Today has gone well so far. Needed to muck out the tie stalls, so I went into Ben's stall, put another lead rope on him and unsnapped the stall tie. Slowly led him step by step to the other end of the barn, where I tied him to a stall panel. Mucked his stall then spent some time with the shedding blade and curry comb. Also combed out his mane. He's really got a lot of scurf at his mane bed. Trimmed a bridle path with scissors. It all went really well. He's the kind of horse that seems to want to be your buddy. Ben discovered that being scratched near the jaw was wonderful. I'm really liking this colt.

The scurfy mane.

Cleaning up well.

Once I put Ben away I needed to get Max out of his stall. He did a little pulling back when I went to put my hand near his face, but gave when I pulled on his halter. I really need to get some different halters for them. I looked locally, but neither place had any yearling halters. I guess a trip to the city is in order.

Anyhow, got Max to the stall panel and tied him. Mucked his stall and came back to work on him, thinking that it might take a while for him to let me brush him. Not so. He too loves to be groomed. I spent a while removing hair mats from his sides and belly. I was wishing that he hadn't laid down on manure and stained his palomino coat, but that's what happens with yellow horses in tie stalls. His back legs are still swollen. I am going to work on a turn out pen this afternoon. Right now the one close to the barn has a stallion in it. So I'll need to fix something up and move him.

Anyway, got him brushed, trimmed a bit of a bridle path. He didn't like the scissors snipping near his ears and not wanting to push him too much I quit while I was ahead.

I also worked on touching his legs. I can now pick up both fronts for a few seconds. He doesn't pull them away, so I only held them up for a few seconds. Once again, not wanting to push. With his hind legs I brushed down to his hocks and left it at that for now.

I think I might be figuring this picture posting thing out.