Another New Horse - It's Bo!

[Heinz_57]

@ShenanAnna

Without muskeeters.

Personally I find the gnats (?) to be way more of a problem! I left the horses out until dusk one day last week and about had a panic attack with the number of bugs attacking my face as I was trying to get halters on. I was acting wild enough that horses were giving me that ‘uhh, something wrong with the food lady… we better behave…’ look they are all good boys anyway, I lead them in, all 3 at once.

@cayuse

Bo looks guilty of something, what’s he been up to ?

He was waiting expectantly for the water (which I dumped) to be filled back up. He has a routine, which includes taking a big long drink from the pasture troughs as soon as I turn him out. You’d think I was withholding water or I worked him hard, but no. He’s got 15 gallons of clean, fresh water in the paddock I took him out of. Pasture trough water just tastes different

[firecracker]

Omg I love this so much!!

[Displaced_Yankee]

Looks like a Halloween party to me!

[Sdel]

@Displaced_Yankee

Looks like a Halloween party to me!

The Ghosts of Christmas……

[BatCoach]

Is that poor dear Saint Elmo with the grazing muzzle and the traffic cone orange mask? The humiliation!

[lenapesadie]

How cute!

I have a match

[Heinz_57]

You mean the majestic-looking short stack? Yes. One of his pet names is Moomoo. Moomoo shoomoo. He is quite happy to put that muzzle on, if it means he gets grass. He’s an eating machine. His other fly mask is hot pink… he’s a macho gelding. And Cooper’s fly mask (somewhere in the ground in the background) is leopard print. I just buy whichever prints/colors are on clearance!

@lenapesadie NORMIE! He looks so snazzy.

[2DogsFarm]

OhEmGeeeee!!!
That booty!
Compared to your 1st pics, just makes me
And the bling suits him right down to the ground

[BatCoach]

hahahaha Moomoo Shoomoo! He truly is a corgi in a pony suit!

[ZuzusPetals]

Seriously with that tush. Are you working on hills or what?!

[Heinz_57]

@ZuzusPetals

Seriously with that tush. Are you working on hills or what?!

I wish I could take credit… but he only gets worked 2-3x a week usually, and that’s really just been going for mostly walk-hacks the last month or so. He’s just built.

And for today’s adventure, Elmo and I ponied Bo.

https://youtube.com/shorts/OuIoJ2lZQNM?feature=share

After pondering things, it seemed like the most logical arrangement. They are good buddies since they are neighbors and turnout partners, and Elmo is very unbothered by being bumped/crowded or having ropes around him. Bo is generally the most well-mannered of the bunch when it comes to being led (my 6 year old can do turn out/in with him).

It went fairly well. Elmo was a rock. Bo is pretty easy to handle on the rope but we need to work on matching speed… we did a little trotting and he was quick to get ahead, then drop back to walk, trot up ahead, repeat. Towards the end we managed a nice little tandem joggy jog. I am not reckless enough to do more than a controlled jog in an open field on a pony that’s never ponied, ponying a horse that seems to have never been ponied.

The cutest ponying pony you ever did see:

[lenapesadie]

He’s the best boi!

[Heinz_57]

His mohawk is starting to lay over (currently in the sticking out sideways phase…) and I need to make decisions: let it grow or buzz it off again…

Also, Bo has fly sheet rubs on his shoulders. Darn it. Need to figure out a solution.

[candyappy]

Nothing like a tail in the face for poor Bo.

[Rackonteur]

"Grab a six-string, find a rope swing, and a sorrel or a chestnut … "

[Heinz_57]

Yeah that was a bit rude of Elmo (and the resulting tail over the rope was a repeating annoyance) I had been keeping Bo up closer to my leg but that section/corner isn’t wide enough for two abreast - once I get my tree trimming piles picked up and the mowing done (again) it should be.

[Tee]

It’s hard to see in the picture, but would putting a little dart in each shoulder and pulling it up a bit maybe take it off the rub spots?

[Scarlet_Gilia]

Bossy’s Bibs or similar shoulder protector might help with Bo’s rubs. Of course, that would be another layer to potentially add heat to his dis/comfort equation.

[ZuzusPetals]

— I can feel Elmo’s wonderfully swingy forward walk in this video. It’s among the best moments on horseback.
— Really digging the brown dressage tack. Go, you rebel, you.
— If you turn up the volume and use earbuds, you can hear Bo say, “Thanks, d-head” to the tail in the face.
— Why are you ponying? Confidence-builder? Giving his back a rest? This is neat.

[ZuzusPetals]

Update on fly sheets:

I alternate the sheets to launder. The Mio, beyond that small tear, is wearing quite well. Also, the Mio is so much lighter and easier to throw on. The Rambo is non-stop buckles, straps, snaps and velcro.

If I had to choose, it would be the Rambo because it’s clearly going to last. But the Mio’s no-fuss design has allure, too.