Ride n roll

Took a town ride the other day; one of my friends has her horse on a town acreage and I wanted to show her a ride she could do in town that takes you up to the radio tower hill where you can overlook the whole beautiful valley. 

It sure was another nice day for riding. 

Gussie was a pain to load again; she does try my patience! And once again she loaded perfectly for the trip home. 

Moondance is turning into a real sweetheart. When he sees me coming he moseys over to where I am- and I mean mosey! This is what a "mosey" looks like:

Nonchalantly strolling up, head swinging from side to side, not a care in the world! 

However this evening I took him out to go for a walk, and I noticed this:

What now! Has the wonder year started before he is even 5 months old?  I inspected and found that he lost some hide up on the inside of his thigh and scuffed his other  leg too. So I did a little CSI work...\

and it looks like Moondance rolled right next to the fence and hooked his legs through the second from the bottom wire. Which by the way, is hooked to the hotwire.... . Pulled out one staple which I haven't found yet. This wire is neither high tensile nor barbed, so the damage is minimal, just some hair and a bit of hide missing.  

This is what the fence looks like after I fixed it; Now Moondance, don't be rolling there any more!

He stood really well for hosing it down .

I tightened the wire and replaced the staple. I think he will be a little wary of it in the future- this is him as I was working on the fence:

He's no worse for the wear, although I do think he may be a little stiff tomorrow.

Riding day 43