Slygirl's turn to show off

Who is that in there, you ask? This is Barry's quite impressive photography, you cannot see either one of us. Then again, it shows how willing Slygirl was to walk through trees with branches wacking her in the face. Had I known the branches were so low, I would have picked a different path, as I was not so willing to get wacked in the face.


Today was Slygirl's turn to play some games. Of course, it started raining right when we started, so we rode a bit in nasty cold rain. She probably did not notice as much as I did, since she was already walking in standing water up over her hooves in some places, and of course, the mushy mud underneath was not much of a treat. It was pretty unpleasant to play games, so we did not last long, but I told someone I would, so I did.


I think that this was likely her first time meeting a tarp- at least one to walk over. She was not phased in the least, which was nice.



To do anything in the front yard, She had to walk through nasty cold standing water--this melting snow is not what I would consider a pleasant footing. She did not hesitate in the least, which is what I would expect from any of my kids, but considering that she could not see the ground through the snow, or the standing water, I was pretty pleased with her. She did not know whether the ground would be hard pack gravel with ice on it in the driveway, or mushy mess like the yard was. While walking over the tarp, she went down into a hole that was pretty deep, and rather than freaking like I did, she just picked herself up and got on with it. Even under less than ideal circumstances, she kept going where I pointed her, without fail or hesitation.

I was really proud of her.