Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Ponying part two.

Hi there, it's me, Smokey.

There has been quite a bit of goings on.

Bit. Get it? Hehe.

Anyway, after all the fun at the place with all the sweaty horses, Mom said it was time for me to practice getting dragged around like a baby horse.

I thought it sounded kind of dumb. In fact in the orange sandy circle I tried to show Mom how to do it. We all walk. Now we stop. Now we walk. Then she and Lily started trotting and I said "No ma'am, you two slow down! Someone could get hurt!"

I worry about these two some times. Yesh.

I had to use all my massive muscles in my neck to get them back to the proper gait.

Silly mares.

But then I kind of got in the mood to trot. To the right, cuz that's my favorite side. Everything is way nicer on the right. Really no reason to trot going to the left. But you know Mom. She *insisted.*

Finally we got out of the sandy orange pen and walked on the road. It was all fine except apparently I'm not allowed to bite Lily on the butt.

It's not like I was going to do it hard or anything. Lily is SO sensitive. She actually pinned her ears at me! Twice! Did she get in trouble? No, not Miss Western Pleasure trained, grand baby of some doc at a bar or some such.

Then I couldn't rub my itchy nose on the saddle pad.

Mares.


The next day we went all over like that again, but way further, with me being dragged all around. It's okay, I guess, and Mom says I got the idea. Then I got to be the lead horse and I was all "Woo hoo! I'm in charge! Let's go here! I'm rubbing against that cedar! Woo hoo...errr..."

Suddenly I was going in one of those itty bitty circles while Lily followed with an irritated look on her face. Sorta a reminder that Mom's in charge.

You know, *technically*.

It was fun, but not as fun as the Cookie time. But Mom got some movie of it paaqor something and she said she'll get to that.

Back to my hay, ya'll stay outta fences!

7 comments:

Dan and Betty said...

Always good to hear from Smokey.

Dan

Allenspark Lodge said...

"It was all fine except apparently I'm not allowed to bite Lily on the butt."

I tell you Smokes, them mares and people have ALL KINDS of dopey rules like that, don't they?

Ranger

Maia said...

Smokey, you are too much. Are you somehow related to Jolie? I think it's for the best that you are on the west coast and she's here in the east, because heaven help the world if you two ever got together.

Jan said...

Smokey, I loved your story! You are so funny- especially the comment that "there's really no reason to trot to the left!" You're a character! Keep writing!

Grey Horse Matters said...

Oh, Smokey, even if you are the cutest thing ever, you know you're not sposed ta bite Lily on her butt! It must be a real trial for you having to put up with two mares though. Poor baby.

Shirley said...

Poor guy, being told what to do by mares and wimmen. Welcome to the real world, Smokey!

Achieve1dream said...

Aww Smokey! They never let the boys have fun. Biting while ponying is the best lol!

Chrome (who has never been ponied lol)