Pico meets the new member of the yard staff
Saturday's snow meant there was a "new member of staff" guarding Pico's part of the stable yard on Sunday ;-)
After trying to push the new staff member over with his nose, Pico then insisted when it was time to go that there was no need to walk around the snow bank, and instead stomped through the snow. Still a Wisconsin boy, clearly.
It was commented on that while all the UK-born horses on the yard were busy goggling at the snow when taken out, Pico, usually the spookiest horse on the yard just said "It's snow! Get over it!" and got on with things. Of course, not to let his spooky-horse reputation down... Those things did include spooking and snorting at the fact that augeas walked by alongside the top end of the covered arena: a perfectly *normal* place for people to walk, given it's how one gets to the outdoor school! *laughs* silly beast was looking for an excuse, and disapointingly for him, snow wasn't an excuse in his head, so he had to find another one I guess ;-)
After trying to push the new staff member over with his nose, Pico then insisted when it was time to go that there was no need to walk around the snow bank, and instead stomped through the snow. Still a Wisconsin boy, clearly.
It was commented on that while all the UK-born horses on the yard were busy goggling at the snow when taken out, Pico, usually the spookiest horse on the yard just said "It's snow! Get over it!" and got on with things. Of course, not to let his spooky-horse reputation down... Those things did include spooking and snorting at the fact that augeas walked by alongside the top end of the covered arena: a perfectly *normal* place for people to walk, given it's how one gets to the outdoor school! *laughs* silly beast was looking for an excuse, and disapointingly for him, snow wasn't an excuse in his head, so he had to find another one I guess ;-)