Just when I thought life couldn't get much better, (aside from it being a bit chilly) the white stuff all disappeared and Sarah turned up with a damn saddle. I tried to scare her off when she fastened the girth around my belly (which she said had got fat, the cheek of it!), trying to bite her didn't stop her putting it on so I must be more menacing next time.
I had to go on the lunge for a bit then Sarah got on, I wasn't very impressed with the idea so threw my head up so she couldn't control me, haha. She got off after a little while, I think we'd both had enough of that. The next night I just got to go in and eat my tea so I was pleased, I got a new rug too, it's lovely and warm.
On Wednesday though Sarah rolled up with that damn saddle again, I tried to bite her more this time, why on earth would I want to be ridden, I am perfectly happy just eating, sleeping, rolling around and playing with my friends. Anyway we did a big circle in the dark, she said that she will get on again soon and ride me for longer but I don't like that idea.
Here is a video of me having a really good roll around a few nights ago, Sarah and Dave put loads of fresh straw on my bed so I just couldn't resist.
Hello!
Hi, I'm Toby, I'm a 13 year old thoroughbred cross and I'm a gelding but that is still a sore point so I prefer not to talk about it. Sarah found me on horse hunter whilst looking for her first horse, she thought that I looked like I could do with some good food and exercise from the photo on my advert but came to see me anyway. Unfortunately I didn't look much like the picture on the internet, I was much worse, I hadn't been looked after properly so I was very thin, my spine stuck up and people said my ribs looked like a picket fence, my hips stuck out too, I felt sad and couldn't be bothered to do much. I made Sarah really sad. I'm much better now but me and Sarah still have some work to do and need to get to know each other better so this blog has been set up to let people know how we are getting on.
About Toby
Toby is 13 years old, he's 15.3 hand high and a bright bay gelding with black socks. He used to be in a riding school in Lincoln where he lived from around 5 to 11 but his nearby friend had to be put to sleep so he developed separation anxiety. The school decided to sell him feeling that being privately owned would be more suitable for him. Toby was sold in September 2008 to a private buyer, what happened between then and October 2009 is not known, I was told by the seller that he had been put out on loan, he'd lost his grazing and was subsequently underweight, whether this is true I can't say.
Blog Archive
Then and now
Toby's progress
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