouble was, it took me almost 2 hours to get here. Traffic was horrible! I almost succumbed to road rage...or as close to it as I ever come, yelling at the dumb drivers in my way, while driving politely. Good thing it's winter and the windows were rolled up. LOL.
Made a nice dinner of bangers and mash, very tasty and comforting. Watched Nikita, saw that the series finale of Chuck was on, but since I haven't watched it at all since season 3 I didn't bother, and watched an episode ofPoirot instead.
All in all, a decent kind of day.
One of the other horses, Orca, got loose this morning. He's one of our more senior horses, and is usually a quiet kind of fellow; he has arthritis and is often lame, but over the past few months Sue's been giving him glucosamine, and I think it should come with a warning: caution: this may turn your poor lame boy into a racehorse! He's been so much better since he started getting it, and today he just decided to go walkabout. He reared straight up just as Sue was taking off his halter, pushed past her and through the barely open paddock gate. And he was off! Took ages to catch him. It was annoying, but it does our hearts good to see him feeling so frisky. He had a terrible injury as a young horse, and has never been sound enough to ride since, so his job is to be Uncle Orca to all the youngsters, and he does it well.
It was a lovely sunny day, quite brisk, but nice for working. I did 10 stalls, cleaned 4 paddocks and helped Sue rake up a treefull of fallen leaves from the arena paddocks. Busy day, and by the time 4 o'clock came, I was ready to go home for dinner. Trouble was, it took me almost 2 hours to get here. Traffic was horrible! I almost succumbed to road rage...or as close to it as I ever come, yelling at the dumb drivers in my way, while driving politely. Good thing it's winter and the windows were rolled up. LOL.
Made a nice dinner of bangers and mash, very tasty and comforting. Watched Nikita, saw that the series finale of Chuck was on, but since I haven't watched it at all since season 3 I didn't bother, and watched an episode ofPoirot instead.
All in all, a decent kind of day.
