Rory's been acting like he's feeling his (non-existent) testosterone kicking in lately and getting a little pushy and mouthy with me in the mornings. He hasn't actually bitten me, but I have felt his mouth around my wrist (as I reach over to hook up TOY) more than once in the last few weeks. Once his halter comes off he's decided he's going where he wants, when he wants regardless of whether I've already claimed that particular piece of real estate. So I got a little more demanding and pre-empted his pushy behaviour by keeping his nose where I say, and making him back out of my space right after the halter comes off. He's returned to being his sweet cooperative self again - for now.
There must be something in the water - all the babies have been a little mulish lately. Maybe it's Mr. Gigantic-Wild-Turkey setting them off. Rory hasn't seen him yet as far as I know (Mr. Turkey stays back on the other side of the barn).
Today we shuffled fields for a little while to allow each to be cleaned up. I didn't have any trouble moving the herds as the horses natural curiosity (oh look! an open gate!) worked quite nicely. There were only a couple of horses in each group that needed to be encouraged to notice the open gates. Rory's gang had a blast running back and forth in the new paddock and pretending to spook at the machinery as it passed by for the first few minutes. I got a couple of decent photos.
Otherwise we haven't been doing anything special lately. Just letting him be a horse for a bit. He had a bit of a minor cold thing going on for a couple of weeks. It was only bad for about three days, then improved quickly.
There must be something in the water - all the babies have been a little mulish lately. Maybe it's Mr. Gigantic-Wild-Turkey setting them off. Rory hasn't seen him yet as far as I know (Mr. Turkey stays back on the other side of the barn).
Today we shuffled fields for a little while to allow each to be cleaned up. I didn't have any trouble moving the herds as the horses natural curiosity (oh look! an open gate!) worked quite nicely. There were only a couple of horses in each group that needed to be encouraged to notice the open gates. Rory's gang had a blast running back and forth in the new paddock and pretending to spook at the machinery as it passed by for the first few minutes. I got a couple of decent photos.
Otherwise we haven't been doing anything special lately. Just letting him be a horse for a bit. He had a bit of a minor cold thing going on for a couple of weeks. It was only bad for about three days, then improved quickly.
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