Arrow- (CBER Hagar)

[cybercat]

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HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by foxie on Apr 24, 2006, 4:54pm

HAGAR - Approx. 11 yrs old, 15.2hh, Chestnut QH type gelding. Automatically picks all feet up for you, and his feet look pretty good. He leads and backs easily and lightly. Although his weight is pretty good, he may need a little dental work. He stopped, backed and turned when ridden in just the rope halter. He did appear to try to listen to what you wanted. He was nervous getting separated from Helga, whom he came in with. All in all, nice boy. For Adoption Only.

ADOPTED BY CORINNE IN CALIFORNIA AKA SWISSGIRL
$775


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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by foxie on Apr 24, 2006, 4:55pm

More Pictures - www.columbiabasinequinerescue.org/hagar.htm






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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by equinemom on Apr 26, 2006, 7:20pm

Hagar is at risk to ship, he came up to see me at the lot and is a nice guy it seems.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by equinemom on Apr 28, 2006, 7:51am

Hagar has adoption pending so he is safe!
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by foxie on Apr 28, 2006, 2:13pm

PLACED with Corinne Goff.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by squirrelsrule on May 3, 2006, 10:08pm

I LOVE this guy. He is the sweetest, friendliest horse in HyTyme's quarantine pasture. I will be so sad when he leaves to go home His new mom is very lucky.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on May 4, 2006, 6:41am

Awwe, I so can't wait to meet him. Sounds like I found the perfect guy. Thanks to everybody who is making this possible, and to all of you who are taking care of him until he can come home. I truly apreciate it. I have a feeling he'll be a good friend to my old guy, they sound very similar in character.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by earlybp on May 4, 2006, 12:22pm

You found the perfectly good guy. He's like a puppy. I see him when I go out to visit my boy, Duke at Hytyme's.

Last night, when I was working with leading and backing with Duke, Hagar saw that Duke got an apple slice whenever we stopped, so he followed along and stopped . He'd trot right behind Duke and then sneak up to my left side to get his slice. This went on for about 5 minutes, and then Duke finally had enough of this and chased him off. Hagar looked a little blue.

So, I got out my brush and Hagar let me brush him for about 20 minutes. He has a lot of dirt/dandruff on him, and I found a woodtick too. Not sure if he likes to roll, or if it's just been a while since he was last groomed. He likes to be groomed, but got a bit antsy. He kept getting in my face for apples, so I held out an apple slice straight out to the side, and he started at my armpit and nosed all the way down to the apple slice! He kept doing that, whenever I held out an apple that way. It was hilarious.
When is he shipping down to you?

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by earlybp on May 4, 2006, 12:45pm

You found the perfectly good guy. He's like a puppy. I see him when I go out to visit my boy, Duke at Hytyme's.

Last night, when I was working with leading and backing with Duke, Hagar saw that Duke got an apple slice whenever we stopped, so he followed along and stopped . He'd trot right behind Duke and then sneak up to my left side to get his slice. This went on for about 5 minutes, and then Duke finally had enough of this and chased him off. Hagar looked a little blue.

So, I got out my brush and Hagar let me brush him for about 20 minutes. He has a lot of dirt/dandruff on him, and I found a woodtick too. Not sure if he likes to roll, or if it's just been a while since he was last groomed. He likes to be groomed, but got a bit antsy. He kept getting in my face for apples, so I held out an apple slice straight out to the side, and he started at my armpit and nosed all the way down to the apple slice! He kept doing that, whenever I held out an apple that way. It was hilarious.
When is he shipping down to you?

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on May 4, 2006, 1:20pm

not sure, he's in quarantine now, and I'm still trying to figure out how to get him down. Plus I just found out I have to go overseas for 2 weeks beginning of June. I don't want to just drop him off at my place and leave, would love to work with hiim for a bit and introduce him to the herd.

