How amazing it is to have a litter of Springers. It’s just so easy compared to the Irish Wolfhound litters. These puppies have the will to live, and mum does it all for you. None of this 24hr vigilance for two weeks, or the oafish jumping in and out of the puppy pen, non of the fear of the puppies being squashed, or constant cleaning. What a relief and very stress free for me.
The process of putting the website together is on going. The internet at the farm has been very very very slow at times, and I also feel squarespace are still sorting their stuff out too. Everyday I try and make some changes and additions, struggling also to achieve, but still better than spending a fortune on having it all done for me.
Damp and foggy here, at least now we don't have to decide between hay and haylage. It's definitely haylage time. Two more large round bales dropped off today by Jonathan, and they quickly started the munch-a-thon to get to the bottom first, although as I look out of the window, some have been beaten by the sugary goodness and are flat out on the floor pushing out the zzzzzz's.
Izzie came the morning to double check the herd, lots of grooming and brushing going on, and the youngsters halter and led around. We also bought one of the boys in for a bucket, and a brush down, plus a little bit of Reiki, or horse whispering ... or whatever you want to call it. he was very perceptive to whatever it was, and very suspicious too.
Izzie came into the kitchen early, and I asked her to make some notes for the blog. I think she was feeling the cold this morning!!
Welcome to the new website and new blog. See if we can get back into the swing of it again. Once again the website has undergone some changes and moved around to another provider. We now hope eventually it will be better than ever, however still under construction, as I learn new techniques.
It has been very wet here in Belper this last week, but unusually warm for the time of year so all the poor horses are very confused as to whether they should be growing winter coats or not and Izzy is having a battle with her wardrobe to decide what to wear, wet /dry and back to wet.
The youngsters are getting a lot of attention these days with lots of regular foot handling and leading training including the naughty foal who has taken it upon himself to train Izzy rather than the other way round!
We had a rather Peaches in the stables today to get dry and have a nice big bucket feed which she seemed rather grateful with Izzy for. She was groomed groom and a thorough check over. Music came in too, although he doesn’t need a bucket, he had a bit of TLC from. We also have a rather sore horse at the moment and as Izzy and I know exactly how he feels he is coming in on a regular basis for a feed and some Reiki.
Well that’s it for now I need to get dry so have fun and keep checking the blog for more news from the farm!
When training is rich and varied, the horse engages mentally, and that will be enough to hold his interested.
How can you evaluate a horseman, when they are further along than you? Watch them ride, and note their horse’s softness and willingness.
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