Baaaaaby Cooooolt!

[dancinghorse]

This week has been lost in Baby Brain--getting us all used to the shift in routine, and teaching babymonster (who has a name but I should clear it with the other half of the ownership pool before making public--she's away for the long weekend) all about scrrrrrritchies. I had worried that he would take a long time to civilize, but after arriving on Tuesday, by Wednesday evening he was allowing me to scritch his butt through the fence. By Friday I was allowed to be in the same space while rubbing him all over. Since then he's been coming up to me and being more or less a normal in-your-face DHF babymonster.

His mom came into heat shortly after arrival. Pooka tried to do something about it Friday, mare said NO!, so Saturday they spent a lot of time interacting over the fence. Today I put them out together--watching carefully to be sure the baby would be OK. We have video here and here. Note how mom keeps a weather eye on the proceedings.

For those who haven't seen stallions in a herd situation, this can be fairly boggling. This is what a stallion is supposed to be like. Amazing, isn't it?

I grabbed some stills off the video, too (still haven't figured out how to get the higher-res version).

So much for the Fierce Aggressive Stallion Who Will Go After His Offspring And Eat It:




In case you thought the first one was a fluke:





Boy play while mom makes sure nobody gets fresh:




A very muddy Pooka swaps war stories with the kid after a good hard roll (we'd had a short downpour a few minutes before):



And as a bonus: Post-roll, Pooka throws in a little extravagance. Even covered with mud, the Platonic archetype of the My Little Pony rules.

Comments

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Looks like it. She will grow into her belly. Really.

Our Pooklet here is strikingly Twix-like. He's been boingiting today. Boing! Boing! Leap and pawtheair! Also learned about moving relative to me, shifting him to pen with mom when he wanted to stay out. Like dad he's a sucker for praise--praise him and he's putty in your hands. He also has the same energy signature as dad. Soft, sensitive, but lots of 'tude. Very comfortable to interact with, for me.

[lynnesite.livejournal.com]

Oh, having seen the "lifecycle" at your place, particularly Ephiny and Gaudia, I *know* she will grow into that belly. (And I love that belly!) It's the nonbelievers around here...convincing people that NO, I don't need to cut back her groceries, for instance. It doesn't get much more basic than Bermuda, beet pulp and carrots, with a smidge of COB and handful of alfalfa. Oh, and Dynamite Plus. She isn't cresty, has no fat pockets on her topline, and I CAN feel ribs, really I can!

Yeah on the Twixities, want that NAME now, he can't continue as "Pooklet". When are you coming to California (this year?) to meet this kid? Soft, sensitive and "tude" is this guy too.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

It's all barrel. Really. I had the same issue with Grandma Carrma. "She's got to be pregnant! Look at that belly!" Uh, no. When Carrma is pregnant, she drags the ground.

This line makes roomy mares. And roomy boys, too. Pook isn't what you'd call a delicate little thing.

I'll have to see if I can sneak a trip west.

Will you be making your annual October pilgrimage to Arizona? Patrice will be here the last week in October. Somebody you have got to meet. She would love la Twix.

[lynnesite.livejournal.com]

Carrma, no kidding. I remember that sight. October: will be driving to the 4 corners area for shooting/staying with Cristy. Probably towards the beginning of the month. Depends on my knee, if it is quickly fixable or not, I hope to ride the multi-day Grand Canyon (north rim) in combo with the other trip, would bring Q with me.

Twix reminds me a lot of Camilla at the same age. Reaching around the shoulders to hug her girth area with both hands, nicely shaped, then huge flare of rib cage behind it. BONE, folks. Substance-Incarnate. Me likee.

I will be probably also going to Tucson in the fall to Linda Kohanov's, in discussion, as part of a book-thing. Believe me, the trip will include DHF time.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

We'll love to see you any time. Babymonster should be here still, depending on who buys him and when.

It's hard to explain BONE to them as is used to horses rather than Space Aliens. Also, hard to explain Neoprene Ponydom--that the smoothness isn't fat.

[lynnesite.livejournal.com]

Well, Tori doesn't get it (yet), she remarked again tonight that she can point to spots on Twix which are fat. Neoprene Ponydom, yeah, very different.

Today Twix got ponied "around the mountain" by Q and Kat, and got a perfect grade. It's funny to watch them leave, from behind. Two grey butts, and Twix's is approaching his width if not yet his height.