Wednesday, December 1, 2010

What an eventful few days

Phew am I glad this weeks over and done with. We had quite an exciting time with Arani, Oscar and Louka this week....we decided to put the float a teensie weencie bit inside the larger pen so that Arani could get used to it and hopefully trot on and off the ramp etc...Good plan NOT!!!! He is an LB introvert and he went into his little own space place and then all of a sudden lept up and over the fence...Oscar was right behind him and then Louka- Arani tumbled and rolled Oscar went over the top of him and Louka had no where to go and he got both back feet caught in the wire on the fence- BUT I don't know how he did it he sort of hauled both back feet up at once and the came clear immediately- Hallelujah and thankyou God- they were all fine- Louka had 2 scratches and that was all- Oscar had a nick and Arani was fine not a scratch on him.Phew BUT he was a bit sore the next day....While Louka and Oscar were back to their normal selves in a matter of minutes- it took Arani quite a while to get over it...and I presume in his memory somewhere there is a thought still from the muster and coming in a float...We put just a little too much pressure on him and rather than be rew active about it he goes lalalala and pretends nothings affecting him until he can't handle it anymore so he blows...Megan went straight in and sat beside him until he settled- while Oscar and Louka just ate grass..They are both LBE- they were over it in a jiffy...Just goes to show how they react so differently. We got David to come today and do a lesson with him...It's not about the float!!! We watched as he walked him around the farm with a bum rope on took him on a lovely jaunt- did some yoyoing, circles etc  and then showed him the ramp- Much to everyone's surprise Arani looked at it for a while and then stuck his nose on the ramp,, and after a little while he put both his front feet on it...all of his own accord....David praised him and let him relax there and is coming back on Monday...Lynn;s job is to take him on lovely walks around the farm until then. I'll keep you posted.

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