Mouthy Horse Tales

Mouthy Horse Tales

I turned off the fans last night.  This morning, the box fan had been toppled and I found the electric cord had been chewed.  Also, Fancy drug the manure fork into her stall. Delta is shown today with the manure fork.  Fancy wanted Delta blamed for all incidents.  Delta is the herd boss and Fancy wants her to be the one “in trouble” with the human.  (Note:  Another lie about how horse’s brains do not work.)

Mouthy Horse and Summer

Fancy is what we call a mouthy horse. Her mouth likes to explore. The curiosity in her brain manifests itself through her mouth. It’s hot and the herd of three patiently stand in their shady run-in stalls trying to keep from going mad with the ever present flies. They have fans on the stall doors. So far this year, Fancy has chewed thru the electric cord twice on the high dollar fan. It will be fixed again and I’ll run an extension cord from another plug in socket. The electrical…

Exciting Maiden Trailer Hauling Day

Two hornets and a human shared the truck cab today. No human or hornet were harmed. Hot 70 degree days demand an open window. That was yesterday. One forgets about an open window and farm life. The hornets live around the barn. They wanted to see how cozy living in the truck cab could be. Yes, I was driving with Fancy in her first new trailer ride when....a HORNET flew around my head. I cursed and made haste to open all truck windows. The hornet has to find a new…

Another Fancy Day etc

I'd like to start with last night in the bath tub. I ducked my head under the water and my ears buzzed. Oh! I'm getting too used to my hearing aides. They still work today! Today, a nice day in the 70's, I decided to do my dress rehersal Parelli Level 4 Finesse Audition and then take Fancy to my favorite trail riding place, James A Reed park. It's a big deal to ride by myself, outdoors. Maybe other people would be trail riding too and I could sneak into…