Animals
- Who's Who....part 7
I often get the question..."Which animals take the most time to care for?" The answer to that is easy...no thought necessary.The horses! Cleaning up their manure three times daily...plus cleaning the pastures,feeding (in the winter time, they need lots...
- 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...
- Inseparable
Ordinarily when two beings are as close as my Littles are, I would say they are joined at the hip. However, in the case of Red and Ollie...they are most often joined at the lips! These two adore each other and spend a good deal of the day playing. They...
- Rainy Silliness
Yesterday afternoon I ran to town to do some Christmas shopping. I left the Littles in the front pasture for the afternoon, as the weather was cold and cloudy. Sometime while I was in town, however, it started to rain. This is what I came home to......"Hey...
- Getting Along Famously!
The "littles" , as I call them, are getting along with each other quite well. Actually, they love, love, love each other! They are spending a good part of the day in the pasture beside the "bigs". Sadly, the "bigs" are both on a weightloss program...they...
Animals
Equi-canine Playtime
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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 calls it "Catch me, if you can!"
I call it "Trading Places"....the game of pretend,
where predator gets to be prey.
(Canines are natural predators.
Equines are natural prey.)
But on a farm where species intermingle and feel safe with each other...
anything goes!
So, back to the game.
It goes something like this:
Sam: "Hey Ollie, hey, hey, hey Ollie...come-on....
chase me Ollie. Ollie....hey, Ollie....chase me!"
(and with this pleading goes a whole lot of nose poking)
Sammy pokes his nose at Ollie's butt...until Ollie has no choice,
but to give chase....
Ollie takes off after Sammy as fast as he can,
across the dry lot,
out into the pasture,
snow flying, hooves pounding.
A whole lot of whoopin' and hollerin'
coming from these two little boys,
as Sam chases Ollie, and Ollie chases Sam.
I overhear Ollie yelling, "I'm gonna get you Sam,
and when I get you, I'm gonna eat you!!"
Sammy squeals with delight and runs as fast as he can!
The rest of the critters watch the entertainment.
TomTom, from the safety of the fence,
Maddie from the gator.
(She prefers quieter games of pretend....as horses might be very dangerous!)
The game continues for about ten minutes,
and then the horses go back to munching hay,
and Sammy returns to munching manure.
All that running really gives a boy an appetite!
It's funny, the rest of the horses will chase Sammy off,
but Ollie....
he chases and chases...some days initiating the game.
I like the fact that in this cold winter weather,
they are getting a bit more exercise than they normally would.
If only I could interest Donnie Brasco in this game...
this chubby pony could definitely use a bit of exercise.
- Who's Who....part 7
I often get the question..."Which animals take the most time to care for?" The answer to that is easy...no thought necessary.The horses! Cleaning up their manure three times daily...plus cleaning the pastures,feeding (in the winter time, they need lots...
- 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...
- Inseparable
Ordinarily when two beings are as close as my Littles are, I would say they are joined at the hip. However, in the case of Red and Ollie...they are most often joined at the lips! These two adore each other and spend a good deal of the day playing. They...
- Rainy Silliness
Yesterday afternoon I ran to town to do some Christmas shopping. I left the Littles in the front pasture for the afternoon, as the weather was cold and cloudy. Sometime while I was in town, however, it started to rain. This is what I came home to......"Hey...
- Getting Along Famously!
The "littles" , as I call them, are getting along with each other quite well. Actually, they love, love, love each other! They are spending a good part of the day in the pasture beside the "bigs". Sadly, the "bigs" are both on a weightloss program...they...