While visiting the stable with a friend, Nikki brought her 9-month old baby Katrina to meet Blessi. Katrina had never encountered a horse before; we think she considered Blessi a really big dog.
Blessi was fascinated by Katrina. He wanted to remove her hat and see how much "mane" she had, remove her shoes to check out the condition of her baby "hooves," and he tried in oh so gentle a manner to remove the support sling so the baby could run free. Once or twice Katrina fussed and as Nikki her Mom said, Blessi gave her such a look like she need to do something to take better care of her baby. ;-)
Katrina is wonderfully engaging. She is definitely a cowgirl in the making.
As a little girl, I always wanted a pony for Christmas. Santa never brought me a pony. So in my late 40s, I started taking horseback riding lessons. When I turned 50, I got my first horse, an Icelandic named Blessi (Veigar frá Búðardal). Little did I know how much fun life with an Icelandic was going to be. Blessi has a unique perspective on life. I hope you enjoy reading about it as much as I enjoy Blessi. And you will probably read about my cats from time to time.
Pages
- Postings
- Jules Verne & Icelandic Horse
- Icelandic Pony in William Morris' Kitchen
- Icelandic Horse Books
- Icelandic Breeding Standards
- Best of Blessi Stories
- Is this trotty, pacey or clear tolt or rack
- MCOA Hereditary Eye Defect in Silver Dapples
- Bone Spavin in the Icelandic Horse
- Laminitis
- Velkomin, Bienvenu--How to translate Blessiblog
- MtDNA Origins of the Icelandic Horse
- Icelandic Horse Twins--A Wonderful and Cautionary Tale
- Using World Fengur
Saturday, February 1, 2014
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