Busy morning! This time hubby didn't wake me at 4 am! Whoo Hoo!
Our old pony is starting to show his advanced age. This past winter has been hard on him. He gets a stall inside at night as he is the only one who won't try and rip things apart. Throughout the winter he has had access to places where he can not only eat hay, but he could search for greens.
I checked our paperwork and we got him as a 4 yr old from our friends in Missouri. I always thought he was a 2 yr old when we got him. That would put his age at 32. This is the first year that I've seen him lose weight.
He was a very happy camper all this week when I found patches of green for him to be tethered out on.
In all of his years of being tied out, he has never ever damaged a vehicle nor has he ever gotten tangled up.
This is 15 years ago when I had him tied to the tractor.
He surely has had a good long life being a Guard/Yard Pony. His first job on our place was being a teaser for our mares. His retirement job is Guard Pony and Entertainment Pony.
Here he is ON Guard in 2009. I physically had to get out and move him out of the way.
He is such a handsome fellow with such a fine temperament. He can prance and dance like a fancy high stepping pony. But considering that he has been handled every day since he arrived here, he is a breeze to lead around.
I love how he talks to me with his wee little whinny every morning and evening. He wants to make sure that I don't forget him.
And since I was going through older shots, I came upon a photo of our old 'string' of riding mules in 2005.
Left to right. Henry, Badger, Pipes, and Patchy. All from our Jack named Bruce. All half brothers.
Rich's main mount was Henry and mine was Badger.
Patchy now works in North Carolina as a pack mule doing training exercises with the military and was used to pack in supplies after last year's hurricane.
The others are no longer with us but always in our hearts. These guys were our 'cool' dudes.
Another quiet rainy, misty, cold yucky day in WI!