2009-07-20
Two Baths in Two Days .... Yuk!!!
Our friends, Steve, Kath and Jess own 35 acres (I think) just north of Paris ......... Ontario where they live with their two horses, one mini horse, a litter box trained bunny and a couple of feral "garage" cats. They don't have a barn so the wild cats live in the garage. Zaph absolutely loved it there --- well except for the black and white kitty with the white stripe down his back. Yup, Zaph got sprayed. He was near the house at the time so the house and cars also benefited from the lovely aroma. Luckily Zaph did not get a direct hit so he smelled much better after an emergency bath.
A two headed mini horse --- Flash and Zaph meet. No trauma there --- they kind of checked each other out then continued exploring. Flash had been in the paddock with the other horses but escaped when he noticed us sitting on the deck. I think he'd rather hang out with people than horses.
Flash came to say hi and to see if there were any snacks to be had.
Eye to Eye ---- I'm sure Zaph was thinking .... What kinda of dog are you? and Flash was thinking .... you're much too small to be a horse and you look kind of weird to be a person.
We asked Jess to show us how she trains Flash. Here she's lunging him.
Hmmm... I think Flash's form is a little better than Jess's.
Nice jump. Now let's raise the bar ......
You've got to be crazy ..... that bar is higher than my back.
Persuaded to try the higher jump.
Show off....... Jess cleared the top bar easily.
Now it's Zaph's turn to try the course. The first jump was a piece of cake .......
What's all this stuff ..... I'm not jumping it.
Ok, if you insist I'll jump it.
Another attempt ............ and refusal. I think Ed was laughing so hard he couldn't hold the camera steady --- really the light was getting low and changing the depth of field causing the blurry photos.
Moving the horses to their permanent paddock.
The house from the back.
Where there's water there's Zaph. Earlier Zaph had rolled in horse manure then became a bog dog by going into the pond. He tried to clean up by having a dip in the creek but that wasn't good enough for mom. Bath #2 was had when we got home.
A two headed mini horse --- Flash and Zaph meet. No trauma there --- they kind of checked each other out then continued exploring. Flash had been in the paddock with the other horses but escaped when he noticed us sitting on the deck. I think he'd rather hang out with people than horses.
Flash came to say hi and to see if there were any snacks to be had.
Eye to Eye ---- I'm sure Zaph was thinking .... What kinda of dog are you? and Flash was thinking .... you're much too small to be a horse and you look kind of weird to be a person.
We asked Jess to show us how she trains Flash. Here she's lunging him.
Hmmm... I think Flash's form is a little better than Jess's.
Nice jump. Now let's raise the bar ......
You've got to be crazy ..... that bar is higher than my back.
Persuaded to try the higher jump.
Show off....... Jess cleared the top bar easily.
Now it's Zaph's turn to try the course. The first jump was a piece of cake .......
What's all this stuff ..... I'm not jumping it.
Ok, if you insist I'll jump it.
Another attempt ............ and refusal. I think Ed was laughing so hard he couldn't hold the camera steady --- really the light was getting low and changing the depth of field causing the blurry photos.
Moving the horses to their permanent paddock.
The house from the back.
Where there's water there's Zaph. Earlier Zaph had rolled in horse manure then became a bog dog by going into the pond. He tried to clean up by having a dip in the creek but that wasn't good enough for mom. Bath #2 was had when we got home.
# posted by The Agnew Family @ 10:07 AM 
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