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have mentioned, in previous articles, my solid and carefully
thought out training plan and discussed the myriad of ways in
which it has, to coin a phrase, gone to pot.
One of the more important things to teach a horse, as any horse
owner will agree, is to accept a cover (horse rug); not least because
buying a rug is cheaper than building a stable. The training plan
involved getting Felix to accept contact before trying to get a
rug on him. The idea was to build up to it slowly, one step at
a time. However, not a week after the events of the last article,
Christchurch NZ had a turn in the weather, to whit: a weather
bomb. Yup, we are talking a weekend of rain, thunder and hail.
And considering that the paddock in which Felix is kept had only
a single tree for shelter (which Toby the TB hogged) and that I am
the quintessential softy, Felix needed to be rugged up.... couldn't
have the baby getting a sniffle after all.
So, somewhat cleverly I thought, I bought a rug three or four sizes
too big, of the middle-weight variety. The thought process being
that a fleece rug could go under it when it got to snow weather, and
otherwise it would do him for the year and he could grow into it.
Some three months later I am editing this little fact in: Felix
has almost outgrown his rug already. He has also been engaging
It was time for Felix to
learn how to wear a horse
rug so, somewhat cleverly
I thought, I bought a rug
three or four sizes too big.
The thought process being
that a fleece rug could go
under it when it got to snow
weather, and otherwise it
would do him for the year
and he could grow into it.
Wrong!!!
Getting the rug on...
or even near ...
is the first step
Continued