Warm Breezes

After what seemed like forever warm breezes have enveloped our state. As I was catching up on dishes I noticed that our thermostat read 50 degrees. I immediately dried my hands and went outside.

I haltered Gunner and we went for a walk down the road. Gunner is still scared of vehicles so taking a cue from Clinton Anderson I put him in reverse whenever a car came near. He was busy thinking about his feet and not the vehicle so our walk was pleasant.

When we returned home I got the clippers out and started clipping him. The extension cord was hanging on the board fence so I had to go inside the corral to clip. Safety 101 probably has notes about not clipping with other loose horses in the coral, but clip I did. I'm glad I did because I would never have known that Classy actually LOVES to be clipped. In fact, as I was clipping Gunner she came over and hung her head over his neck to get closer to the clippers.

When I was finished with Gunner I of course clipped Classy, because she was begging after all. I even did under her chin where the woolly winter hairs grow in.

Finally I did Catfish, for leaving him unclipped seemed wrong for some reason. The goof is just too tall for clipping. I ended up clipping his bridle path and a nice section next to his bridle path. Lovely. It's always interesting to clip a horse you haven't clipped before. I like to see how they react etc. He came clipped so I knew he was exposed to a clipper at least once in his life. He acted like a gentlemen until I got close to his ears. At that point he raised his head and shook it.. I sternly told him to "cut it out" and he licked his lips and returned for more. He's all show I tell ya... Next time I will enlist one of the girls to hold him and get on a step stool, or ladder, or the corral fence.

So, that's what I do on the first warm day in February. What would you do?