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by earlybp on May 4, 2006, 1:34pm

Hmm...yeah, that's a bummer. I would just keep him at Jim's until you get back. Hagar gets along well with everybody.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on May 5, 2006, 8:12am

by the way, thanks for the funny update, he sounds like he's very smart, and quite a character. Should be fun to work with him.
I can't wait to clean him up, and get him all shiny.

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on May 18, 2006, 1:38pm

Looks like Hagar is coming home early June. I can't wait to have him here, and get him all shiny. DO didn't even flinch to much about #4, trained him well......

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on May 23, 2006, 11:34am

YEAY, I can't wait to meet my new boy. Even DO is totally getting into it. Yesterday I showed him pictures of Hagar, and immediately he started brainstorming on names.
He didn't like Lakota, so off we went:

1. Arrow
2. Deja Vue (cuz he looks like my first horse)
3. Aragon

I know I will know exactly what to name him once I meet him, but in the meantime, the thinking caps are on.
Any input is greatly apreciated.... maybe you guys have some cool horsey names

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by alekzandra on Jun 2, 2006, 11:43pm

Hi, I met Hagar tonight! He was traveling with Kara down to CA. Lori said he was the most well behaved guy! I had the pleasure of filling his water bucket:) He's very nice and very sweet. I wish him lots of luck in his new home!!!
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by hytyme on Jun 4, 2006, 1:58am

Hagar is a one-in-a-million horse, and one of the sweetest CBER horses we have ever had here. It is not surprising either that he was the most well behaved horse on the trip south to his new home. That is just the way he is. We sure will miss him.....
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 5, 2006, 8:31am

Hagar is finally home. He has adjusted well, and my grey arab gelding "adopted" him. He apparently hasn't left Hagars site since he arrived. I haven't had the honor of meeting Hagar yet, but SO said he was very sweet, and he's already in love with him.
Thanks to Hytyme for taking such great care of him, and to Lori for bringing him home save.

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by cat67 on Jun 5, 2006, 9:16am

Just tell him when you get there that you were out earning money to pay his bills! I tell my horses and cats that all the time. He sounds like a really sweet boy who impressed everybody he came into contact with.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 5, 2006, 10:08am

LOL, I know, but they don't seem to care about that. My arab gets quite standoffish sometimes when I've been on a business trip.....
He's a total momma's boy!
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 6, 2006, 12:53am

Little update on Hagar. SO said he went out yesterday, and brushed him for quite a while, and when he stopped, Hagar would push him, like hey, you're not done yet, and when he tried to walk away, he kept following.
Apparently he doesn't like the grain. He nibbles around, and eats the carrots, but leaves all the grain....... he does nicker for his hay though. SO said he is very sweet, loves hugs, and attention.
I so can't wait to meet him!!!!
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by emjay on Jun 6, 2006, 7:38am

SOUNDS LIKE A REAL GEM, HOW THE HECK DID HE END UP AT A FEEDLOT, WHO COULD HAVE THROWN SUCH A LOVE AWAY LIKE THAT, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE PICS. HE'S A REAL CUTIE.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by earlybp on Jun 6, 2006, 12:37pm

Swissgrl--
I can't wait to hear what you think of him. He's got one of the best horse personalities I've ever met. I gave him a few cookies before he left, and told him all about Gem Dandy.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 7, 2006, 12:56am

awwe, earlybp, thank you. He apparently settled in real nice. So far nothing has fazed him, and he is just awesome. I'll be posting pictures and updates as soon as I get home.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 16, 2006, 7:43am

