"Thank You"s



The girls

We have some more thank yous to announce this week - Brendan at Sainsbury's in Exeter donated to us all the "out of date" carrots and apples from the store this week, which meant the ponies have had extra delicious treats to keep them busy.  Ted and Jenny also purchased some replacement wheels and fixed our special red trolley, which we find invaluable for moving hay, water and heavy objects around - it really helps us to look after our backs...thank you!



Apples and carrots donated for the ponies

Sara has been busy promoting our new people4ponies mugs and has raised £30 for the ponies with the help of Sonia, Viv, Annie, and Angela - the ladies from the local skittles team.

Ready for a walk

 On Tuesday, the weather was perfect - blue sky, not a cloud in sight.  After taking a couple of the ponies for a walk, we had more time for doing self-selection. In the photo below, Graham is learning how to use one of the special techniques we use to get the ponies used to unfamiliar objects - Dan was frightened of the feed scoop to start with and wouldn't go near it, and Graham helped Dan to see that it wasn't scary at all.  Hazel-Ann and Graham have donated a second scoop to use for self-selection, so that should speed up the process a bit - it does take a while to get around to all 6 ponies with all their supplements.

Dan self-selecting using the scoop

Choosing supplements

Frodo reverted to taking advantage of electric fencing that isn't attached to the electrics and limbo-ing through in it search of lusher grass.  Today, Catherine and I spent many hours sorting out the fence and making sure that it is now all attached to the mains supply of electricity!

On the whole, all the ponies are enjoying being out much more - the continuing dry cold weather is really improving the ground conditions.  If the trough freezes over, Frodo has a clever trick of using one of his front legs to smash the ice.

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