I figured we could all use a little cuteness after looking at those Fairmont pictures yesterday. I took these the day after Baby #4 was born when I first let them out with the rest of the herd. Riley wanted nothing more than to play, but baby thought Riley had cooties. She’s probably right.
Every time I look at the new baby out with the herd, I think “one of these things is not like the others…” I don’t think her adopter has come up with a name for her yet, so I’ve been calling her Sienna.
First, I have pictures of the play time before dinner tonight.
Blondie and Riley, doing what Riley loves best.
Jubilee running past the camera at breakneck speed (or at least top very pregnant pony speed).
Another video of Tootsie. Because you know you want it.
Then I have updates on some of the larger Fairmont horses.
Dahlia has gotten so much friendlier and will walk up to anyone out in the pasture and stand there to be petted and admired. She’s quite the little attention hound now, and looking more pregnant every day. Ugh.
Poor Chester. His skin is healed and his hair is finally growing back, but that doesn’t make him any less fugly. At least he’s sweet.
Apollo would like to be groomed now. Would someone else please take care of that? Every time I do it, he looks like this five minutes later. So I give up.
Quarantine is just about over so the big mares and geldings are moving to my farm on Thursday. Hopefully, they’ll all jump on the trailer like they did the day we rescued them. Cross your fingers, please!
Xena is my favorite dog to take over to the quarantine farm. She does her herd dog thing and just lies in the grass and watches the mares and babies while they are out. If one strays away from the others, she quietly gets up and follows them. She knows she’s supposed to do something like that, and sometimes she even manages to gently push them back to the rest of the herd. Tootsie has taken a strong interest in playing with Xena, but Xena tucks her tail between her legs and scurries off. Who would have thought that little Tootsie was scary??
Finally, a picture of Willow’s filly. She really deserves her own blog post, but I swear she’s camera shy. Every time I break out the camera she either lays down, or gets right in my face and follows me around so I can’t get a good picture. Little hussy takes after her mother! The GBH named her Mariah.
I think this is everyone else, but don’t quote me on that.
Casper isn’t a mini, but he is a very small pony. Maybe Welsh? He’s very skittish and doesn’t think humans are necessary, but he’s coming around slowly.
Jubilee is also a small pony, and is very pregnant. She’s a sweetie who discovered quickly that humans = treats and being petted doesn’t hurt.
Peppermint is a cute little mare, a little on the large side to be a mini so may be a small pony. I’m no expert, so you tell me. She’s also becoming friendly very quickly and loves to have her head rubbed.
Daphne is very shy and tends to stay by herself. She doesn’t really have any buddies that she hangs with and is always the last one in to eat. I haven’t seen anyone picking on her, I just think she prefers solitude. She did take a liking to a little boy that came to visit today and walked right up to him and allowed him to pet her. She just doesn’t have a use for the big humans. I can’t really blame her.
Frankie is a cute little blue-eyed girl that was one of the first to become friendly towards us.
Dagwood is one of the five mini studs in dire need of castration. He’s become enamored with people and treats, but chases poor Casper around constantly.
Blondie is Dagwood’s girl and is probably carrying his baby. She looks like she’s about to pop any time and her udder is starting to bag up.
Opie never leaves Blondie’s side and seems to be very young, so I’m assuming he’s her last offspring from a year or two ago. He’s very shy, but figured out what treats were tonight and let me rub his head just a bit.
Possum is stealing everyone’s heart! He’s the smallest mini in the herd and also one of the friendliest.
Peanut is a mare that actually doesn’t seem to be pregnant, or at least not very far along. She’s shy and hasn’t come close enough to discover treats yet, but it shouldn’t take too much longer.
River is Chip’s main girl and the two of them are rarely apart. And of course she’s pregnant.
Sorry for the picture overload tonight, but I just can’t wait to tell you about the two new arrivals to the farm that happened earlier this week. More on that tomorrow! :)
