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I almost got kicked in the head tonight. Twice. Not our horse, the boss of the pasture. He gets wound up when he doesn't get to go in the barn when he thinks he should, and takes it out on everyone else. He runs the other horses around, tries to bite them, and just makes it just about impossible to get Cash calm enough to catch him. When you've got a snorting horse with his head down coming right for you, you begin to rethink your life choices and whether it's all worth it. When he does this I'll stomp my feet and start walking towards him, and that throws off his game, he runs off and starts bucking and kicking, and then circles back and tries again. The funny thing is the old man in the pasture walks over and stands by me, hoping I'll protect him from the boss. He's 29 and he's had enough of the BS. Or is it Horse S?
I mentioned in another thread the amount of time it takes to work with the horse. Here's the breakdown.
We left the house about 4:00pm today. It's at least 30 minutes to the barn. Between catching the horse, grooming him, working him on the ground (no riding tonight) cooling him down, feeding him, drying him off and taking him back to the pasture, and then driving home, it was 7:30 when we walked in the door, and I'm now eating dinner at about 7:50 pm
Tonight will be Cash's first exposure to below zero temperatures this year. It's supposed to get to -2 overnight. They were predicting colder temperatures and higher winds, but it looks like the forecast has been revised. He should be okay. He's super fuzzy now.
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