I am Precious and my horse's name is Pretty Boy. Those are our barn names. That is what we get called on an everyday basis. I am a Paint horse and my paper name is Skippers Precious. My Pretty Boy is a Red Roan Appaloosa horse who's paper name is Trouper. Anywho........I tell the house mouse about our life and what happens out here on the farm and in my big red barn so she can tell you. Well now you know so on with the stories.................

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Feeling much better today thank you

Yes I feel much better today than I did yesterday or the day before. It hasn't all been bad while I was sick I did have a good laugh yesterday evening at feeding time. Me and my horse, The Pretty Boy, were both in the barn to eat. The human girl put a short rope on my horse then picked up his bad foot to work on that hoof. Did you notice I said she 'put a short rope on my horse' ? Well that's all she did was put the short rope on him. When he finished his feed he was going to come over to my side and see what if anything I had left he might be able to push me out of the way and get. But he didn't make it to my side. Still holding his foot up in the air the human girl used the other hand to reach over and grab that short rope. She pulled his big ole head back to where he had no choice but to look directly at her. Then she said the most important words slowly, see she had already said HEY!, so now we were at the important part. Eye to eye, with his foot still in her hand she told him 'You pay attention to ME!'. That was all she said. She let go of his short rope and went back to work on his hoof. And he never moved a muscle or blinked an eye. He was paying attention to her. Finally she put his foot down and said she was done with him and he could go. But he stood there and watched her as she put up the short rope up and then hoof pick and then our feed cup. She went into the big red barn to do that and when she came back out he was still paying attention. She told him he was a good boy and that he could go. I had been standing there just outside the barn waiting to see what was going to happen next so I could hear what was being said. The human girl went back inside the barn and came out another door so we walked on over to the water tank. And there was that girl so my horse turned so he could pay attention to her.

She took the big drag harrow off of her 4X4 machine and hung it up on the wall. Then she got on her machine and started it up. Drove out into the pasture then backed it into our area of the big red barn but she puts it behind a gate so I can't play with it even though I like to. Then she came out and got in the cute little car and drove it out into our pasture then into the area where she just put that drag harrow. She went to close the south gate and my horse started toward her. She got the gate closed and told him to 'come on' so he did. And he got a big neck bear hug from her. Then she patted him on his shoulder and told him he was a good boy and he should go play now.

I think my horse, The Pretty Boy, might be the smartest horse I know.

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