On 13 April it was my Ziggyversary - I have had him four years.
Here he is the first time I met him, muddy legged and miserable in the dealer's yard:
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And the day he came home - so dappley! Such black legs! He is almost white now.
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Recovering from colic surgery 2 years ago - still quite dappley...
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16hh high, being groomed by a 7 year old at the ODE fun day last year:
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Little Ziggyfeet standing on circus blocks for the remedial farrier:
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and a link to our latest hack exploits http://www.newrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241222&page=2
I have spent £££ on this little horse, what with colic, laminitis and remedial farriery, and I do not regret one single penny. He is the fun, sharp, canny, safe hack I always wanted, brimming with character and inclined to do odd things when he feels the urge. He has taught me how to ride and everything I know about looking after horses. I love him and I know he trusts me. At the ODE Fun Day he was wildly overexcited, and when he was tied to the lorry the window above his head opened and scared him a lot. He spooked hugely and started to pull back. I was 25m away - no chance of reaching him in time - and I saw him spook and called, "Ziggy, it's ok, steady Zigs, just a window."
And he shivered and looked around at me and settled down, and I thought, I think I have bonded with this pony!
Love him :inlove:
Here he is the first time I met him, muddy legged and miserable in the dealer's yard:
[URL=http://s754.photobucket.com/user/jane_heritage/media/Early%20Ziggy/IMG_0397.jpg.html]
[/URL]And the day he came home - so dappley! Such black legs! He is almost white now.
[URL=http://s754.photobucket.com/user/jane_heritage/media/Early%20Ziggy/Ziggyday1a.jpg.html]
[/URL]Recovering from colic surgery 2 years ago - still quite dappley...
[URL=http://s754.photobucket.com/user/jane_heritage/media/Ziggy%20recovers%20at%20home/IMG_0277.jpg.html]
[/URL]16hh high, being groomed by a 7 year old at the ODE fun day last year:
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[/URL]Little Ziggyfeet standing on circus blocks for the remedial farrier:
[URL=http://s754.photobucket.com/user/jane_heritage/media/Remedial%20farrier%2030%20May%202013/IMG_1113_zps0ac39841.jpg.html]
[/URL]and a link to our latest hack exploits http://www.newrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241222&page=2
I have spent £££ on this little horse, what with colic, laminitis and remedial farriery, and I do not regret one single penny. He is the fun, sharp, canny, safe hack I always wanted, brimming with character and inclined to do odd things when he feels the urge. He has taught me how to ride and everything I know about looking after horses. I love him and I know he trusts me. At the ODE Fun Day he was wildly overexcited, and when he was tied to the lorry the window above his head opened and scared him a lot. He spooked hugely and started to pull back. I was 25m away - no chance of reaching him in time - and I saw him spook and called, "Ziggy, it's ok, steady Zigs, just a window."
And he shivered and looked around at me and settled down, and I thought, I think I have bonded with this pony!
Love him :inlove:
