Thanks for asking about Banjo—I haven’t made any updates or switched to a different thread. Just been distracted with work and the heat. He’s doing great. His scrapes are healing up. Got wormed, got front shoes (he was great for the farrier), he’s no longer just 2 shoes on the left side. I think he’s gained a little weight, maybe, but he has a ways to go. Big appetite and can hear me getting the buckets ready and always hollers to eat. I’ve been careful with amounts of feed, but I think I can increase his a bit. Nickers every time he sees me and when they’re out, he starts toward me from across the pasture.
I did a little ground work the other evening—just walking on the lead rope and learning to stop with me, stand straight, and stand without coming toward me. He wants to be in your lap all the time! So we’re just messing around with very basics, since I don’t think he’s really had that. The bugs have been horrible this year and I’ve noticed that any new horse here seems to have to go thru a period where they all are bitten up but that has always subsided to where the bugs don’t go after them as much or they don’t react as much. They both are coated with high-permethrin (sp?) fly liquid twice a day wiped on (he’s not a fan of sprays yet) because that’s the ONLY thing that has even made a dent this year. He clearly slept on some fire ants one night, and it looks like some bugs carpet-bombed his back last week, but those are starting to dry up and go down. He’s pretty good about most everything so far. It’s been just 2-½ weeks of being here and I’ve even see him buck and play a little. I just love him!
He says “HI” to Nosey! She is looking amazing.
