Meet Snickers . . .
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He's been with me for 17 years . . . and is now 30 years old. Besides working at summer horsemanship camps for 11 years and being a 4-H mount during the school year and helping to teach many children how to ride . . . and being a key ingredient in helping me detect the serious riders from the "ho-hum-this-looks-like-an-easy-thing-to-do" riders, Snickers provides comic relief for me . . . and has provided a comforting cuddle and soaked up many of my tears in the past three years.
Snicker's is a 12.2h POA gelding that still believes he's a stud . . . and is the most fun ride in the house . . . and I've often said that if he were 3 hands taller, he'd be my favorite mount.
His hair is clumping and lifting and drifting on the wind . . .
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Snickers is doing his best to get rid of the extra hair . . .
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and there are clumps of hair (lower left of photo) and a couple of spots on the ground where the hair sticks after he has rolled in the mud.
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and when I return from work today, he will be the first one to get a good brushing with the sheddin' blade and shedding comb . . . and maybe I'll even put some Cowboy Magic in his mane and tail.
Spring is here and BUG SEASON is about to begin!!!
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This is what Snickers will look like in another couple of months . . .
minus the bandage. :)
Wow he really gets wooly, so cute though. My neighbor has a POA she rescued, beautiful animals.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment you left on C C, I'm seeing the blessing of having him more now than the heartache of losing him.
Maria, the memories of CC will be all happy ones . . .
ReplyDeleteOne thing that pet/horse ownership brings, and that is the probable event of us having to say "good-bye" to jour horses during our lifetime . . . but the joy outweighs the sorrow. CC gave you joy just as you gave him a safe place to live out his last years.