Silly horses

If I ever breed Rosalee to Beamer (maybe in a year or two!) the foal will be quite entertaining, because both Beamer and Rosalee are such characters and are constantly making faces or being in my pocket and being extra helpful, as these photos show.

It would be an interesting foal too, because just about any colour  is possible- she is a dun with the dilute gene (makes a sorrel a palomino) and he  isn't homozygous for black so he can throw any colour off her including any shade of dun including grullo, a dilute colour such as palomino, or smokey black; or even a sorrel or black. I'd have to get their agouti tested to see if they can throw bay or buckskin. Future fun!

Meanwhile back at the barn, we have a new feline visitor- a beautiful flame point long haired cat with a 6 inch tail. He has been hanging around quite a bit and I really hope he stays.

I'm going to have to name him- any ideas? Nothing too foo-foo, he is quite a masculine looking cat.

I think he might be a Persian cross, someone suggested Himilayan or Ragdoll.

I have seen Coulee's baby moving a couple of times now. Yesterday when I was brushing them all, she was pretty cranky and tried to bite me (more of a threat, she could have connected if she really wanted to) when I brushed over her baby bump- then ran away and kicked out just as I was throwing the brush at her butt for trying to bite- she connected with the brush and sent it flying 30 feet! Silly mare. I penned her and got her to allow me to brush her, that's when I saw the baby move, so baby was probably what was making her all cranky and sensitive.

2 more months to go! Baby is due around the first week of May.

Thea and Rosalee have a thing going. Thea stalks her, and I have got her to stay out of the pen pretty much, but this happens:

Rosalee taunts Thea. Thea knows she isn't allowed to grip the horses, but she does a really good job of the Border Collie Stare.
Rosalee is such a character, the friendliest horse ever- and quite helpful too.....