Month: July 2021

One of the things I really like to do is brush my horses at liberty. It makes me feel like they want me to do it and appreciate having it done. Today, I brushed the baby horse with the strip hair groomer tool all over, even near her feet, and brushed out her forelock, mane, and tail. She stood there quietly, even when Grace came over to check on us. I love this horse more each day.

Around dinner time, we worked on leading around the yard on the lead line and halter. We worked on not stopping to eat grass every time we whoa. The big horses were getting their baths, so we walked through the hose a couple of times – water is very scary. I’ll need to add this to the list of things to work on. Picked up both front feet several times, this time being careful to keep her head up and away from my back so she won’t try to nibble on me. Back feet will be exciting.

This morning we had a dose of dewormer. She took it with no fussing but gave me some very serious side eye when she tasted it. We did some walk and whoa on the halter and lead since it was already on for the deworming. Tonight we got some fly spray and picked up and picked out both front feet! This really is the bestest best little horse ever.

When I went out to check on the baby horse this morning, her tail seemed really tangled, so I figured it was a really good day to try brushing her tail out. It turns out, the tangle was the result of a huge piece of wire twisted up in her hair. I got the wire out and ran the brush through her tail a little bit. She was not crazy about the tail brushing and moved her rear end away from me just enough to get it out of brush reach. I worked on it a bit from each side and got half the tangles out. She sniffed the brush and booped me with her nose the whole time – she’s just super curious and very engaged.

Today, we put the halter on and walked around the arena several times practicing walk on, and whoa. We stopped and worked on yielding the nose to the girth for a bit, and then tied up to have the tangles out of her mane. She let me brush and comb it out completely and brush in some conditioner. I also brushed her whole body. Tomorrow, I’m going to try brushing her tail and picking out her feet.