Horses

Shetland Sums

I have three little things I need to share today.
Three little things which add up to one little very round thing…
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ONE
It has been very, very dry around here lately
(I know, I have HARDLY whinged at all about the lack of rain, have I? *crickets*).
And most animals have shown signs of the bad season – losing some weight and constantly grazing to try and maintain energy levels. And while the working animals (like the mustering horses) have been supplemented to keep them fit, the fat gleam has gone off most four-legged resident of Granite Glen.
Except Rob Roy. He’s as fat as a fool. Strange.
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TWO
We have a rotund little pony living here – Rob Roy…
have you met him yet?
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He is quite gorgeous but incredibly, well, ROUND.
And just a little bit naughty.
Yes, I am aware this is quite normal for Shetlands – they are smart as whips and complete guts-aches. Not a good combo really. Actually rather dangerous.
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THREE
Mr Incredible and I and the kids all went away for a couple of days recently. And while we were gone, the small 1/4 full grain silo which we have to supplement mysteriously let go all the contents. It was quite a mess and we couldn’t work out how the heck it had happened. After all it has a tricky slide bar stopper that you have to pull quite hard to open. Therefore the opening couldn’t have been an accident with an animal simply bumping the handle.
And only our little bulls and a couple of horses live in that paddock.
Hmmm.
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Mystery solved today.
We were having coffee when Mr Incredible noticed some noises were eminating from down near the yards.
Kind of: bing-BANG… bing-BANG… bing-BANG!
Then silence.
Then a repeat…
So we headed down to find out what on earth was happening…
The noise stopped the moment we walked into sight of this pair near the silo.
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They froze before slowly turning toward the camera…robroy_0039

Rob Roy and a henchman… yes you two… you are under surveillence!

So the chestnut pony gets all:

WHO ME?
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Oh I DO beg your pardon, Rob Roy …

I forgot… butter just wouldn’t melt in your little mouth!

But then, his tummy must’ve rumbled – a siren song greater than any thought of avoiding capture by ‘the enemy’…and he spins round and starts nudging violently at the silo.

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Huh?

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Then it all became clear… the silo still had some grain stuck to the walls…

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And by rigorously opening and closing the stopper…

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Little bits of the delicious fodder comes sprinkling down the chute…
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And then he DIVES on it (like a seagull on a lump of fat) and gobbles it down.

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IF ONLY we could somehow harness that kind of brainpower

and use it for good instead of evil!

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