wellies bringing him through the gate, as the mud is so intense. Then Nava, the other horse in the field, saw an opening and tried to escape. I quickly squelched my way through the gate, holding Dancer and fending off Nava. She was upset we were leaving her. Lately she has become quite pushy at the gate.Dancer grew an amazingly thick coat this winter. We had temperatures of below -20C and Dancer was outside all winter. He only wore a rain coat on rainy days. Since he has a touch of Clyde in him, he was shaggier than a Shetland pony!
Now that we have temperatures of +25C he is shedding. My horsey sister, Joan, lent me a different brush. It is shaped like a bear paw and has large plastic nubs on it. I have a smaller version, but t
ried this one and it really works. Dancer has shed at least one grocery shopping bag every day lately. My biceps are getting a work out. The unfortunate part of this is that Dancer still looks mangy and dusty despite all my hard work. But, I am seeing glimmers of a summer coat across his chest.Lately Dancer has become friends with the little beige and white goat. She has no name, so I am going to have to think of one.
Andrew, my son, thinks we should call the goat LBG for little beige goat and then L for short, after Reece Witherspoon in Legally Blond... don't ask me where that came from.
When grooming Dancer, this little goat stands on the other side of him then we switch sides. I can imagine this little goat following us during training in the arena or pleasure riding in the fields and forest.
A sure sign of spring is the sound of the spring peepers. Not only are there baby frogs, but there are baby rabbits too. Rosie, the owner of the barn, found the goose nesting with three little baby rabbits under her her! What a funny place this is!
Yesterday, my little sister Laurie took her children snake hunting. Usually at Easter it is for eggs, but with her inquisitive boys, snake hunting was a success. Well, for Laurie it was a success as they found no snakes!
