Gate Get-Together

This afternoon, Trouble was by himself in the old barn, while the other horses were in the west pasture. To get to the barn, the horses have to wind around past some scrubby trees, around a long fence row, and through a small paddock and past a hay rack.

He wanted his carrot, and the way Tim has the pastures configured at the moment (he has a maze of gates that can be opened and closed so that several pastures are growing up while the horses are in another) two gates to the same pasture are side by side. However, to get to each other from one gate to another, the herd must make that long and winding walk.

So, tonight I had horses at both gates - which actually simplified the carrot-giving process. Trouble couldn't bully Abby away!

 True to form, Hokey was the first up for carrots - he is so eager he always trots on up as soon as I call.

 Pretty Diablo, herd leader, comes up after Abby and Hokey. She will pin her ears and chase him off, but she and Abby get along well and are friendly.

 Abby looks like she's threatening to chew the bars of the gate if I don't hand over the carrots!

 And Trouble makes goo-goo snorts with Diablo. 

I think Diablo nickered at me tonight. She has done so a time or two before, but I could not tell if it was she or Abby who did the low nicker as I produced the carrots.

I am a little concerned that Abby may be losing weight. This photo shows how angular she is looking.

 Tim is going to get his weight tape out for me and check her plus he's going to deworm all the horses.

She just looks a bit angular to me, more than she should. I'll be really interested in finding out what the weight tape says she weighs.