This is the first week of our diary. At least we
didn’t have any snow and ice. Ice is not good for us because our hooves are
quite small and we slip around a lot. The big horses are heavier and their big
feet press down on the slippery parts like ice treads.
The worst thing to happen was three days of gales
and rain. Usually when it rains we go into the wood and shelter there but this
week it was too scary. The trees were shaking and groaning and bits kept
dropping off them. We could have gone into one of the field shelters but they
are too close to the trees and the noise of things falling on to them scared
us. In the end we spent most of the time close to a really big hedge.
This week we are showing you a picture of us with
Tango. Tango was already here when we first came. She is very old. She was one
of the horses who showed us the best places to hide from the wind and rain and
where to go in summer to get away from flies when the sun was too hot.
The man who comes to do our feet gave Tango to New
Mum to be a friend for Kerry. (We’ll show you a picture of her another time.)
Tango had been neglected and had to be rescued
because her feet were so painful that she couldn’t stand up. The farrier
(that’s what New Mum calls the man who does our feet) looked after her until
she was better and then brought her to live here. She’s very big but is quite
friendly unless we try to sneak some extra food from her feed bowl.
Even though she is very old she is quite fast when
she decides to have a good gallop. New Mum says she should be called Thunder
not Tango.
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