This was when the sun was setting- it was just lovely- it was shining through the fence and onto these two little chaps and they were just soo relaxed.
This morning after mucking out and getting the hay ready....I thought I'd just keep a bit of hay in the pen and see how obliging they were when it came to taking it from my hand....I was away yesterday at the Fieldays...so wondered if they would still be nice to me....Yes Little chap was eating from my hand and the Big Boy came almost- within inches this time....they don't move away at all when I let them eat from the bins with me beside them...so all's going well....I can now move them around and sort them into their pens seperately...Just need to get them to stand steady when I want to move them around seperately...David will most likely come next week to halter them, so I want them to stand still if possible....At least I can now touch the little chap..and it was his idea not mine..which is how I want him to be.....The big Boy isn't quite ready yet...not quite as brave as the little chap, but he is improving every day...and as always it has to be at their pace not mine.....I think they liked their new buckets.
As usual, great progress. Lovely pics, too. They look so calm and accepting...
ReplyDeleteYes the little chap is quite a different horse to the Big Boy who is really looking for someone to take over- I can do a lot more with the little chap and yet when I seperate them the big Boy isn't anywhere near as scared...interesting the little one is growing really fast not that much shorter now but a lot narrower...they are both so lovely
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