Hagar has a new name, it's ARROW. He is already responding to it. Got to spend some time with him. He is just a sweetheart, and a talker. He nickered at me yesterday when I was taking care of Gem. He definitely loves Gem, and watches over him. He loves to follow us around, and always needs to know what is going on.
Gave him a good brush yesterday, and he loves that. He's not too sure of the fly spray bottle, but tolerated it.
I noticed that he had some old cuts on the back of his front legs, down by the hoofs, wonder if he got caught up in some barbwire. They don't seem to bother him at all.
He is funny when it comes to his food. I made him a nice fruit salad yesterday, and mixed it in with his grain. Put the bucket in front of him, and next thing I know, fruit and grain is flying all over the place. He doesn't beleive in eating out of a bucket. He's a manly horse, and eats straight from the ground. Every time I put the fruit and carrots back in the bucket, he gave it a big shove, and dumped it all again. So he won this one.....
I will put him in the round pen this weekend, and see where we are, he seems to have a lovely trott. He does need to put some weight on, his butt and back are pretty boney.
He also does not beleive in Fly Masks, I don't know how many times we have been searching for that darn thing in the pasture, put it on him, just to go out and look for it again a couple hours later.
He has adjusted really well, and is a wonderful guy. Loves attention, scratches, carrots, and if he was a dog, he'd crawl in your lap, I'm sure.
I'll get some pictures of him this weekend, and hopefully will be successful in posting them.


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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 19, 2006, 8:22pm

well, we took lots of pictures today, but since my digital camera croaked, I have to wait until that film is ready to post the pictures.
Arrow got a good brushing today, and we treated his dry skin around his mane a bit. Looks like he did have a bridle path at one time.
We've noticed, that he doesn't like to have his mouth touched that much. We tried to check how bad his teeth were, and he kept pulling his head away.
So I thought I'll see how he'd react to bridling. Got one of Gems bridles, and he opened that mouth right up, and accepted the bit. Well, then I got brave, and thought I'll try to get on him and see how he reacts to that. Except for it being dinner time and he wanted food, he really couldn't have cared less.
I will have to practice my western riding skills. Tried to do the one reign turn, well he turned his head and looked at me, but couldn't quite figure out what I wanted, well, then I thought I'll try that neck reigning thing that everybody is talking about, almost fell off cuz he went into a little spin. He is very responsive to weight and leg cues.
I walked out into the field a little bit, and turned around he moved into a nice little trott, what a comfortable gate he has. He was such a good boy, and he'll be fun to ride once we find him a saddle that fits. Unfortunately I can't use Gem's, it is way to huge for Arrow, Gem was a big bulldog Quarterhorse with a wide back. So I have to sell his gorgeous, comfortable saddle. Really bummed about that.
We only worked him for a little bit. Didn't want to ride him to much, he needs to get his feet done first, still trying to get my farrier out.
He is one big hunk of love though. It was nice to get my mind off Gem today. I'm looking forward to working more with Arrow, he makes it very easy, I have a feeling I'll be learning a lot from him.
Thank you to whomever dumped him, you gave me a precious gift, and another chance of giving a wonderful horse a chance at a spoiled life.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by hytyme on Jun 21, 2006, 9:46pm

I knew it, I knew it. He is one heck of a horse !!!

We miss him !

Jim
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 22, 2006, 5:39am

Ohh, I finally have time for Arrow, and he soaks it all up. He looooooves to be brushed, so every night we do that brushing thing before dinner.
I feed my horses in the barn, so they all get what they need (got a pleasantly plumb gelding here), both my arabs, know the drill, as soon as I open the barn door, they go right to their stalls. The first night we had to walk Arrow in the stall, the second night, he walked in the barn and looked around, not quite sure where to go from here. Last night, he was right up there, and walked into his new stall and went right for the feeder. He definitely is a smart cookie when it comes to food.....
I found my old digital camera (crappy thingy) and tried to take a few pictures of him yesterday. It's really hard to do when his fuzzy nose keeps getting right in your face..... He is so curious about everything, and wants to be right there with you, he kept following me. My farrier is coming out today, so he's getting his first set of a pedicure. I will hopefully be able to work him a bit more over the weekend.
Here are a few fuzzy pictures, now remember, these are taken while running away from a can-I-crawl-in-your-lap-horse...... I didn't think you'd apreciate just the fuzzy nose hair shots.......



he wouldn't get his face out of the feeder. He has discovered that grain is good.......

