Animals
What is it about little boys and balls? It must be genetic...even amongst the animal kingdom! I found an exercise ball and blew it up for the "Littles". Each morning, when they go out to the dry lot or the pasture, they run and play with each other for the longest time.
- Tiny Horse...big Attitude!
What do you do when you've spent too much time indoors? You bundle up and go out to visit the animals.After all... if they have to stay outside in this weather,then I should certainly be able to spend a little extra time with them.It only seems...
- Muddy Buddies
It's the time of year when everything is covered with a thickcoating of mud.The snow has melted, and there just is nowhere for the moisture to go...beneath the swollen mud lies frozen ground. Mud never seems to bother the horses,in fact they seem...
- Timing Is Everything!
Nettie B.: "Things are a little mixed up in the goat pen right now. I just don't understand boys!" Jill: "Two weeks ago, when we all moved in together,Chip spent his days chasing us all around the pen..." Missy: "Yes, and...
- Today's Lesson....sharing
What an amazingly beautiful day we had here yesterday. I began morning chores at 6:30 with temps in the teens....brrrrr! by the end of the afternoon we saw 35 degrees.(amazingly, that felt warm!) (Is there anything sweeter than sleeping minis?)There...
- Equi-canine Playtime
With help like this, who needs farmhands?? Every morning and evening as I clean up after the horses,Sammy and Ollie play their favorite game.It's a universal game for children of all species, all over the world. Known to most of us as "Tag", Sammy...
Animals
A Boy, A Ball, A Whole Lot of Fun
What is it about little boys and balls? It must be genetic...even amongst the animal kingdom! I found an exercise ball and blew it up for the "Littles". Each morning, when they go out to the dry lot or the pasture, they run and play with each other for the longest time.
I thought a ball might be something they would enjoy....
I was right, at least as far as Ollie is concerned.
Ollie is my tiny white orphaned miniature horse. He will be one year old this June. Red is his older half brother. Red will be one year old this month. These two are inseparable. They do absolutely everything together. Everything....absolutely.....together!
Ollie spent the longest time yesterday morning chasing his new ball...
pushing it around with his nose,
biting it,
and humping it.
Red was glad that for just a few minutes, it wasn't him!
Sometimes I think Ollie has a little more testosterone than he needs...
and certainly more than Red needs!!
What you don't see with this picture is that this behavior continues with
both of the boys running around the dry lot....piggy back style!
Silly boys!
These two are a constant source of entertainment. And let me tell you, when they get to tearing around....they are FAST!! My feisty little stallions... they come to me when I call them and nuzzle me. Oh how I love my little boys!
- Tiny Horse...big Attitude!
What do you do when you've spent too much time indoors? You bundle up and go out to visit the animals.After all... if they have to stay outside in this weather,then I should certainly be able to spend a little extra time with them.It only seems...
- Muddy Buddies
It's the time of year when everything is covered with a thickcoating of mud.The snow has melted, and there just is nowhere for the moisture to go...beneath the swollen mud lies frozen ground. Mud never seems to bother the horses,in fact they seem...
- Timing Is Everything!
Nettie B.: "Things are a little mixed up in the goat pen right now. I just don't understand boys!" Jill: "Two weeks ago, when we all moved in together,Chip spent his days chasing us all around the pen..." Missy: "Yes, and...
- Today's Lesson....sharing
What an amazingly beautiful day we had here yesterday. I began morning chores at 6:30 with temps in the teens....brrrrr! by the end of the afternoon we saw 35 degrees.(amazingly, that felt warm!) (Is there anything sweeter than sleeping minis?)There...
- Equi-canine Playtime
With help like this, who needs farmhands?? Every morning and evening as I clean up after the horses,Sammy and Ollie play their favorite game.It's a universal game for children of all species, all over the world. Known to most of us as "Tag", Sammy...