Full House!

My farrier was here today to trim Tilly amd Tommy’s feet, and to trim the one hoof that Faith would not let him do last time.

I have been picking up Faith’s feet every day, and have had no problems at all with this one. To be honest, I had kind of forgotten that there was an ‘issue’ with it at all. My farrier looked a bit doubtful, but was pleasantly surprised when Faith was absolutely perfect. He told me a couple of times that I had done a rally good job with her, which is praise indeed from him.

However, I don’t really feel that I have done much at all, certainly nothing that anyone else wouldn’t have done. I am putting it down to the fact that Faith just feels calmer, more settled and much more relaxed.

My next door neighbour had a very noisy children’s party going on in his garden for most of the day. There were balloons, glittery streamer things, footballs flying everywhere, and loud music blaring out. All things considered, Faith was curious, but generally very chilled about the whole thing. She had a couple of startles, but on the whole just grazed calmly nearby.

The neds have also been in the front paddock, next to the road for the past week or so. The road is not what you would call ‘busy’ but there is a lot of farm traffic that uses it, and people tend to drive very fast. Not only that, but every second car seems to be towing a loud, rattling trailer. Faith has dealt with this really really well, and has surprised me by how calm she is, even when big scary farm machines whizz by.