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by cat67 on Jun 22, 2006, 8:00am

He looks great, very shiny and coming along well! He's a beautiful red chestnut.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by emjay on Jun 22, 2006, 9:46am

yayyyyyyyyy. pictures, what a difference some love and attention makes, great job, he's a beauty
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 22, 2006, 10:13am

Thanks, but I can't take all the credit, he was at Hytymes, and they took excellent care of him and earlybp did the groundwork brushing thing.
After he got here, S/O was busy brushing, I've only done it for a week now. But he's had plenty of people loving on him.
Everybody who's met him, has absolutely fallen in love with him.
My neighbours girl came over with her friend, and they were just hanging on him, loving him, petting him, giving him scratches and kisses. He was in heaven. My goats stand under him for shade, he doesn't care. My friend shook out a tarp, not knowing he was standing right behind her, he didn't even flinch.
He's also decided that the fly mask is his friend, and has not tried to pull it off at the far end of the pasture.
I can tell that he does like the barn in doses, yesterday, after I let everybody back out after feeding, he kept walking into his stall, looking outside, as if he was thinking, "yeah, this is good".
He was running around with the arabs in the pasture the other day, they come in for food, he's right behind them.
Last night after dark, I stood on my patio looking over the pasture, he must have seen me, cuz he nickered at me, and came walking up to the fence. So we got a late night snack of baby carrots (funny watching him eat baby carrots) and an apple, which he had to share, but he didn't seem to mind, although he had to sniff me up and down to make sure I wasn't hiding any apples anywhere before he would let me pass.
He is quite a character!

*modified, cuz I can't spell today *
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by emjay on Jun 22, 2006, 10:36am

great job to all involved, sounds like a wonderful guy, glad you found him, glad he found you.
would be cute too see some pics of him with kids loving him and goats under him.
i liked this guy alot when i saw his pic at the lot, such a teddy bear kind of face, you just wanted to hug him.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 22, 2006, 11:14am

'kay, I'll work on those.....

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 23, 2006, 5:46am

Arrow got his feet done yesterday, and he was such a good boy (of course). I'm starting to not expect anything less than that from him. He amazes me all the time how nothing seems to bother him.
Although he did give out a little snort, when he couldn't see his friends for a second. Was about as hyper as I've seen him.
His front feet were worse off than his back. Still not bad, but they seem to turn inside just a bit. He is getting natural hoof trim, so she'll be back out in 2 weeks for a follow up trim, and we're hoping to correct that over the summer.
He now has very pretty toes, and already seems to walk much freer (that is a word, right?).

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 26, 2006, 6:21am

Wow, I feel like a proud new mom. I just want to share everything that Arrow does. He is such a wonderful boy. He has discovered which stall in the barn is his, and come feeding time, he marches right for it, sticks his head in the feeder, and has the "do not disturb" attitude.
I was going to work him Saturday morning before it got to hot, but when I woke up we had Thunderstorms and lightening, so didn't think that was a good idea. I put them all up in their stalls and fed them. Temperature changed about 20 degrees within 45 minutes, and I'm sorry, but I'm a wimp when it comes to scorching heat. So he got off easy.
Sunday we did go for a little walk. I took him down the street to the mailbox to get the mail. The horses across the street were talking, so of course he had to answer. The cows were running around, so we had to stop, and check that all out. Arrow has a nice long walk, and again, couldn't have cared less what was going on, he was interested, but did not seem to be bothered by anything, except that I would not let him eat the dry weeds on the side of the road.
I tried to put him in the round pen and free lounge him. Okay, so we have to work on that, he was cutting corners, stopped by the gate, and generally just did not want to be in there.
I made him give me 3 good rounds on either side, he listens really well to the woah,
We did work on some leading and pressure excercises, and he did really well on that.
He is just such a great horse, just love that boy!

