Tania Kettle

Az and I are doing pretty well with our Play.

He is particularly food focussed though, so is more, Did I do well?  Can I have a treat?  

Chew on the other hand learns so quickly, it kind of blows my mind.  He's like, Yeah, what now... 

And his nappies turned up today.  In a box.  Nothing to say what they were.

To be fair, if I'm like this, Chew's going to lose his shite over them.

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And the weirdest thing is happening with this motion sensor thingy.

I either forget to turn the swivelly bit on, or it just goes mental.  In this one particular place.

The funny thing about it today was that it was focussing on Boo and I, then back to Spirit standing in the corner.  Then back to Boo and me, then corner, then it started swivelling really fast, then I swear, hand on hoof, the bloody thing went so fast it actually diisconnected itself and flew off where it was attached, and with phone, smashed on the ground with a huge bang crash.

Both phone and thingy were fine.

Scared Boo half to death.

But the most awesome thing, is that the Energy between Boo and I, is stronger than the Spirit that stands in the corner.

Fucking awesome.

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So I put Fenny and Flash into the next paddock, to chew down the grass.

20 minutes later, I'm driving past my place to go down the road and Hello! the bloody cows have opened the gate, and are romping freely with Caps and Ralph in all 5 paddocks.

Bloody cheek!

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So Caps has got the herd working exceptionally well at the moment.

Since Fenny and Flash have come home, everyone  has kind of organised themselves into a working, and extremely happy, home. 

And it goes like this:

Cappy:  Tarns is not going to send you to the works.  But she will if you upset me.   I like short grass.  The grass is too long here, but it is perfect over there where the gate is shut...

Fenny:  Onto it.

I swear, hand on hoof, true story.

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Haven't got round to putting the nappies on Chew. 

The weather's been a bit crap and you know, he's not going to be too happy, so I keep putting it off until the stars are all aligned.

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The natural liquid wormer has worked pretty well.  

Well, Caps ate his, Boo ate his and Mumma skulked around, but eventually ate hers.  Now all I need to do is stand around and wait, then pick up poo and zip it off to the Vet for re-counting.

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So I ran into a horseman yesterday that I hadn't seen in ages, and I was telling him I had a new foal at home, and he said, I hope you are not spoiling him!  He's a race horse.

I smiled and said, No.  

But for the life of me, I can't get my head round you guys.

I want my foals to have strong tummies, so don't use commerical wormers.  I use (and pay through the nose for the priviledge) natural.

I want my foals to be strong in both body and mind, so I refuse to use Soy (which is a known, and Scientifically proven, hormone disrupter), but use lots of herbs and natural based foods. 

But a lot of it.  And 3 meals a day.

I also want my foals to grow strong.  Which is why I use Touch/play.  I mean, how many times when you have pulled a muscle, slept the wrong way or otherwise feel out of balance, has someone giving you a massage made it better?

100% of the time, is my guess.

So tempting, teasing, unfurling and generally keeping the physical body, muscles, bones and tendons in balance, through Touch, is my Number 1 priority.  It is  though, 100% of the time, free choice.  No one is ever tied up for me to do it.

I also never hand feed or give treats to a foal, and am 100% focussed on, No biting, kicking, front footing or otherwise scaring.

My philosophy is, Set your foal up to succeed.

So, it is not, I hope you're not spoiling him...he's a race horse but

I hope you're being kind to him...he's a race horse.

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So, that's been our week:

A bit freaky with Spirit and then all of a sudden, it calmed down. But what I started with last week is most certainly not what I have right now, as I'm writing this.  It was when I let go, everything fell into place.  Things changed on a dime, and in the end I just sat back and did a slow and sweet, Whooooooooooooo...

Actually, first I let all expectations go, then I decided the things that I absolutely, 100%, would not put up with, then I took a leap of faith.

Spirit stepped in, peeps stepped up, and then I trusted that the foundations I had laid over the past couple of years, would hold me when I took the leap forward.

100%, on all levels, they did.

Big hugs and horsey kisses from us here, to you there.