I Survived Friday 13th.

[debris4spike]

Well it certainly seemed like Friday 13th this morning as I drove to see DJ ... On a blind corner a car coming towards me on my side of the roa and then I stopped to allow 2 loories to pass each other in a village ... and I wondered wthere the tractor behing me was going to bother!!

Still - I got there in one piece, although slightly frazzled!

DJ was eating when I arrived - I bet that was a suprise for you to read that!  So when he had finished that patch of grass he wanted his carrot!  Then a nice steady stroll towards the yard!!

He was really relaxed again when grooming ... so I gave him a treat of brushing the inside of his back legs .... ecstasy in DJ's mind!  He had let me plait his mane and tail so all in all deserved the treat!

Toni brought in Badger and Junior - but only rode Junior ... therefore it was DJ and me that had to open and close the yard gate ... again a good boy.

Yes, you get the pattern - he was good, even when a couple of tractors passed together ... poor boy was actually shaking yet he didn't move from where we were standing.  So as you can see 10 out of 10 ... well, that is until he had to pass "the" oily mark ... It was Friday 13th ... an obvious date for an ambush!  However, somehow we managed to sneak past without either falling down it or something leaping out of it!

We only did the "up the road and back" so we were soon back ready for a feed and then back, but to a different field this time.  Conrad looked shocked as we walked past, but Toni was going to move him later.

Comments

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

On a blind corner a car coming towards me on my side of the roa...

Yipes. I'm glad that nothing serious happened. You would think that it being a blind corner, people would be intelligent enough to not do that...

Aw poor DJ and the infamous 'oily mark'. I guess it will always be his nemesis.

[debris4spike]

Yes - i was stunned to see the car - it wasn't overtaking and ran out of road ... it was just "there"!!

Yes - that mark is going to get him one day - he has claverly avoided so far ... but ...

[auntiero.livejournal.com]

Hey, I thought about you this morning. The high school near me is an agricultural school and has a working farm with huge pastures for livestock. Sammy and I run by the pastures on our couch to 5k days. Usually, the horses and burros are hanging out in the pasture closest to the road. This morning, though, they had wandered into the pasture next to the lane we run on (it's mostly flat, very cushy and always mowed). This apparently freaked the Sammy. Especially since one lovely (chestnut with a white star on his forehead) was contentedly munching grass right at the fence. He nearly pulled me off my feet trying to get away. Coming back was even worse because the chestnut had been joined by a black (also with a white star). I'll have to take pictures of them next time we're out.

We won't discuss the numerous chipmunks and squirrels and woodchucks that must be lunged for over the course of our early morning rambles. LOL

[debris4spike]

Poor Sammy ... just tell him they are very big dogs, wearing boots! I'm sure that will help!

When DJ was born (did you see the pics on his B'day) he was black with a white star - that is an amazing colouring.

It is lovely to be out with animals ... even if sammy obviously thinks he is the only one on the planet ... our Jiffy is a bit like that, and he has yet to meet a horse!

[auntiero.livejournal.com]

LOL... I'm sure that will help.

I did see those pictures. DJ's such a handsome boy!

[jamalov29.livejournal.com]

You know I like the tone of your posts about what you've been up to with DJ !They are so lovely they make me smile.:)

[debris4spike]

Thanks for that Caroline - i enjoy writing about DJ ... but he really just tells me what to say - I am the one who does the typing, that's all!!