[cybercat]

Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jun 29, 2006, 1:21pm

Vet came by yesterday, and gave Arrow his shots, and looked him over. She was really impressed with him, said he was a really good boy, and just loved his personality, but then who doesn't. He just wraps everybody around his hooves.
She thinks he might have either gotten kicked in the face, or maybe even had an accident (possibly associated with the barbwire scars on his legs), but he has some pretty good dents in his face. They don't seem to bother him, he just might not win the horsey beauty peagant now.....

and just because I know how to do this now.... a couple of new pictures of Arrow

Here he is after a nice roll. I sprayed him a little bit, it was so hot, and he decided, that was a great oportunity to get all dirty.....


Here he is snacking, the goatlies usually have fun running from one hay pile to another, Arrow couldn't care less, as long as they let him eat.


Out in the pasture with one of my arab geldings, they usually have a competition who gets dirtier after mom hoses us off. The pesty goatlies are never far away from them.


you can't see his pretty face, but he looked so nice out there.


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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by emjay on Jun 29, 2006, 7:33pm

he sure looks great
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Jul 25, 2006, 8:37am

We had our first ride. And boy, what an awesome horse he is. Still working on the communication skills between us, he does the cowhorse talk, I do the 2-reign yap...... But we got a decent translation going, and it ended up working really well. Arrow has some Powerful Legs, i tell y'a, he moved out nicely in the trott, and the lope was more of a gallop, but we were able to shift down a gear, and got back into a lope, he was pretty short on the front legs though. Somewhere along the line this guy had some awesome training. He steps under when you move the back, and over when you move the front, VERY responsive to leg cues.
Once I took him away from his buddies he was more worried about where they were than paying attention to me, so we are going to work on that a bit.
He is going to make an awesome trail horse, and I can't wait to take him to a little show, and show him off.
He got his second trim on Friday, and his feet are responding very well to the Natural trim.
Yesterday when I got home from work, I went outside to fill up the water buckets, and he came walking up, I lifted the hose, and had it just sprinkle in front of him, so he walks right through it, and keeps his butt in the water, walked off, took a turn, and did the same thing, that about 3 times. It was like the Arrow walk-through shower. My arabs ran far away when they saw the water, but this smart guy knew it would cool him down.
He is such a love and so awesome, I don't know why I got so lucky to get him.

Here are a couple of pictures. The rist is him right after his bath on Friday before the farrier came, you can't really tell, but he had a really nice golden tone and shimmer on his fur.
The second one is him with the saddle, just a borrowed one so we can work him and muscle him up a bit.




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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by cgreen on Jul 25, 2006, 9:33am

He is sooooo beautiful!! I am so happy for both of you he ended up with you for an owner!! Of course I am a bit predjudiced as you are Sarge's auntie! I hope you enjoy many years with Arrow on the trails....
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Aug 7, 2006, 11:43am

We had a great ride on Saturday. We went across the street to the big community arena, and rode around there for a little bit. He does not like to stay on the rail, tried to ride him around 1 barrel, not sure if that's what he used to do, he zoomed right around it though.
I need to work on stretching, he is really short in the front. Don't know if he is stiff or if something is bothering him, he is not lame, or off at all. Looking into getting him adjusted, and see if that makes a difference. If anybody has any tips on that, I'm open, and interested.
We then did a little trail ride, and he is so much fun, just ready to go, nothing bothers him. We went past barking dogs, a round pen where somebody was working a horse, across a moist creek, through tall grass, past some scary horse eating minis (at least that's what my arabs think). Like a real Trooper, he just went for it. He is very touchy in the sides, I tried to sidestep him to the gate, you give him a leg cue, it means haul a.., LOL, found that one out real fast. So something else on our list to work on. He is such a sweet boy, and does anything you ask him to. Really light in the bit, and the leg cues, but he is definitely a challenge, if you correct just a little bit, you almost overcorrect, you have to find that fine line.... So he is a bit more horse than I would put my SO on.
Here is a cute picture of him, he saw something across the street, and he couldn't get his eyes off it. Even dinner didn't make a difference..... LOL

