Lorry practice

Today a motorised box on wheels arrived, and I didn't take much notice of it.  I didn't take much notice when mummy went out of the gate.  Then the engine started and I heard mummy neigh.  I suddenly realised that mummy was locked inside the metal box and it was going away with her inside!
I was really worried and called out in alarm for a few minutes.  Funnily enough, Hanuman seemed quite unperturbed, so I waited in the corner of my stable to see what would happen next.  After about ten minutes, the metal box on wheels returned and I was relieved to see that mummy had come back, safe and sound.

OMG!  Mummy is trapped inside the lorry and it is going away!

Then the same thing happened again.  Mummy went into the metal box, was driven off, and then later came back.  Both mummy and Hanuman didn't seem to think there was anything odd about this, so I figured that perhaps I shouldn't be so worried after all.

Here the lorry comes back for a second time and I am not so worried

Then everyone was praised - me for being brave and not panicking when mummy left, Posy was praised for being patient going in and out of the lorry and being driven round the block a few times, and Hanuman was praised for being a Good Babysitter.

Cunning plans

Mummy had a cunning plan to throw off one of her shoes the night before a dressage competition, thus saving her the trouble of competing.  This has worked successfully before, but I note that She has measured mummy's feet and is planning to buy hoof boots, which would thwart any future attempts to avoid work by burying shoes in the mud.

Hanuman had a cunning plan to eat a hole in the hedge at the front so that he can watch all the comings and goings along the road.
I have gone one better and eaten a large hole where the hedge meets the fence.  I am small and nimble enough to stand on the bank, and it won't be long before I can skip through the gap and munch all the yummy lawn grass on the other side.  Tee hee!

The vet is here again

I am learning that when vets come they invariably stab you with sharp needles.  The excuse this time was that it was a vaccination which has to be officially recorded in my documents.  I was very brave and got a carrot for being so well behaved.

I stand quietly, unsuspecting, while the vet readies to stab me with a needle

I have an accident

This morning my hind leg was really swollen after a mishap overnight.  The human says that I have done very well to wait for over seven months before having my first accident.  She says that mummy had been admitted to hospital by the time she was ten weeks old, and has been having regular accidents ever since.
She inspected my leg and thinks that I have sprained my fetlock since there are no wounds to be seen.  The vet is coming on Wednesday and will attend to me if my leg is still swollen.  Until then I shall have to be very brave.  Hopefully I will be consoled with extra carrots.

My fetlock joint is very swollen but it hasn't put me off my haylage.

My coat has an accident

I got tangled up in my coat overnight and I had to struggle to escape, unfortunately, this resulted in a few rips and tears, so that it can't be fastened on any more.  Now when it is wet and cold I have to shelter in the stables.  I no longer look like the sophisticated foal-about-town, but am rocking the wild Dartmoor pony look.

In Hanuman's stable I found a pink ball on a string.  It tastes salty, and licking it helps while away the time until the weather clears.

Weather Update

The fine weather has been replaced by storms barrelling in from the Atlantic so that we are all now wet and bedraggled.

Here I battle the elements in the yard

The weather is deemed too wet and windy for Hanuman, but I note that mummy has had to have Exercise.  She even had to go out one day with her hair braided into bobbles to do Dressage, leaving Hanuman and I to hold the fort.  

Looking stylish, if wet

Mini heatwave

I have been developing a lovely warm, thick coat.   She says it will be needed as there is an el nino this year and we will all be very cold.  Never rely on amateur weather forecasters.  The last few days have been boiling hot and we are all sweltering.  Here I am pictured trying to cool myself down by the water bucket.

It is so warm that Posy and Hanuman have been allowed to go out without any clothes on - even though there is mud in the field.

We found primroses and roses in bloom - they are very confused.