An Amusing Incident

Poor Nate

Or not, depending on your perspective.  The horses were fed this morning and left in their stalls while my daughter went to fill the hay nets outside for the day.  When she got back to the barn Nate was crashing his feed tub rather violently with his nose and dumping grain onto the floor then eating it.  Now that’s not a usual behavior for Nate so she thought it best to investigate. 

Seems there were poop balls in his feed tub and he was trying to get his grain out and onto the floor because it was too gross to try and eat around it.  Nate has never once pooped in his bucket or water so it was a safe bet this wasn’t his doing.  Upon further inspection of the area it was discovered that there was in fact some squished manure in the metal bars separating the stalls.  Seems O’Grady decided to gift Nate with a morning surprise.

We’re fairly sure this was not a random accident because Grady really had to angle himself just so to get aligned with the ‘sweet’ spot in the corner above Nate’s bucket.  Grady is usually the sweetest horse in the world and would never challenge Nate in the pasture but who knows what goes on once the lights are turned out.

O'Grady  (The culprit)

Our best guess is that Nate was up all night coughing with his respiratory condition and interrupted Grady’s beauty sleep. This morning in front of Nate’s stall there was a wad of green snot, so he may have a cold.

Memo to Mr. O’Grady: cranky and tired is still no reason to poop in a friend’s breakfast. 

"I'm sorry Nate, I won't do it again"

Poor Nate, I heard he looked so sad and down this morning as if to say “ I’m having a really bad day and it’s only morning!”

Until next time

Quote for Today 

The grass is always greener on the other side…until a horse comes and poops on it!

This and That

O'Grady

 

There's not really much going on around here horse wise. I've basically been busy decorating for Christmas and shopping and haven't had any time to squeeze a ride in. Maybe tomorrow...

 The horses were wormed recently. Poor Grady, my heart goes out to this sweet guy. He's still not comfortable when anyone stands in front of him and puts a hand on top of his nose. He didn't shoot back into the corner of the stall this time, so there is some progress in the trust department. I felt so bad for him as he stood there trembling and shaking all over his eyes wide. He was terrified. I have no idea what someone did to him in the past. I'll wager he didn't have good experiences with people who worked with him. He's such a sweet horse too, it's a shame someone felt the need to traumatize him. Most likely, because he's so big and they were the ones who couldn't handle his size not him. 

 Recently, I was surprised when I won a contest at:

 A Thousand Pounds of Fragile Horse Jan and her lovely horse Buckshot are a wonderful team. Stop by and check out how she and Buckshot are progressing each week.

 Jan sent along a bag of yummy horse treats for the herd. They devoured them in record time! A great brush that will come in handy considering what a filthy bunch they are. For me there was a starry Christmassy mug complete with hot chocolate. A perfect assortment of hand lotions for my wintery crocodile skin.

Thank you again Jan and Buckshot. I'm enjoying all of my prizes. It really is so nice this time of year to be able to open a gift that makes me feel special.

Until next time

When You Can’t Ride…

"Oh Grady, it's just a vacuum!"

When You Can’t Ride…

  

You find other things to occupy your time with the horses.  After Blue, Nate and Grady’s hock injections on Friday we decided a thorough grooming session was in order to alleviate their boredom. We did manes, tails and some leg trimming to go along with their spring-cleaning.  The horses are almost done shedding and are starting to look sleek and shiny again. 

I thought this picture of Grady was priceless.  As you can see he wasn’t enjoying himself all that much.  Grady was probably having flashbacks to when he was a show horse and what it means to be thoroughly groomed. I’m sure he was more than surprised when he was turned out afterwards to join his friends Nate and Blue in the small paddock for some limited grazing time.  Of course, he took a roll in the dirt for good measure; just to insure he wasn’t going to a show.

Until next time

Quote for Today

Grooming: the process by which the dirt on the horse is transferred to the groom.

" Happy St. Patrick's Day "

" O' Grady "

Being from Ireland himself O'Grady would like to wish all his friends Irish and otherwise a very  "Happy St. Patrick's Day."

He'd also like to share some of his favorite Irish sayings with you: 

“May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.”

 

 “May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, The foresight to know where you are going, And the insight to know when you have gone too far”

 

 

“May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks, may your heart be as light as a song, may each day bring you bright, happy hours that stay with you all the year long."

 “May those who love us, love us; and those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts; and if He doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping.”

 Until next time

 

Quote for Today

  “May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door.”