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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by emjay on Aug 7, 2006, 4:21pm

man i love horses lips, that pouty look, looks like he is grinning, sweet.
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Re: HAGAR - 11 y/o - 15.2h - Chestnut QH Gelding
Post by swissgrl on Aug 30, 2006, 2:31am

Took Arrow out for his very first "get in the trailer and go someplace" trail ride.
He did very well, after his first initial shock of being on trail. He was quite nervous at first, but settled nicely in, and gave my SO a very nice ride. We just did a short easy ride, and he seemed to very much enjoy it, however, not as much as he enjoyed getting out of that trailer, and back to his food..... LOL he is such a hoot.
He also got a new bridle, doesn't he look spiffy in it? I need to get him a bit for it, but I was so excited I had to try it out first. He wasn't quite sure what the heck I wanted.

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[swissgrl]

WOW, looking at the pictures from the lot, and seeing him now, I can't beleive it's the same horse. He looks soo different.

[kidznhorses]

HE LOOKS AWESOME! Great job!

[swissgrl]

I think I posted these before somewhere, but I think they belong in his thread, probably some of my favorite pictures of Arrow.

Idyllic moment in the pasture....


His first Ribbon at his first show....


and being lovey with mom (me)....

[swissgrl]

Just a few new pictures of Arrow, I promised Stacie ;D

[atticus]

I love those pictures!!! Arrow is a great looking horse.

[caryn]

He is gorgeous! My favorite is the "lovey with Mom" What a sweet boy. Thanks for all the pics.

[earlybp]

It does my heart good to see pictures of Arrow. His bridle is swanky!

[lita]

he is sure a pretty boy

[swissgrl]

HA, he is feeling good.......

He has been getting a new Joint supplement, and been getting his Cranial work done.

So yesterday I decided I'll use him to work Merlin and Trevor a little bit.
Not the smartest thing to do, to get on him bareback with a halter, but I've done it before, and it was no big deal. Well apparently yesterday it was a big deal.

I got on him, and putzed around the babies, petting them from above Arrows back, walking around them, then moving Arrow away from them, Trevor at first followed us, then he decided that the grass was much better where he was.
So I turned Arrow around, went back towards them, and then moved him away again. He did not like it, and I probably pushed his buttons a bit to much. When he stopped and I asked him to move out, forwards, that goober actually gave me a buck ;D
He has NEVER done that!!!! I didn't know if I should be pi$$ed at him, or if I should be excited, because that means he is feeling good, right?
Well, we turned around, and walked the other way around the arena. So I still got my way, and he probably thinks he won the battle.
Anyways, I just thought it was a fun story/update on Arrow, and no, I didn't fall off

[swissgrl]

and here a couple of new pictures of Arrow and his friends.

got almost the whole herd into this picture, one of the goats did not want to co-operate.....


Keeping an eye on the babies..... Someone has to

[swissgrl]

LOL, what a character. I have been feeding the babies first, otherwise, they storm in the barn and get everybody raved up. So I put the big guys food in their feeder, go outside, and get the babies in their paddock, and put their food in their bins. Well, Mr. Arrow just about had enough yesterday. He kept getting in my way as I was walking over to the paddock, and nickered at me, as if he was saying, I'm hungry, I'm older, I've been here longer, you feed me first!
So I make my way around him (finally), and feed the babies, turn around and there is Arrow standing at the gate, giving me this glare!
He walked right next to me back to the barn, nickering/complaining all the way. Guess he told me....

[agilitygal]

He's quite the character! They certainly do have their idea of how things ought to be. . . He's very pretty and looks really contented. He has a good home.

[kidznhorses]

Beautiful pics, Swissy! Your herd looks quite content and so healthy! That look Arrow is giving you cracks me up. Don't even THINK about waiting on any of the rest of those critters before taking care of King Arrow!