In the pouring rain, we decided to trim Charlot’s feet for the first time. The weather has been nothing but unhelpful in the last few days but his feet really do need trimming.
He was a very good boy and, with the help of Edward (of course), we managed to get the front ones done without any problems. He even let Jo put his hoof on the stand to have it rasped. Not bad for a pony who has been here a week.
Now the back feet were a totally different matter and we are going to have to work on this. Charlot tends to lash out rather than trust us and who can blame him. He had no idea what we were trying to achieve and was not co-operating.
Rather than force the issue, we will just continue at the speed we are going - little things every few days (more if the sun ever shines - the rain was dripping off us all).
Charlot is still very friendly and is learning to lead much better as long as “best friend Edward” comes too. He does not barge but reads your body language and walks alongside nicely. He has so much to learn and I am looking forwards to some nice weather so we can work with him properly. In this weather, you can only do the bare minimum.
No comments:
Post a Comment