Equines & Felines

Horses&Cats:
..and how, at our place, they live together in (almost) perfect harmony.

...a photo-montage staring Tom & Henry (of course), Lemmy (the fluffy one), Coco (the black one) and Min (the mad one).

Welcome to our life...

some evening shots...

Take the opportunity to take photos when you can, you'll get some great shots.

Now Tom and Henry may well be the most photographed and recognisable horses on the planet, but you can never have too many photos of your beloved equine in my view.  People think horse ownership is all about the riding, but I like to take pictures of mine at liberty, because its then you get the 'real' horse.  Doing what it wants, and its fascinating.

...this weekend

make the most of the good weather....
...and ride the good ride.
 Sunday was great weather, it occured to me there may not be many of those left....

 
...though I do like crispy cold frosty mornings too.

So I got out and about.

...more more more...

ponies, and how I can't live without them...
Tom and Henry are sooooo much happier with shoes on people, they're dashing about and doing those fancy foot manoeuvers Trakehners are so famous for!

and now for something....

pretty...

..a pedi 'cure'...

...the farrier came...hoo-bloody-ray!
Don't let it be said that I'm stuck in my ways, or am unwilling to try new things.  But having spent eight weeks barefoot the boys are finally sound again with shoes back on.


Barefoot doesn't suit every horse or sensitive owner (mentioning no names), but they are happy clomping about the yard now, and so I'm happy too.

Yesterday afternoon Steve's van rattled down the driveway, the boys were right out in the fields grazing.  They waited until he'd parked and walked to the yard, and put themselves into their stables to wait for Steve to shoe them!  You couldn't make this stuff up.  Suffice it to say, Tom & Henry invited farriery yesterday, and got it.








See the pictures:

Happy hooves, happy horses, happy butler.