05.26.08
A horse named Q discovers what trees are for!
Q was a box stall horse for almost ten years. He now is in an environment where he can be more of a horse. This is the day he discovered the purpose of trees. When a horse has an itch he needs to scratch.
Q scratching with a latin beat (use your browser’s back-arrow to return to Blog)
It’s as if he was dancing. He had been well groomed and curried earlier in the day then of course rolled as soon as he could.
If you are horrified at what he’s doing to his mane and tail don’t be. It seems to grow in better every time. He’s just being a horse and we like it that way. By the way if you think 7 minutes is too long to scratch– he didn’t!
Also, finally caught on camera: Q’s coming to a whistle. It took a long time to get here but he does come to a whistle. At first it was baby steps as in just getting his attention. Next walking to the oppsite side of the paddock and getting him to come over. Believe me I got a lot of “Whaaaaat looks” out of him. Finally we have the recognition that he is to stop what he is doing and come. Well most of the time.
