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Sunday at the barn
Feb. 6th, 2006 12:58 pmIt was a pretty standard day at the barn yesterday. Cascade was off. Her left hind leg seemed to be bothering her. Seemed to be more something in the leg than her foot. The foot did feel a little warm, but so did the one on the right side. Apparently, she just tends to have warm feet. Anyway, she was temporarily in one of the stalls on the boarder side. She really seemed to enjoy being over there, since the stall she was in had no bars on the door so she could stick her head out into the aisle. She also seemed to spend a lot of time sniffing noses with Wizard in the next stall. Maybe she has a thing for paints and pintos, considering that her original destiny in life was to be a brood mare for paint foals. She did call out to the horses on the other side of the barn and out in the pasture now and then. It wasn't a whinny though, just the cute little vocal sort of nicker she often does.
About the only other thing of note occurred when I was turning some of the horses out. I led Baby Doc out and let him loose. Instead of heading off to roll or running up to his buddies on the hill, he stayed by the gate and snuffled at me for attention while I was latching it. I gave him some nose pets and rubs under his jaw, then started back down toward the barn to bring out another horse. Baby Doc put his head over the gate and nickered at me. That was kinda cute so I went back up to give some more rubs. He did it again when I turned to leave again.
Baby Doc is a friendly horse, but that's the first time I can remember him doing anything actually affectionate toward me. He's a good horse and I do like the times when I can ride him. He has a couple quirks that can be annoying if you're not in the mood for dealing with them. I often "badmouth" him jokingly and more than once have called him a pig (half seriously) when riding him. Odd thing is, the people he seems to like most are the ones who talk to or about him like that. Go figure. Anyway, it was kind of nice having one of the horses being affectionate when there weren't any treats involved.
Oh, a third thing from the weekend was that Luke's owners moved and he's no longer at the barn. Luke was only there a few months. He was a little shy, but a nice horse. A very pretty coffee-with-plenty-of-milk type color. He didn't like cold weather and was usually blanketed. I dunno how he's going to handle his new home, seeing as how they're moving to Wyoming. It was Luke's old stall that Cascade was in yesterday. When I bring the hay in for the afternoon feeding, I usually put one of the bales across the aisle from Luke's stall. One time, he had his head out in the aisle and his neck stretched out as if he thought he could somehow reach the bale ten feet away. One of the trail guides walked past and commented on how the horse looked like he was trying to will the bale over to him, which got the response "Use the Force Luke!"
About the only other thing of note occurred when I was turning some of the horses out. I led Baby Doc out and let him loose. Instead of heading off to roll or running up to his buddies on the hill, he stayed by the gate and snuffled at me for attention while I was latching it. I gave him some nose pets and rubs under his jaw, then started back down toward the barn to bring out another horse. Baby Doc put his head over the gate and nickered at me. That was kinda cute so I went back up to give some more rubs. He did it again when I turned to leave again.
Baby Doc is a friendly horse, but that's the first time I can remember him doing anything actually affectionate toward me. He's a good horse and I do like the times when I can ride him. He has a couple quirks that can be annoying if you're not in the mood for dealing with them. I often "badmouth" him jokingly and more than once have called him a pig (half seriously) when riding him. Odd thing is, the people he seems to like most are the ones who talk to or about him like that. Go figure. Anyway, it was kind of nice having one of the horses being affectionate when there weren't any treats involved.
Oh, a third thing from the weekend was that Luke's owners moved and he's no longer at the barn. Luke was only there a few months. He was a little shy, but a nice horse. A very pretty coffee-with-plenty-of-milk type color. He didn't like cold weather and was usually blanketed. I dunno how he's going to handle his new home, seeing as how they're moving to Wyoming. It was Luke's old stall that Cascade was in yesterday. When I bring the hay in for the afternoon feeding, I usually put one of the bales across the aisle from Luke's stall. One time, he had his head out in the aisle and his neck stretched out as if he thought he could somehow reach the bale ten feet away. One of the trail guides walked past and commented on how the horse looked like he was trying to will the bale over to him, which got the response "Use the Force Luke!"