Almost Half Way There

Well as you can see the little fella is half way to weaning and is starting to go very dark. The fuzz on his back seems like it might be here to stay for the winter! For those who dont know the high rump is due to a growth spurt...yes foals look very weird alot of the time as bits here and there rapidly grow.

He is now having three handfulls of his own food, more to teach him feedtime manners than anything else and yep he is a piggy. Apparently the other day he took on the alpha mare for a bit of her tucker and Roxy being the super casual mum that she is just kicked back and let it happen. Tahoe is a very independant little guy but so sweet. He is being tied up, feet handled and doing some nice yielding. This Saturday they are all up for worming but last time was no drama so I am sure that he will handle it again with his usual confidence.

As for bronco Rox! It would seem that the cause of the naughtiness was that Tahoe wasnt staying at her shoulder when we attempted to ride. Tahoe just lags behind checking out the world and this makes Roxy anxious. After a bit of a test run (with Roxy being led) I am pretty certain that most of her behaviour is her sons lack of commitment to being front and centre!

Should all else fail though I do have a trainer lined up if things go haywire...fingers crossed.

MS Ride is inching closer and this month registration should open. I am pretty excited about going and have all my bits crossed that everything goes to plan and my horsey friends can all make it...Rhonda keep working on Mark for the extra 3 days chicka!

Gotta dash my sister is trying to chat with me on Facebook

Happy Trails

Lorrie

xx

Plodding Along and Hitting a few Hurdles!

Time is going fast and I swear everyday Tahoe is 5cm taller and just that little bit fatter. The pictures below are from almost 2 weeks ago and alot of that fuzzy brown hair is making way for black.

If you look closely you can see that his hind leg has an injury...thanks to a run in with some barb wire he now has a scar to match his mums old barbwire scar (she had those before I got her). He has healed nicely though.

He is being a little scamp but still has a delightful and curious nature...we played a bit of tug of war with a towel yesterday and he thought it was funny to take it in his teeth and throw it around.

Roxy is still being the aloof but caring mum that I have come to love. What I dont love is her new behaviours when I ride her. Her latest is bucking!!! She is so naughty. I am not sure of what horse I will end up with after this, but the horse on the ground is still being a good girl it is just the horse in the saddle that I am unsure about. After much reading and analysing I think that she will just need alot of retraining and relearning and once the distraction of the baby is gone hopefully I will have my Roxy back, just with a bit more spunk?

I have also had a fall off Monty about 3 weeks ago after doing some one rein riding in the round yard. Completely my fault as I could tell that she hated having the rein thrown over her head, to change sides, while I was working from the ground so why on earth I did it from up top I dont know? I have a pretty sore shoulder from that one.. but I have since had a couple of great rides on her, I just know to leave the throwing things over her head out of the equation for now!!

Well I have Tahoe advertised in some places but I am not expecting a flood of calls. He will be in Horse Deals next month so I will see how that goes before I try some other options. He will be a lovely, friendly horse who would be great as a trail riding horse. I would hate to see him go to waste in the wrong hands.

Only 4 more months to go ....unless he doesnt sell and then who knows?

Love Lorrie



Hanging out after his feed..


Roxy eating out of the nappy bucket so the ducks dont get it.


Tahoe on 'solids' eating from his very own ice cream container!