Don’t feel too bad, we all do stuff like that occasionally
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The expression on her face!
“What?”
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Oh, gosh! Heart attack city!
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No, you’re a concerned & caring horseowner.
We make decisions based on experience & do a LOT of Wait & See based on that experience 
I’m glad Honcho got past whatever was making him too sore to nom hay. 
And you’ve improved on his former life by 1 Zillion!
My latest Yellow Alert was hearing mini cough.
My sleuthing skillz said it only happened when he was pillaging hay from the stacked bales in my barn. So standing on the pallets, head raised.
Because he is the Privileged Prince who comes in the service door with/ahead of me & pillages said bales while the well-behaved horse & pony wait in their stalls to be served 
So, no vet visit unless he starts coughing outside of his felonious raids, or shows other symptoms.
Signed:
2Dogs, Handservant to Horses
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Honcho is presently giving his hay net what for. Vigorously! Lol. He’s totally fine now and back to seeing how much mischief he can make.
Vet says he has a heart murmur, poor little dude. But it’s better he’s here with me where the vet can monitor him and such.
Does your mini think he’s a Viking? All that raiding and pillaging lol. Fingers crossed for no more coughing.
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If he could, Bugs would wear the horned helmet 
And probably seek revenge on the pony for chasing him.
Currently looks like he’s already wearing the bearskin
My conjecture on the cough seems correct.
No more coughing.
Good for Honcho!
Former Oliver Twist, now living his Best Life as Artful Dodger 
Heart mumur - depending on grade - can be no Biggie.
You don’t plan on logging with him, do you? 
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Bugs needs that horned helmet! I’m glad he’s not coughing more!
Mostly I plan on just hugging Honcho. He’s just the right size to squeeze. He’s not showing in symptoms of heart failure so he may free load here for many years lol.
The Bamboo Prison Warden waves when he drives by but hasn’t stopped to see Honcho.
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I gotcha 
When I got Kouma*, my Hackney Pony (also a Giveaway - from my shoer) after a lifetime of 16h & taller horses, it was a revelation for 5’2" me to be able to look an Equine straight in the eye 
Like Honcho, he had 1 Job:
Keep my WB company 
Now he’s 2nd in Command (in his mind) to the horse.
His “troop” of 1 mini, largely ignores any command if it doesn’t come from The Boss
Bamboo is probably thrilled pony is off his payroll 
*Japanese for Pony (literally: Little Horse)
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What a cute name! I like it!
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I loved having my head at the same height as my Hackney pony’s head. He was very huggable and just the right size.
Rebecca
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Switched up my ADHD meds/dosages for the first time in a few years because of the med shortage. I’d forgotten what a kooky place my brain is without store-bought assistance in the executive function department. For example - my NYE:
- Watching old episode of GBBS featuring open face rye sandwiches. DD16 is worried that Rahul overbaked his loaf. I reassure her that I think it is just dark rye like Russian Borodinsky bread.
- Remember that I bought rye flour a few months ago with the intention of making the salt-crusted currant rye bread from the The Inn at Little Washington.
- Have not eaten Borodinsky bread since my last trip to Russia in the late 90’s. Whatever. Now seriously jonsing for Borodinsky bread.
- Spend one hour researching recipes. No namby-pamby Food Network-ized recipe will do. Finally locate suitable recipe on a Russian food blogger’s page.
- Spend next hour painstakingly converting Slavic measurements to grams.
- Five minutes spent unearthing container of rye flour from the depths of the pantry.
- Chuckle at instructions to mix rye flour and water together until the consistency of “thick sour cream” is achieved. Realize – too late – that instructions are not funny unless you’ve spent time in Russia where sour cream is EVERYTHING and any attempt to rebuff the babushka as she spoons sour cream into your soup, onto your cucumber salad, etc. elicits exclamations of “Bosha Moi!!!” Teenagers and cats all give me the side eye and flee the kitchen.
- Finish mixing Borodinsky starter at 11pm.
Starter has 24 hours to go in the fermentation process. Will report back on Thursday. 
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Why would you rebuff a scarf? Maybe you mean Bubbie? Yiddish for Grandmother.
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Babushka is russian/polish for grandmother.
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Ah right. I neglected to read the entire definition when I looked it up. My bad.
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