Hovis' Good Friday diary

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Dear Diary
By the time you all read this I may have perished. Alone, unloved, abandoned and cold. Officially my mother doesn’t love me anymore and her neglect has reached epic new heights of evilness. I love her with all my heart but I’m not sure even I can forgive her this, for this week she has made me sleep OUTSIDE! That’s right outside in the cold, the fog, the rain (well ok I exaggerate its not rained in weeks), the wind and with wild animals (those rabbits can really sneak up on you at night). What happened to being tucked up each night in my sawdust, with my PJs on, supping water and munching hay? What on earth have I done to deserve this? Ok the morning before she callously threw me out like a used sock I had made a bit of a fuss about the time she turned up and had thrown everything across the stables. But everyone else was outside and I was a little bored. This in turn triggered Mum to decide she would follow the lead of all the other uncaring parents here and make me reside outside all summer. I Have NEVER slept outside – do I look like a sheep or one of those ugly pink things with big ears and a funny nose? I am a higher being and as such should be treated with some respect. I have tried sulking but its not working and she seems unswayed in her view point that “I’m big enough and ugly enough to cope with living out this summer”. Life is SO unfair. Can someone send me a duvet in the post? And maybe a hammock thing to lie on? I’m not sure the ground is doing my manly muscles any good at all – more to the point I have to be careful where I lie to avoid squashing the grass. Do you all sleep with your dinner? No I think not? One rule for one and another for another eh?

In other news Aunty Sarah (who used to own my beloved fit mare and who has been at another yard for a while) has bought a new horse and he’s come to live at our place for a while. I’m not sure what he’s called but the dude is one seriously hot stepper. The way he ponces up the field is totally uncalled for – if he lifts his knees any higher he’ll give himself a nose bleed. If you can imagine a very large brown lizard on a hot tin roof you’ve got an image of this dude. I think he look ridiculous – alas the totty on the yard don’t seem to share my view point and are positively slobbering over him. Why when I’ve just got established as the yards “hot stuff” does Aunty Sarah have to bring the equine version of Michael Flatley to the yard? He’s foreign and apparently a similar make and model to fancy pants. That’ll be interesting then….
He does appear to be as big a poof as fancy pants was as he seems to feel the need to run across the field every time a worm sticks its head out of the ground. Wimp. He’s also tried to pal up with Arnie which does look absolutely hilarious as Arnie barely reaches Hot Steppers knees. I did over hear him ask who Arnie hunts with but didn’t hear Arnies answer. I’m not sure Hot Stepper has the brains to know that the only things munchkins like Arnie hunt are steps to stand on.. Weirdo.
So this morning, after being left out last night with no rug on I hasten to add, I have been hauled out of my field at an ungodly hour (I can tell Aunty Sarah is back – she’s the only one uncivilised enough to hack before 9am) to baby sit Hot Stepper with Dad. Mum has wisely refused to go until “we know what he does” – not difficult to guess Mum is it? If he wets his Dutch pants at a worm he’s going to have apoplexy at some of the tractors of terror that live around here. Before we had even set off the dude was leaping about like he’d got the biting fences attached to his bum so I have already marked him up as a failure as a wing man. Billy I love you dude (in a manly bromance kind of a way obviously). The hack went on to prove that he is a very large wimp and it took him half way round to stop behaving like he’d got ants in his pants. For a dude that’s hunted he seems to have an aversion to dogs which is a little odd. Mum now seems fit to tell me that the dude whipped in for the last season – great not only does he prance about like a fairy he also is into some kinky stuff too…. Keep him away from me.
I will give him his due he is fit, although I think my sweat was mainly due to concern for my safety – a combo of Dad and aunty Sarah plus that loon is enough to make any boy sweat I tell you. I’m not sure I like Aunty Sarah being back with us – early morning hacking seems to be back on the agenda and long ones seem to be the order of the day – I’m going to be the size of the TB by the time the gruesome twosome have finished with me. So I’m off to lie exhaustedly in the sunshine and ponder how I can convince Hot Stepper to take a chill pill. Laters………
 
Dear Hovis,

Please don't see your new found overnighting in the field to be a bad thing. Do what I did and see it as an opportunity to return to the "wild pony" stage.

