DJ - 10 Today!
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
debris4spikeThis morning was a big day in the boy's life - He goes into double figures! Very scary to realise that 10 years ago, today, he was a suprise black baby, in the middle of a very wet field!! I showed you his baby pictures last year, here if you missed that post.
Now, another year has passed, and he has reached the grand old age of 10, and as I have already posted here he had an extra special carrot when I went to get him in from his field. I had worried when I rode him on Monday that by now he would be missing a shoe, but he has been a good boy and all 4 are still on.
So, I brought him in and gave him another carrot, and a pamper, before tacking him up.
In his field - finishing his carrot -
In his box, waiting to be groomed -
All tacked up, without plait today, as it was quite cool -
We then made our way up to meet Ros and Shadow, so they could share the birthday boy's day! He was really well behaved, and weirdly his shoes, which were clacky on Monday, sounded fine! In fact, Shadow was the one with a clacky shoe today!
We went for a lovely ride round - down to the Church and through the village ... and had a good time. DJ must have known he is now "mature" as he was a really good boy. He didn't spook, even when some tractors, and then cattle trucks, came past us.
Back home, a feed, another carrot .... and then back out to the field that Conrad is in. So, no doubt they will have plans for tonight!
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Date: 2009-05-13 12:37 pm (UTC)Baby DJ is very cute. When did he change from the black to the colour he is now?
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Date: 2009-05-13 12:49 pm (UTC)As to his colour, when he was 4 he was iron grey, and dappled the following year. Greys change colour every year with their new coats - DJ has silvered early, so will probably soon be white ... Toni says that its working with me that has done that!
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Date: 2009-05-13 02:24 pm (UTC)No, it is technically a fly-fringe that is used on horses and ponies during the summer, if they have a poor fetlock. he wears it, as ear-muffs! He went through a period last year of spooking at traffic, so this now muffles the sound and makes him both ignore things easier, and concentrate on me better! The funny thing is on a windy day like today, the tips of his ears do feel cold!
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