Anyone want a big grey oaf?

[Annagain]

I always said I'd share the bad with the good and it's not that bad really but I could quite easily have sent Charlie back to the (or any, for that matter) dealer last night. I got to the yard early to lunge him. I know my friend normally rides on a Thursday night so I decided to grab him in, lunge and then muck out so the school would be free for her. This meant Charlie came in to an empty yard, an unmucked-out stable and no tea (he still had hay which is why I thought to put him in rather than tie him on the yard. As soon as he came in, he was upset by something. I'm not sure if it was being on his own, his stable not being the same as it normally is or the no tea. I carried on as normal and went to put the lunge cavesson on him. That's when the tantrum really started. After 5 minutes of spinning and rearing in his stable everytime the cavesson touched his nose, I managed to get the headcollar I had taken off to put the cavesson on back on him and tied him up short. 15 minutes and a broken leadrope later, the cavesson was on, having been taken to pieces and rebuilt around his head. The roller then went on normally, we went into the school, walked a couple of circles on each rein perfectly and then went back to the yard. By this time, other horses were in. I tied him up while I did his stable and he stood like a lamb.

This morning, R is turning the others out and leaving him until after she's mucked out, I'm going to get him in early again this evening and we're going to start gently messing up his routine. In summer, he was fine at leaving the field and coming into the yard on his own but I think the winter routine has got him used to doing things with his friends all the time (we even lead them to the field in pairs as it's quicker) and his tiny brain couldn't deal with the change. What's most annoying is as soon as it was on him, he was back to his normal obliging self, so it was all for nothing!

You know you'll get days like this with youngsters but he'd lulled me into a false sense of security!

 

[doodle]

For Robin All 3 of those things are clearly written in his contract. He knows his rights and will not put up with sub standard treatment! Therefore he would also have kicked off and continue to kick off until ALL issues had been resolved AND a full written apology had been received along with multiple treats as company. Honestly horses just can’t get staff.

 

[Annagain]

For Robin All 3 of those things are clearly written in his contract. He knows his rights and will not put up with sub standard treatment! Therefore he would also have kicked off and continue to kick off until ALL issues had been resolved AND a full written apology had been received along with multiple treats as company. Honestly horses just can’t get staff.

I'd better get writing. Do you think I should do it in the form of a poem just to show how sorry I am?

 

[Equi]

Had a little giggle at this. At 19 (now 21) my boy was still at this sort of thing. But he’s not done it once since we moved yards, not sure why the sudden change. He still can’t be tied up in the yard though, hence we can’t use the yard farrier and I have to trailer to mine.

 

[Annagain]

Just had a report from R. He kicked the door once but then stood quietly until he went out. Tried to barge the gate a bit but it was still chained so it got him nowhere. He accepted his gentle telling off quietly, backed up and was then allowed to walk through nicely so that's a good start to the man-up training!

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Bless his little cotton socks ????
I can't remember how old you said Charlie is but Rex is 6 next April and will be restarted in March and is having a serious dose of the "kevins" at the moment. He's testing boundaries on the ground but is pretty polite once reminded but woe betide you if you want him to stand still for more than 3 seconds...he fidgets, throws his head about, paws the ground and tries to nip ???
He's so good 90% of the time that I'll forgive him ?

 

[Tiddlypom]

He came in to no tea ?

Good grief, woman.

If I did that to the normally saintly IDx in my avatar, she‘d chew me up and spit out the pips.

Do not mess with an ID and its tea. Ever.

 

[Spotherisk]

I brought my two in for the farrier on Tuesday, pony went in stable, 28 year old tied up outside. I’d forgotten (even though he’s been doing it for 23 years with me!) that Harley cannot stand still when tied up, and twists and turns all the time, argh!

 

[Mule]

I have a soft spot for grey oafs