Love this pic. This is Tama and his big brother Hokey Pokey (2 years old) going on an adventure to watch a pony club ribbon day.
When we got there I went over to the office and tried to do the right thing by paying a ground fee. "Oh NO..." they said, "you can't have a yearling on Pony Club property!". I suggested they pop their head outside to see just how calm and sensible he is, but they were adamant. (I didn't mention that he was also a Kaimanawa from last year's muster!). Never mind, we stood around and watched for a while and then went home, having achieved what we went there for anyway.
They were absolutely calm and absolutely well behaved the entire time. It was a bit of a non-event really, which of course is exactly what you want when training and socialising young horses.
I have bought a leather bitless bridle from Equigear, and I'm really happy with it so far. It'll make a great in-hand headcollar for Tama when he goes to shows, but it will also mean that I can start doing some work to start Honey under saddle.
So here are a few photos of Tama posing and looking handsome. I hope you appreciate them, because it took bloody ages to convince him to stand still and prick his ears. He was much more interested in finding out what edible crumbs there might be mixed into the driveway gravel. Sigh.
If I ever get time, I will teach him to do a stand-stay and pose for the camera. One day.
My husband saw him wearing his bridle, and looking all shiny and gorgeous, and said "he looks like a REAL HORSE now!" (...as opposed to what, you ask? Well, as opposed to a shaggy rastafarian swamp monster, like he was only 4 or 5 months ago).
Just look at that lean, angular body - he looks like a catwalk model! Can't wait for him to fill out over the next couple of years.
This is Tama trying to convince me to give him the carrot that's in my hand. He is still struggling a little with the difficult concept of not being allowed to attempt to eat all edible (and sometimes non-edible) substances in his general vicinity. When he's concentrating he's super polite and tries real hard, but more often than not, he forgets. That instinct is just really strong, especially at this age. All I can do is continue to be really consistent, and only ever reward him when he's being polite. He'll get there. Eventually. I hope.
I have bought a leather bitless bridle from Equigear, and I'm really happy with it so far. It'll make a great in-hand headcollar for Tama when he goes to shows, but it will also mean that I can start doing some work to start Honey under saddle.
So here are a few photos of Tama posing and looking handsome. I hope you appreciate them, because it took bloody ages to convince him to stand still and prick his ears. He was much more interested in finding out what edible crumbs there might be mixed into the driveway gravel. Sigh.
If I ever get time, I will teach him to do a stand-stay and pose for the camera. One day.
My husband saw him wearing his bridle, and looking all shiny and gorgeous, and said "he looks like a REAL HORSE now!" (...as opposed to what, you ask? Well, as opposed to a shaggy rastafarian swamp monster, like he was only 4 or 5 months ago).
Just look at that lean, angular body - he looks like a catwalk model! Can't wait for him to fill out over the next couple of years.
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