Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!

[Silver City Heritage Farm]

Hearts, painted white ear tips, characteristics......he sure is a nice example of an appaloosa with a spotted blanket.

Have any of your prospects turned out to be good ones as future owners of Spotty? 

[Chanda]

Hearts, painted white ear tips, characteristics......he sure is a nice example of an appaloosa with a spotted blanket.

Have any of your prospects turned out to be good ones as future owners of Spotty?

Nothing panned out.  A couple gave me bad feelings, a couple were looking for a first mini for a kid (not a yearling colt, at least not this one, he's pretty randy), a couple didn't have a clue and the best prospect can't until spring.   Like the rest he'll probably stay, we'll just geld him in the spring.
I love his white ear tips, one is still very noticeable, the other not so much now.

[Chanda]

Well, that was interesting...
I went out to feed the geldings, Spotty is with the geldings and I heard a clanging noise while walking over to the gelding barn, can't see anything, as there is hay stacked in the way.  Get over there and Spotty has the hang on the fence feeder around his fetlock, he had stepped through the loop at the top.  Normally, they are all tied to the fence, but after while the twine gives out and I have to tie them up again, didn't get it done quick enough this time.   I caught him, tied him to the fence and he calmly let me pull the feeder off his leg.
No harm, no foul.

[dcwolcott]

Wonderful!

[Chanda]

Wonderful!

I can't believe how good he was, as he's definitely my wild child.

[dcwolcott]

Yes, I was surprised to read this, since you said before he was a bit of a wild child!!  But them. maybe he figured out you were just there to help him.

[Ryan]

Glad to hear he was ok and well done spotty , your growing up

[Chanda]

Yes, I was surprised to read this, since you said before he was a bit of a wild child!!  But them. maybe he figured out you were just there to help him.

It was breakfast time, so I did get Monte and Manny in their breakfast room, which only left Dakota to be in the way, and he's pretty calm, so not likely to rile him up.  Then, I just had to halter him, I did have to make him walk about 3 steps with the bucket on his leg, so I could tie him to a post, as he didn't want me to go around his head to get to the side with the bucket.

[Chanda]

Next time you see Spotty, he'll be a gelding, he's on the schedule for two weeks from yesterday; vet is coming to test bulls, so he'll be gelded while she is here.  Hopefully, this will be early enough to avoid too much spring shenanigans.   We might still have snow on the ground, but hopefully there will be enough clear ground that I can walk him if necessary; perhaps their pasture will be out from under a 3' drift.

[Ryan]

Hope all goes well for spotty

[Chanda]

Ok, so you might all think I'm weird, but...  Spotty likes Dr Seuss.
Spotty is a bit of a handful, and doesn't always stand well for hoof trims.  Today was hoof trim day, and the corrals are still mucky, especially the shelters, so I had to pick a dry spot outside, making it a different place for trimming, so new distractions.   He was squirmy, so I made up some Dr Seuss for him; although it was only one line, and he seemed to chill.   His Dr Seuss is: One foot, two foot, red foot, blue foot.
When I work with my squirmier horses, I tend to indicate which hoof I'm going to work on next by touching that shoulder or hip and tell them this foot.  Today, we added Dr Seuss to it.   

[dcwolcott]

That's an awesome way to do things!  WOW !!

[Chanda]

That's an awesome way to do things!  WOW !!

Sometimes I have to think outside the box, today it worked for Spotty; now if I could just come up with something for spoiled Bliss.

[Silver City Heritage Farm]

No! I don't think that odd at all, rhymes for our Spotty friend.
'Cause trimming feet, as we all know's a chore that never ends.
Perhaps he's thinking just a bit, to throw your mind off track,
in case you'll change opinion and you'll leave his jew'ls intact.
If, however, they're long gone, I'm sure that you may find,
that hearing rhymes from Dr. Seuss will occupy his mind!!

I couldn't resist offering this little ditty, since "two weeks from yesterday" would have been the 18th.  Did the vet come out, test bulls and geld Spotty? I'm pretty sure winter hasn't left your part of the world yet.  If I understood the bit of weather stuff I've seen this week, the storm that sent a tornado through Greensboro NC (about 55 miles north of us) dropped snow in y'alls part of the world.  Even if it didn't, mud is only fun to slog around in during mid-summer, when it's warm outside and you're celebrating being 6-12 years old.

[Chanda]

Vet comes on Wednesday, and no cute rhyme will save his jewels.  I have enough intact boys and do not want more spotty kids, unless of the pinto variety.
Weather is decent, we've hit 50s, so much of the snow is now gone, except for the piled up snow and one big drift in the northwest corner of the yard.    County fixed the washed out country road fairly quick, so we can drive down our county road again (it was impassible, as there was a 6" drop off and a 6' wide wash-out).