[ad_1] I came back from Turriefield (my vegetable packing volunteering job) after a busy morning with a packet of little carrots that hadn’t sold. I was told they were for the sheep. So the dogs and I set off to find Gussie to give them to him. He has been such a good boy recently […]
More Grass | My Shetland
[ad_1] While everyone was eating their hay, I made the executive decision to open up a bit more of the track. It is pretty bare now, and I am swithering about whether to send the ponies to another nearby croft to go onto that hill park (field). Pros: Endless grass which would be good for […]
Smug | My Shetland
[ad_1] I’m feeling very slightly smug. After breakfast (their’s, not mine), I put a headcollar on Albie, taking him away from his haynet-in-a-box over to the containers where Fivla was resting. I asked Albie to walk into the container and he just walked straight in. No reluctance, no refusal. I was very happy with him […]
Part of their Flock | My Shetland
[ad_1] It is very autumnal now, damn near winter really – temperatures are low with a strong and biting north wind. I might have to dig out my winter sweaters shortly. But the sun was shining when I took the dogs out armed with carrots for the Ancients and it was nice to see everyone. […]
Asleep | My Shetland
[ad_1] I took this photo at 09.15 today when I noticed that only Silver, Albie, Waffle and Tiddles (slightly behind Waffle) were eating their morning hay so then I began to wonder where everyone else was. Not another pony to be seen. So I looked around and, yes, everything became clear. Fivla had taken up […]
New Grass | My Shetland
[ad_1] I took this photo last night as I was going indoors for the evening. I title it “All Alone in the World”. It felt very Hans Christian Andersen Little-Match-Girl-esque. Poor Lambie. One of my many jobs this morning was to open up a bit more of the track for the Shetland ponies. They had […]
Their Own Choices | My Shetland
[ad_1] Today it rained and I made the concious decision not to put rugs on any of the Shetland ponies. My theory was that, now they have the two containers and unlimited hay, they get to make their own choices on where they want to be. I think it is really important that animals choose […]
Happy! | My Shetland
[ad_1] I could not be happier. Everything was ready for the containers….. I was told that they could appear at any time with very little notice…… And I was trying to be hopeful that it would be today when I got a message saying the lorry had magically appeared and they were on their way. […]
OMG, Where’s Newt? | My Shetland
[ad_1] I am always counting animals – 9 sheep, 3 Icelandics, 8 Shetland ponies, 12 ducks, 8 hens, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 2 daughters …. the list is endless. So, this morning at breakfast, I was counting the ponies and my total only came to 7. Panic! Where’s Newt? I found him in his office! […]
Visiting | My Shetland
[ad_1] After a very successful flute duet afternoon, I went to check the Icelandic horses just to make sure that they don’t have colic or laminits. They don’t and I know this as I fed them all a diagnostic carrot. Afterwards, I crossed the hill, elegantly jumped over a fence (ok, scrambled) and went to […]