Charem
Well-Known Member
Good evening, figured an update on my latest project Bracken, a 9 yr old straight off the forest NF mare, was due.
Long story short she has been fantastic and two weeks on she is now wearing a head collar, been wormed, brushed, leading around the yard (today we even ventured to the school for a potter round) ties up and picks her front feet up
She has been an utter doll the whole time and the only thing she is not keen on at the moment is having her back feet picked up but I am sure this will come with time. My wonderful farrier, who is very conviently on site has been giving her scratches every now and then when I have her out to get her used to being handled by other people. He is also used to dealing with ponies off the forest as he has a few himself and so I couldn't have a more perfect person to attend to her feet once she is ready. As you can see her feet could use a little tlc, although that large chunk missing isn't as bad as it looks as she currently has a lot of excess hoof wall.
There's also a couple more photos on my blog, link in my signature
Long story short she has been fantastic and two weeks on she is now wearing a head collar, been wormed, brushed, leading around the yard (today we even ventured to the school for a potter round) ties up and picks her front feet up
She has been an utter doll the whole time and the only thing she is not keen on at the moment is having her back feet picked up but I am sure this will come with time. My wonderful farrier, who is very conviently on site has been giving her scratches every now and then when I have her out to get her used to being handled by other people. He is also used to dealing with ponies off the forest as he has a few himself and so I couldn't have a more perfect person to attend to her feet once she is ready. As you can see her feet could use a little tlc, although that large chunk missing isn't as bad as it looks as she currently has a lot of excess hoof wall.
There's also a couple more photos on my blog, link in my signature