The tale of two BOGOF foals: Dolly and Willow

Both foals are SO cute, love a little coloured :D:D

Dolly's ears are AMAZING!! I love her Abbie - so glad you're posting lots of pics to fill the BOGOF thread gap.

Also, I've not seen Penny before SM - she's lovely! Her little Willow (lovely name) looks like she's going to be gorgeous as well.
 
itsmylife said:
They are both lovely. Sm, do you know who dad was?
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YO phoned the people they bought Penny from, and was told there was a 14.2 ish piebald cob stallion in the next field. My friend bought Penny from the YO last August, about 2 months after they had bought her from somewhere near Wisbech.

LittleGinger, there are photos of pregnant Penny on "Amazing news", and some on here when Willow was just a few hours old. We really thought Tessy would foal first, but in the end Dolly and Willow were probably born within a hour or so of each other!
 
suffolkmare said:
Well I have some more photos for all you lovely "aunties" from Willow's personal special auntie! She was in the paddock today, but being very brave and friendly, so I got a proper cuddle :D:D:D She wanted to play with us and for us to scratch her and loved all the fuss. We couldn't spend too long though because David was pulling grumpy faces at us, wondering why we'd brought him in and then left him to go and see the baby :p





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ooops, YO's niece is the "headless circus rider"! The garden is just beyond that paddock.
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What a beautiful girly! So very cute :D LOVING the foalie nose pic :D
 
tessybear said:
Look at those peggys !!(excuse my rank nails )
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She does make me chuckle :p
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OMG Cuteness overload!!! You just have to keep her Abbie!! ;):D
 
Oh I just love the pics and videos! Both just the cutest foals I've seen since mine was born :) she is 6 now and was also a BOGOF (pic in my siggy)
Now I'm broody and want another!!
 
Please lord give me strength :o Dolly is testing the boundaries today ! got a phone call from our neighbor that she had broke through the electric tape ( battery had died) and was galloping round the 2 acre paddock Tess in tow. Brought them both in put new battery in and tape double secure but she decided to swim in the fresh water bucket, eat pebbles, gallop through the orchid and eat mud :eek: But she is still cute :o;) also putting suncream on her shnozzle isn't fun she decides bucking is the best option to show her distaste ;)

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dolly sounds such a character so confident and cheeky, willow looks more serene and quiet just taking everything in.

Both so gorgeous and woolly so jealous of you both with all the cuddle you are getting.:)
 
victoria1980x said:
dolly sounds such a character so confident and cheeky, willow looks more serene and quiet just taking everything in.

Both so gorgeous and woolly so jealous of you both with all the cuddle you are getting.:)
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I love her cheeky side but i can tell she will become a handful once big enough if we don't keep on top of her :rolleyes:
 
Lovely pictures :D
Very cute Abbie, but sounds like you have your work cut out to keep up with her tricks! I don't think Willow has managed to escape from anywhere yet, and no teeth to see either, but maybe she was less developed before birth!!
I wouldn't call Willow serene exactly, she is very friendly and loves to be scratched and stroked all over. She seems to have caused a stir with the other equines on the yard, and 2 of the geldings in particular have flipped on seeing her go past to her stable. Thankfully Penny has a very calm attitude to motherhood.
 
Cute foals! :D

Please could I offer you both one suggestion though? I know it's really cute to scratch a foal's bum, and its fine when they demand their bum scritches when they are tiny, but when they are yearlings and older out is much less cute and fun to have a bigger house throw their bum in your direction. You might want to not let them get in that habit from the off :)
 
My boy loved bum scratches too and he got plenty of them, but not when he moved his bum towards me. As Natch says that is a no no as later you don't know if it is for a bum scratch or just being rude - so I used to push him away and only give them when I wanted to and I would go to his rear end, rather than that coming at me...now he is 17hh and entire, I am grateful...he still loves them though! (If I can reach)
 
tessybear said:
Please lord give me strength :o Dolly is testing the boundaries today ! got a phone call from our neighbor that she had broke through the electric tape ( battery had died) and was galloping round the 2 acre paddock Tess in tow. Brought them both in put new battery in and tape double secure but she decided to swim in the fresh water bucket, eat pebbles, gallop through the orchid and eat mud :eek: But she is still cute :o;) also putting suncream on her shnozzle isn't fun she decides bucking is the best option to show her distaste ;)

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I think fillies are far more of a handful than colts - but really, you just can't stay miffed at this little face can you lol
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HBM1 said:
I think fillies are far more of a handful than colts - but really, you just can't stay miffed at this little face can you lol
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Thank you for the tips we don't scratch bottoms anymore as she started to get a abit bargy which is fine when she is small but each day she grows so much ! so have started teaching her personal space :D

She is a little devil takes 3 times of being told off before she gets it :rolleyes:
 
What a lovely idea to put the updates together :)

Both mums and babies are looking wonderful and wow at how much Dolly seems to have grown already :eek: She has mischief written all over her hehe

Willow looks like the angelic little sister to Dolly's devil horns :p
 
RI at the yard this evening was giving Willows mum lots of foal handling advice, especially about not letting them get away with things just because they are babies, so we will take on board the advice about bum scratches. One problem may be the sheer number of people (many of tender years themselves!) who are curious and want to touch her. They have put a notice on the stable door to say not to disturb her as she needs her rest, but I think this also covers preventing people going in and putting themselves at risk of being hurt by Penny getting protective. I guess the novelty will wear off soon enough :rolleyes::D
 
tessybear said:
and can you tell she is teething ? :rolleyes:
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this has nothing to do with teething.... both our boys still do this, and they are 19 this year....

Tom loves sweeping the yard (by which I mean grabbing the handle of the brush and swinging his head about so that it sort of sweeps the yard, before giving it an almighty heave and sending it flying in your general direction.

Ron likes to grab the top of what ever implement is to hand (or is that mouth?) and just pick it up and drop it somewhere randomly.

Helpful ponies I have :rolleyes:
 
Word of warning Abbie, when my filly was small she used to lay in my lap if I sat down by her. Unfortunately she didn't realise when she reached 14.2hh that she just couldn't fit any more.:D Now she will just lay her head in my lap if I sit on the floor, she is 20 this year but I think she still thinks she is the baby.:) Lovely photos, makes me really want to breed another one but having lost a foal last year just can't go through that again. Lovely to see two such healthy, happy babies.
 
Oops, about time I caught up on here,but first I have some photos from yesterday evening...



just before she tried putting her head through the fence under the tape (switched off ;) )


"this grazing business is a bit tricky!"


Just look at those lashes!, but 'scuse the dirty nose! ("I like mummy's lick treat" )


Hope you like these :)
Apparently she has a right strop if mum wont give her a drink! She may be learning abut halters this weekend :eek:
 
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