Pedicure Day

We had company today. Randall came by to trim our hooves. My horse is doing so well Randal told the human girl that whatever she is doing she should keep doing it. My horse now has some real hoof on that outside part and it may not even come off. Maybe you don’t know this but he was hurt real bad before he came here to be my horse. He has his feet worked on first and that takes a long time but I was very patient. I was as patient as I could be that is. I looked at everything in the back of Randal's truck and had me a snack of some hay back there. Then I found the old cut off rusty horse shoe nails. Ah! Just what I was looking for. Randal doesn't let me eat them. Tells me 'No No You cannot eat those they are not for you to eat move you head go on now.' Finally my owner got a brush and started brushing me so I quit bother everyone else. My horse got all four of his feet trimmed and shoes put on his two front ones. Then it was my turn. There was a big to-do about that. Some of thought it was pretty funny. Had to stand still, had to put my head down and get a halter put on me and then a lead rope attached to that. HELLO?!! I have been standing right here in this very same spot for an hour and half do you really think I am going to just up and decide to walk away now? Humans are so funny sometimes. I got all four of my feet trimmed and filed real nice. Randal is a great guy. He works and works and then he will just sit down for a time and talk. He is always nice. He is very strong so if I try to do something wrong he will tell me straight up to stop that. When I do stop he will sit down a few minutes and let me think about my bad behavior. That is pretty interesting.

Bad behavior is not tolerated. I have to do what I am told to do and pretty much when I am told to do it. If I do not then I really really have to do whatever it is I was asked to do and then when I do do it they say Thank You then just walk away from me. It’s like they are saying that is just fine that you did what you were asked to do but it is not going to be rewarded because you did not do it when you were asked to do. I sometimes forget that I have to do what I’m being asked to do.

Especially if I am being asked to go forward by a rope being pulled. I do not respond well to that. I will walk along beside you or follow you but I do not like some human to be out in front of me pulling on a rope. Nope I do not like that.

My horse put on his brakes when she was walking him up to the truck. I do not know what he was thinking. All she did was say 'Ok' then walked him around in a circle then off they went. Do you think he didn't know they were going the same way she had wanted him to go but he wouldn't just because she walked him around in a circle? What a silly boy he is. He should do it like I do. Put on the brakes and make them come to you. Oh sure that's wrong but as long as it works I'm fine with it.

Randal said he had heard that my horse used to be a 'cutting' horse. I believe that to be true because even with his very hurt foot he can turn on a dime. You should see him spin around on his back legs. Sometimes it looks like he is just spinning on one hind leg he goes so fast. I hope he get's all better someday so he can walk nicely without it hurting him much.