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Arizahn

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So T'Khasi has eaten part of the clip from his headcollar.

Yes, the metal clip. Bit it in half and swallowed part of it! Has since pooped it out with no harm done.

Anyone have suggestions as to where I can buy a headcollar with clips made from adamantium or vibranium? :D Am currently using one of YOs headcollars, and am taking her up a box of chocolates as a thank you tomorrow. Have been ordered to take today off, before I end up in the home for broken horse owners and exhausted carers....

Pony is some kind of metal munching mutant genius. That is immune to electricity, and can fly/teleport past hedging. I blame you lot. Thanks to your tips, pony is now so healthy, he can rival Captain America - I think I will post him to Marvel for the Guardians of the Galaxy film, he would look well next to Rocket Raccoon!

I will probably regret this, but what loose schooling exercises do you suggest to occupy his brain? He is now seventeen months old.
 
I would do the whole spook bustinig bit with him. Cones, tarps, umbrellas, bicycles, hoops to walk through. Keep his dear little brain busy.

Oh, and a meccano set??
 
He likes eating carrots, and I can probably make a rope halter from my spare lead rope...

Meccano will only result in his building a death ray. Cannot risk it. Spook busting it is, will take a bunch of scary things to yard tomorrow and get to work!

I just realised - given his colour, I could paint a blue circle on his chest and he could be Iron Pony next Halloween :) Hmm, maybe meccano would be a good idea...
 
Can just see it now, waving umbrella about whilst pony looks on embarrassed...oh well, maybe we can reinact Singing In The Rain? After all, it is Ireland - rain is sure to happen!

I have inadvertently done the flappy plastic thing near his head already, emptying plastic sack of hay into manger, forgot pony was in the stable with me. He was not bothered. He now sees plastic bags as sources of food. Pretty sure everything else is filed under potential source of food...
 
Arizahn said:
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He now sees plastic bags as sources of food. Pretty sure everything else is filed under potential source of food...
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This is where it all goes wrong. NOTHING is now safe, torches, phones,hammers will all be picked up 'just in case'

Been there, done that and you (almost..if I wasn't laughing) have my sympathy.
 
<sobs>

But at least he is going to be bombproof! Ok, so he will probably end up as an evil genius, but he will be a bombproof evil genius...
 
Arizahn said:
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But at least he is going to be bombproof! Ok, so he will probably end up as an evil genius, but he will be a bombproof evil genius...
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We have a big black Sec D with the same tendencies. He trainspots for a hobby (yes, honestly) It makes for an interesting life.

T'Khasi isn't a Sec D is he?
 
Arizahn said:
Nope, he is a Connemara!

Starting to think we need a support group for owners of natives...
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You may well be right!

You wouldn't believe some of the things Leo has done over the years.. pinching a torch and shining it at the other horses to spook them; stealing the mobile from farriers back pocket and refusing to give it back; rattling a tie ring up and down until the other liveries literally begged me to remove it; completely removing and destroying one of those posh corner mangers within two hours of having it; skating round his box with an empty water bucket on each foot; carrying a full bucket of water with the handle in his mouth and greatly spooking the youngster who was being trimmed for the first time next door.. I blamed the farrier for hurting the youngster and it was only the fact that his apprentice was curled up with laughter after watching it happen that saved our relationship lol.

In short, he is an @rse, but we wouldn't swap him.. well no one else would take him anyway lol.
 
T'Khasi was very interested in the farrier hot shoeing one of the other horses. Looking back, I am a tad concerned that my pony is not bothered by smoke. Fire and brimstone do not faze him. He's a dragon, it explains his eating shiny metal clips! :D

List of things that do not bother T'Khasi:
Sheep
Donkeys
Cows
Watching hot shoeing
Wheelie bins
Wheel barrows
Plastic sacks
Traffic cones
Mounting blocks
Coloured poles
Pheasants
Crows
Cats
Foxes
Dogs
Dancing mechanics
Leaping liveries
Buckets lying on the ground
Puddles
Ditches
Stone walls
Hedges
Electric fencing
Rugs
Owner falling over
Bees (likes watching them drown in his water bucket :( )
Driving harness
Slow moving traffic
Stationary traffic
Thunderstorms
Being out alone/individual paddocks but can touch noses - he just wandes next door if lonely

List of things that do bother him:
Lack of carrots
Rattling trailers
Fast moving traffic passing him
The word "work" (results in camel face)
Having fresh poo in his stable when his bed has just been done (shouts to be skipped out if I have not left yard)
Planes
Lack of carrots
The horse next door attempting to wander in with him - utterly unacceptable!
 
Ladyinred said:
Yeah, clicker is great. Or go look at Ben Harts site .. google Harts Horsemanship. He is ace, the only person I would trust with my horses.
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I own a clicker. I am afraid of what will happen if T'Khasi realises it can be used to train other horses. He will end up with minions!
 
For some reason I thought he had arab breeding with a name like that :) My young connie is the same, not afraid of ducks, chickens (even flying past her butt - exchequer leghorns, good flyers), was afraid of cows but now ain't bothered unless they are being moved and she can't supervise, is surprisingly calm when large tractor brings in her round haylage bale - but I think she's clever enough to realise it's food! Totally unfazed if she's allowed to investigate things, oh and her fave radio channel is 2FM. However, she really likes her comfortable stable and is a wimp in the rain. She pulls faces to come in although her coat is lovely and thick.
 
Lol, if mine is out and it rains, he is fine. However if he is in and it rains, he objects to going out! Well, until he finds that there is grass in the field :)

He does a lovely snorty arab impression when excited. Very fine dished head.
 
Mines not afraid of anything bar false manege surfaces (he's an Irish bog pony I'm sure and thinks he's going to sink...). As for wheelie bins, I often carry mine back in from the front gate whilst still on board....
 
Please bring me in ... I see a cloud!

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oh dear...the face just says it all

if there s gonna be a native pony support group i am begging you to let me join...kitty is part NF...
her list of party tricks:
all bandages removed and buried at the bootum (and i mean the very bottum) of her stable
somehow wedging her bum on her stable door and putting all her weight on it and falling asleep
on several occasions she has untied herself then the horse next to her then proceeded to lead them around the yard, rope in mouth
following the dog around with her nose just touching his tail....dog finds this very un-nerving
all yard tools must be kept outside of a 10metre radius of her stable

et etc etc
 
:D Haven't laughed so much in ages.

Can you take mine too, she would love to help build the death ray, probably already has plans drawn up.

She laughs in the face of clicker training, is way too advanced to fall for click = treat tricks, just lets herself into the feed room and helps herself.

Bolts and latches are simples.

Undoes the zips on your clothes in order to access treats in pockets. Will grab at the back of knickers if showing whilst bending down resulting in wedgy.:o

Removes any hat you wear and throws it away. So Trinny and
Suzanna!

The list is endless.

Same age as yours too, should do well together.
 
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