This is from KDW at Blackjack Land and Cattle Company. I really enjoy her blog, and wish I had as many things to do a-horseback as she does!
So I am to pass it on, with these rules:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog. 2. Link the person you received your award from. 3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs. 4. Put links of those blogs on yours. 5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you have nominated.
So here goes:
Mikey at The Horseshoeing Housewife - she has a great sense of humour and lots of adventure.
Callie at Midwest Horse -Callie, I know that you have received this award before, and you deserve it!
Nuzzling Muzzles- again, I know you already have this award, but I really enjoy your honesty and adventures with your Arabians.
W.O. W. at A Cowboys Wife -I love your writing style!
Aussie Oklahoma -This lady has a new blog, with some great photography; give her a visit!
OK, I know that's only 5, but it'll have to do; it's bed time!
I put Gussie in Beamer's winter pen, which has electric fence around the top rail to discourage visiting over the fence, and corral panels set up around the automatic waterer so that she can't visit at the fence there either- she has a tub for water.
Tess, who is dressed in her Sunday bandana, had to have a drink.....
and so did Peppy. Drink lots, little fella, that's all you get from now on! I will keep them separate for at least a month, to make sure that Gussie's milk completely dries up. Poor girl was looking like a milk cow by last night!
Can't you just see him when he's all grown up with kids swarming all over him?
He is actually fairly well behaved around them; to test this, I rode him over to the fence where the mares were hanging out in the shade; every time he hollered at them, he had to work; I made him spin, then rest with his back to them. His reward was to relax facing them and only a few feet away from them. I only had to spin him twice; he was quite happy to chill out and just hang with the mares! I wish all stallions were as easy to handle as him, and I credit my trainer, Kim Smith, who did all the work on him as a youngster, with making sure he had good manners.
We had to go in the Grand and Reserve Champion class because of our first placing in the weanling class. I never did get him to stand square- he does it perfectly at home; go figure! All in all, it was a good exerience for him, what with trailering for an hour and a half each way both shows; he travelled really well. And he did fairly well with all the commotion of other horses, sights and sounds that were new, even being in the arena with a wagon team warming up. He wasn't too concerned about anything except keeping an eye on Gussie's whereabouts.
Of course, he stood still until the judge came to inspect him and then he fidgeted and hollered for his mama, but overall, he was a good boy. I'm sure the judges don't expect babies to stand still like a seasoned horse, and he did lead and travel well at the trot. He looks ribby right now even though he is on good pasture and getting grain every day; he is in a growth spurt and I think that is why he isn't a little fatter; all the other horses in pasture with him are quite plump.
This is my friend John from Bar Diamond Y Quarter Horses on Peppy's lead shank. I will be featuring his palomino horses in my next post. Those stripes on Peppy just behind his elbow are called poverty stripes; they mimic the ribs but are actually a coloration; his dam has them too. I had a comment asking what Peppy's colour is called; he is a blue roan even though his head is not pure black. A blue roan must have an even mixture of black and white hairs for his body colour, and that is exactly what he has. Remember, at 4 months, he hasn't shed all of his baby hair yet.
Speaking of pictures, do you remember what Peppy looked like a a week old?
And since I won't be around tomorrow, I'm leaving Beamer to keep an eye on things! (Photo credit: Wendy)
I had to be real careful not to poke him when he moved around. These scissors have a fairly blunt tip.
Peppy is really good with his feet, too; he lets me hold his foot between my legs for cleaning just like the big horses do;
and he was quite patient while I filed his hooves. He had to think twice before he stepped onto the concrete pad, though!
He is just as good with his back feet. (Thanks for holding him, Wendy!)
They were pulling this coach filled with the senior citizens:
Then there were the Percherons:
What a couple of characters! Love that expression!
And of course, we must have children on ponies! This little foal
was quite independent and not at all worried about mama getting way ahead of her. Cute as a bug's ear!
This was my favourite entry of all- the walking haystacks!
like Peppy is doing here. He wasn't very happy; and they tried to outrun the flies-
Gussie is shaking her mane, all upset. Sassy is the only one who wasn't bothered too much- maybe bots don't like blonds!
Peppy is getting really big now, it's two weeks to weaning time.
He's all blue now; remember that little brown fuzzball a few months ago?
Speaking of colour, this is Coyote Belle's 4th colour change this year. You can see how light she is compared to Beamer in the background. ( Can't wait to see what her foal is going to look like!)
Peppy has long legs; he's going to be tall like his mama. Such a pretty colour too!
She catches it in mid air, sometimes turning right around in the air.
Reba figures this kind of leaping and cavorting is for the youngsters; she is 7 years old now.
And that's just fine with Tess!