All about the boys

We'll start with the littlest boy- Merle! We got him a little harness in lieu of a collar. He needs to learn to come when he's called, as he has a tendency to head straight for the horse pens, where he blends in with the dirt, and the li'l rascal either ignores us, or runs the opposite direction. So he now has a harness, and I'm going to attach about 20 ft. of parachute cord to it so that I can reel him in out of harm's way (think horse feet!) if necessary.

He doesn't seem to mind it- and there is room for him to grow. He turns 3 months old today.

Ted's finger is getting better but it's a long way from healed. Of course, that's not stopping him from doing things, like refinishing this beautiful Armoire for Janice.

Meanwhile, I put Beamer and Rio together after I got home from work, around 1 PM. They got along well until the evening when the galloping started. Beamer just would not let Rio alone, even though Rio has gotten quite adept at ducking away from him, for some reason, Beamer kept on coming, and at one point I heard the sound of fence creaking, so I put a stop to it and split them up- only to find that Rio had a bit of a nasty scrape.

I had thought that Beamer would just leave Rio alone but apparently not. Rio is doing everything right; staying out of the way, baby-mouthing, being respectful. So I think that, since I really don't want Rio to get hurt- this scrape is bad enough- that Beamer has earned a sentence of solitary confinement again. I will continue to have Rio over the fence from him, but not in with daddy. I'm really disappointed, because it looked like it was going to work out so well, they spent a lot of time just hanging out together. I think Beamer needs to spend some time in a brood mare band and learn some manners. Perhaps next year, I'll let him live with Belle, from breeding season onwards- she will for sure tune him up.

Sorry Beamer. You blew it.