Rug Magic

Saw Brin coming in from his field………just as I thought his rug is now covered in mud & lost all its shine!!
Mind you he doesn’t care…….he told me that he’s quite happy; his rug’s keeping the rain off his back without him getting too hot!

Big Brin in the Arena

I’ll tell you something quite puzzling about our rugs;  Whenever we come in with wet rugs in the morning, they are always nice & dry when we go back out into the field!!

I don’t know how they do it, but I can tell you we are all very pleased that they do!

In praise of good teeth!

The vet checked my teeth today: not the most fun I’ve ever had, but the he was very good & took the time to make sure I was all right. One of the staff was with me too, so I got plenty of praise while my teeth were being done & when he’d finished. 

I Told Teddy about it and he said that all the horses at Calvert Trust Exmoor have their teeth checked regularly.  He said it’s ‘an important part of keeping us horses healthy as our teeth are growing all the time’. 

He also reckoned that if we didn’t have our teeth checked we could have problems eating! That got me thinking, if having my teeth checked means that I can eat what I want when I want, it’s ok by me!

Stop Press: I'm In Print!

Stop press!

Do you remember my blog post about becoming an author? (I'm an author!)

My article is now out, in the October /November issue of PosAbility magazine! (http://posabilitymagazine.co.uk/)

It looks like this!

Why not rush out and get one now, and turn to page 51 to read my story!

Driving me round the bend

I had a chat with Hendrix…….do you remember me saying that his main job is driving?   He told me that this year has been great as he’s done a lot more driving; I know he loves his job & I have heard the staff say how good he is (although I haven’t told him that!)

One of the things he likes is driving round a course of cones, especially when the turns are tight & the gap just wide enough for him to get through!!

He said it’s even more exciting now as there are different coloured balls on each set of cones………he has to get round the course without knocking them off!!!!

Sounds really cool & great fun; I can’t wait to have a go at this too! Maybe Hendrix & I can have a competition sometime…….but I will need to practice a bit first!

Me practising to beat Hendrix!

My New Rug

Hurray!!

As I hoped in my last blog, (Replacing my Mini Skirt!), I've now got a picture of me in my new rug:

Handsome fellow, aren't I!

Replacing my mini skirt!

Brin got his new rug today & I know he’s very pleased despite what he might say about not feeling the cold!    He looks pretty cool in it too…

….it’s all clean & shiny at the moment, but I bet it doesn’t stay like that for long!

BUT the best news is that I got a NEW RUG too! whoopee!!!!!

I did hear a while ago the staff say something about my rug being a bit short for me; I think they said something about it looking a bit like a ‘mini skirt’.  I don’t know about anything about a skirt, but my tum did get a bit chilly at times!  

I’ve definitely got bigger muscles from driving and I’m a year older, so maybe that’s why the other rug seems smaller. Anyway, my new rug is great!

I look rather dashing in black with a touch of colour round the edges; so the weather can do what it likes as this ‘mighty atom’ will stay warm & dry!

Hopefully I will have a photo soon to show you!

I’ve just had the best day ever!!

I’ve just had the best day ever!!!

As you may guess, I did some more driving. BUT the best bit is that I drove on the track by the reservoir!!!!!
Of course I’ve done this before, but not for ages and ages. It was great to go somewhere a bit different; and having the challenge of going up & down some pretty steep hills! 

In fact it felt a bit easier this time, of course I’m stronger than I was & much more experienced too!  Must tell Bruno all about it tonight!

Update……I asked Teddy what a ‘heavy weight’ rug was (Teddy knows everything of course!).  He told me it’s just a thicker rug for when it gets really cold; let’s hope Brin doesn’t need it anytime soon!!