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| Perching on Rory's back while he's lying down |
Rory was lying down when I went out to get him today. It was warm and sunny, and I'd seen him standing just before I went into the barn to change into my rubber boots so I hoped he'd be willing to stay down. When I got close Rory considered getting up, but I crouched low, gave him a bit of carrot and he relaxed. He let me shift closer to him and lean over his back to give him another bit of carrot. While he munched I perched on his back and rubbed his neck.
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| Standing with one leg over Rory's back |
Rory was completely unconcerned, so I stood and rested one leg on his back then slid it over to rest on his side. He turned his head and nosed my boot, and I gave him another bit of carrot. I didn't put any weight on him - I wanted to be able to step clear if he decided he wanted to stand up, but he didn't mind me doing more silly things.
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| Another carrot for my good boy |
I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and wash the mud off his legs. Rory wasn't too keen on the water spraying his legs, but he was pretty good. I held the rope at first and he shifted away from the water. I looped the rope around a fence post so I could shampoo his legs and he stood quite well even when I hosed them off. His tail was filthy and I washed it as well. Unfortunately I had to be somewhere and Rory went back out before his legs were dry so it was a bit of a wasted effort as far as getting him clean went, but it was a good exercise in standing still for hosing off.
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| Clean legs and tail - for a few minutes. |
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