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.



27 Mar 2010

Here comes the summer sun and the flies

Sarah was really early this morning so I was quite suprised to see her walk into the yard but pleased that I didn't have to stay in my stable any longer. I got a really good grooming, it took ages and there was loads of my winter coat all over the floor. Bye winter coat, its time for summer now! I had a bit of a hair cut too so my mane is all neat and tidy and a far more flattering length, just need to grow the bit I rubbed off now so it all matches. I got vaseline put on all of my little scrapes and on my shoulders where my rug rubbed, it will help my fur grow back although Sarah informed me that my shoulder hair is starting to grow back now, I will be a good looking boy when its back.

The only thing I wasn't bothered about was this stinky spray she put on me but she told me its to keep the nasty flies away, she'd made it herself- cheap skate! I got a good covering then had my power ranger mask put on and went out to play with no rug on, haha I'm so going to cover myself in mud whilst I'm out.

Oh and Frank the dog took a dump in my feed room, I'm going to have words with him when I see him!

P.S We did some two line lunging last night, it was hard but I was a good boy.

22 Mar 2010

It's been a while..

wow, its a long time since I wrote on here, I've been so busy that I forgot to do it. I've moved into one of the summer fields, there wasn't any grass left in our winter one, we ate it all. I've got new rugs because the weather is getting warmer. My winter coat is coming out now so I will have my summer one soon, I can't wait to get rid of it all, it gets everywhere when Sarah grooms me.


A few weeks ago Sarah bought me a treat ball, I didn't get it, I tried to get the treats out through the hole but it was too small, then I tried licking the ball but it didn't taste of anything, Sarah moved it and the treats came out so I moved it and when they didn't fall out I nudged her for them. After a couple of weeks of the stupid thing being in my stable I got hungry whilst waiting for my tea and decided to have a go, now I think its great fun, I get extra food!


We have been having lessons too, I try and be really lazy when we have lessons because I know they are 45 minutes and to be honest I just can't be bothered. I behave much better when its just me and Sarah in the arena. We've even been for a couple of short rides down the track, when we got back to the yard I wanted to go in for my tea but Sarah wouldn't let me, we had a bit of a fight, I shoved her leg into the wall but she won in the end and made me do more work in the arena for it- pah! Anyway must dash I've got some grass to attend to.


Here I am in my new rug: