The new routine seems to work

Our new arrangement of taking Navi out of the paddock at night seems to be working. Her knees and joints seem to be doing much much better! I am pretty sure she hates it, but at least she has a little neighbor at night. There is a paint mini in the pen next to her. His name is Zachary and he is as cute as can be. He is black and white like Navi :) Navi however isn't his biggest fan, but he sure loves her.  We had to work on manners for a few days when leaving the pen in the morning, she was getting so excited to go back to the herd and food that she was becoming a bit naughty. So after a few lessons on manners we are walking back nicely in the am.

Speaking of naughty...Navi is a teenager! She has been a pill lately. My quiet little baby that would sleep when tied and let us do anything is no longer around. Now she is full of energy and is nipping and in general being a butt-head,lol. She isn't being dangerous, just naughty. We have had a few times where she just had to be tied and left to work on her patience. She stomps really hard when she is mad, its kinda funny to watch her. We really can't do much work right now with her joint issues, so we are focusing on tying quietly and hand walking. Everything else is put on hold.

Jess has earned free roaming rights at the barn. So some afternoons we let him roam around and graze. He is a good boy and stays right around the barn for the most part. Only twice have we had to go fetch him out of the main houses yard...oops! It makes the girls supper mad that they can see Jess out walking around without them...maybe someday when they are in their 20's they can earn the same right :)

Willow and Pixie have been great! We have been riding two to three times a week. This last week was only once, but we had to plant our pallet garden :)  Pixie and I are doing our ground work to get ready for the open house on June 22. I am a bit behind in practice, but its crunch time now and we will get down to business.

My heart horse!

Pixie saw the new cows behind the barn...we had to take a break from our work session.