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Braveheart is both a talker and jealous. He always has a nicker for me when
I enter the barn and will whinney when he sees the car/truck pull in the
driveway and then chase it along the fence line to the barn door.
Bogie usually greets me when I come in the barn too but does not chase
cars. He's figured out where I'm going to end up and has found that a straight
line across the pasture is a more direct route to possible carrots and doesn't
actually involve running. Wait 'til he finds out that I'm thinking of taking
us into the cloverleaf bending class at Blue Earth! Laurie and the Great and
Powerful Oz looked like they were having so much fun!
If there are treats, BH insists on the first one, the last one and as
many in the middle as he can get. If they're loose, I'm not allowed to pet
Bogie
more than 2 strokes before BH squeezes between us. Serious Bogie hugging
must be done when they're in their stalls...or at least when Braveheart is in
his. Bogie will put up with this but will push back with slow determination
(like a furry tugboat) if there are munchies to be had.
Bogie doesn't like to leave Braveheart to go for a ride but he
will...VERY slowly. BH, on the other hand, will drop Bogie like a hot rock to
go riding
or driving and never looks back. I think it's the 7 years that we were alone
together...he's used to getting ALL the attention and he seems to think
that's only as it should be. They get along fine in the field, chasing around
and
thumping on each other like brothers. Except for their natural movements
being wildly different, they do OK when they go out together too. Every so
often
I'll ride one and pony the other one on local excursions...I have no real
reason for doing this except that it can be a useful thing sometimes. When gas
goes to $12 a gallon, I'm throwing saddlebags on one and panniers on the other
one for the trip to Krogers. In my opinion, those people should start
installing the hitching posts any time now.
Kay
and Braveheart, who says. "Sharing is over-rated."
and Bogie, who says, "Oh? How would YOU know?"
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