Why not remind your mother that you truly are related to real life wild horses and cover yourself from head to hoof in dust (as I can understand the missing mud dilemma) and refuse to catch, treating your mum as a totally untrustworthy and possibly dangerous being.

IF she manages to catch you, remind her you are WILD by trying to trample her to get back to your herd mates, don't hold back, this is a very very good time to prove how wild and unrestricted you are!

Plus it will look very rugged and manly for the laydees!! ;) (And hopefully make them stop looking at the ridiculous new boy... scared of worms... PAH!)

Lots of wild pony (so therefore superior) love

Ellie May
 
Happy easter Hovis - hope you get lots of nice treats as you are so terribly mistreated and unloved obviously :rolleyes: My boys live outside 24/7 365 and seem to enjoy it but this morning they are being huge great poofs I've put them in field down the lane to enjoy some yummy spring grass and Echo has spent the morning calling for my friends horse, Abe, who they share the field with - I was thinking he was starting to bat for the right side when I saw his interested in young Maisie but from the calling I'm really not sure, whereas Archie is being a man (unusual as normally he's the one in love with Abe so they look like siamese twins) and just eating.

Hovis, do you have any tips to turn Echo into the man he should be instead of the big great poof he's being this morning?
 
Have put link on your fan page on Facebook so they will look to see how badly mistreated you are being and come to your aid (with raised horse beds, tents, duvets and all sorts to make life outdoors more comfortable!) :cool:
 
Dear Hovis,

I have only one thing to say - GROW A PAIR and MAN UP - I would love to be out overnight, my mum thinks I am too precious to be out 24/7 yet and is going to make me wait. Just because I fractured a bone in my leg doesn't mean I can't go out at night and play with my friends. Doesn't she understand that by the time she deems it warm enough the good grass will be gone, everyone who is out will eat it all before I get there and I will then fade away to nothing, afterall she already restricts my food - because I am getting a little 'chunky' - for goodness sake woman I'm a warmblood, not a thoroughbred. Being on boxrest for 4 months does that to a woman - no exercise so of course I am going to put on a pound or two!!

Please Hovis get your mum to tell my mum that we can change places, you can stay in and I can stay out.

Love

Charm

|PS I've seen your photo's and to me you are all manly manliness
 
Poor Hovis. Come and live with me....none of mine go out at night! They all sleep in their bed and jammies every night and have two shifts out when it is hot.
 
Dear Hovis,

Please don't see your new found overnighting in the field to be a bad thing. Do what I did and see it as an opportunity to return to the "wild pony" stage.

Why not remind your mother that you truly are related to real life wild horses and cover yourself from head to hoof in dust (as I can understand the missing mud dilemma) and refuse to catch, treating your mum as a totally untrustworthy and possibly dangerous being.

IF she manages to catch you, remind her you are WILD by trying to trample her to get back to your herd mates, don't hold back, this is a very very good time to prove how wild and unrestricted you are!

Plus it will look very rugged and manly for the laydees!! ;) (And hopefully make them stop looking at the ridiculous new boy... scared of worms... PAH!)

Lots of wild pony (so therefore superior) love

Ellie May


Dear Hovis,

Brown horse and nitty pony would like to let me know they agree with this. They say being out is a great chance to be wild and pretend you've never seen a headcollar, hosepipe or stable in your life. They also wanted me to tell you that running over your mother and watching her hop up and down in a mixture of agony and rage is the most funny thing in the world ( I happen to disagree with them but am only messenger today!)
 
Dear Hovis,

It's much better to live outside all the time, unless it's raining, which you said it's not. I think you'll be very happy with the situation soon!

Carrots,
the Spooky Pony
 
Can someone send me a duvet in the post? And maybe a hammock thing to lie on? I’m not sure the ground is doing my manly muscles any good at all

Yes hovis I send you all my love and a duvet and one of them hammock thingys, my mum has a swingseat and shes always saying to her friends how comfortable it is so i'll send one of them too! :) I do feel for you being out at night , I am out at night and during the day and my mum keeps putting this stupid fly mask thing on me and this terrible fly spray thet smells weird!! I must admit though I kinda like being out as all my friends are in the fields next to me soo it's not to bad. :p As for your Auntie's horse I think he's a big poof aswell by the description that you gave us , just show him how you should behave , he'll get the message! Oh and I also send you some lovely ,juicy apples! :D Love from,

Foxy. x
 
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