It has been an uneventful week with unhindered daily routines.
John zips through morning feeding at 6:30am, first making a mad dash for the paddock followed by two hunger-crazed donkey monsters. He's got his own efficient routine and all the horses behave wonderfully for him, with the exception of Tie... Kidding!
In the evenings after Tie finishes his massive quantities of soaked beat pulp, alfalfa cubes, senior feed, corn oil, probiotics, and fat supplements (did I forget something?), we have been putting him out with Tav, who takes his own sweet time eating his dinner. So it actually works perfectly. We don't have to wait on either horse since they both take about the same amount of time to eat. Funny thing is, Tie eats about 50 times more than Tav, but Tav just loves to savor every single little morsel of grain.
In the mornings John soaks feed, feeds the barn horses, brings Tie in, feeds Tav, then heads out to feed the boys' pasture. The boys have a tendency to carry their big rubber buckets around (Bodhi *cough*). We can't just ask Magic to follow us to a bowl and pour his grain. Why, you ask? Because of the dark horse spirit living in the woods. Magic must eat as far away as possible from the spirit's domain - the evil woods. Magic always, always eats facing said woods.
The other boys don't seem phased by the dark horse spirit floating about in their pasture. Dusty pins his ears and dives in to his bucket, Cas and Bodhi arrive at the next bucket side-by-side. Cas gets fed, then Bodhi gets his 10 pellets.
From there John heads down to feed the oldies; Jedi, Ufir, and Molly. If you haven't pet Jedi in a while, I encourage you to feel for his ribs. He has gained so much weight!
John gets back to the barn, lets JW and Tie out, then the girls, then Pokey (because by now Tav might actually be finished eating!).
Be sure to always close the gates behind you! We came home last week and the driveway gate had been left open and two horses had somehow escaped their pasture. The horses were still on the property, but we have had horses escape and make it down to the paved road before. Please close the gate behind you even if someone else has left it open. Thanks!
Today should be a rainy, dreary day. I hope you get lots of relaxation time and stay dry!
Hah that made laugh poor Bodhi and his 10 pellets he must feel like such a fat kid!
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