Well, we’ve definitely had a busy week to say the least, the B&B has been busy with various different groups of Kayakers and Canoeists keen to get onto the River Dart whilst its high. All keeping an eye on the webcam to show the levels rising as it rains.
Also been handling our little foal who is now six months old, recently named Cavalier, I intend to show and compete him in Dartmoor Pony classes when he’s a little older and wiser depending on how he matures.
He was rather filthy the other day so I decided to shampoo him with a special horse shampoo, somehow he even stayed clean through the night! Took him a little time to get used to the hose but as you can seee, with a little encouragement he soon got used to the idea. It tends to be a good idea to get ponies used to various different situations when they are young so we gradually introduce washing with the bucket and hosepipe and travelling in a trailer once they have been handled and lead around the yard.
Washing the pony
