Jackanory!

[lucydales]

Hello!

I is back from the sin bin!!

I have lots to tell you and cos I’m black you won’t be able to see me blush!

Anyway, we did Skool last weekend with Claire and Sue. Lucy was there but she wasn’t allowed to do anything as she has a glass back! What’s a glass back, Mummy?? One that breaks easily! Oh!

So Claire came to see me and as it was sooo cold she gave me a scarf and hat!


I is not so sure about hats! I couldn’t do ears other than from forward and back! Anyway, as it was Skool, Claire had a book that I had to look at!


What’s a book, Mummy? Something with words in that tells a story! Oh! So I checked out the book, it made very funny noises which scared Uncle Pants, but I was brave! I am not sure if I like words or not. Can you eat them, Mummy? Frequently!


As I was so good at eating words, Celtie-Cobweb came to check out Claire’s book too.


Anyway, as I didn’t want to eat any more words and the book didn’t smell that tasty (it smelt of small babies, yuk! Claire said it was Jameson’s.) I did finishing book reading. But that was hot work so I removed my scarf.


Kn*b!


Anyway, I now wanted a story! Claiiiiire! I want a STORY! Oooh, were going to do “Timmilocks and the Three Saddles!”

Celtie lived in a stable with three saddles. One was Mummy’s, one was Daddy’s and one was Celtie’s. They all went out to have a roll and a bronk. Meanwhile Timmilocks snook in to their stable. He munched their hay, he rolled in their straw, he tried on all their rugs and then he got caught by Claire! Hum young man, she said, I have some saddles for you to try on! The first one was Daddy’s saddle:


It was way too big!

The next one was Celtie’s saddle:


It was way too small

The last one was Mummy’s saddle:


It was just right! So Timmilocks got ridden by everyone and Celtie didn’t so they all lived happily ever after!

Okay, story over! Back to Skool! Bums! How come Celtie got Daddy pony’s saddle? Because she’s nearly three! Oh!


Celtie did golden syrup bitty things again.


How come she’s so good?


Celtie did some long reining with Sue. She is a little star!


Bird’s eye view!


Oooh! Sue has vanished!


Celtie does Highway Code and everything!


Bum! I have run out of piccies. Now to meee! I did skool and I was brill!
Cough, cough!
Oh! Maybe I wasn’t brill! I did a little trip with Sue. All set for the off! Is Mummy coming too? No! Ooh!


I am doing big and brave! Sue dishes!!


Smiley, smiley! Just before I lost the plot!


I had an incy moment…. I did rearing and striking and pushing Sue up the road verge bank. She nearly fell over! Ooerr! Then Claire took me and she looked like she meant business so I was nearly good. Sue was upset and did do crying things. I felt bad! We went home! I went into Mummy’s stable and came out mounted on her back! She wasn’t very impressed!

Not my best day at skool!

Anyway, it has done snowin’! Here is us doing snowy pictures to change the subject! Uncle Isaac has gone grey!


Celtie is half grey!


And has sprouted a father Christmas beard!


She can do scaries!


And she has a cute bum! Cough, cough!




And snowy ears!


Uncle Pants has a big brarn bum!


And a grey back!


Anyway, back to MEEE!


I am doing sharies with my Uncle!


So that is my week! Aren’t I lovely … almost?!

Please send red cross hay parcels as i am on punishment!

[valerie n scout]

wahey good to see you back Tim, I've missed you I do lurve your scarf it suits you x Celt is lookin well too. wot did you think of your first snow storm x

[cadeby]

Awwhh Tim, you look really cute in your hat and scarf
If you keep practising your reading you may pass your eleven (months) plus exam and be able to go to grammar school where they have even nicer, colour-co-ordinated hats and scarves and satchels

Lol at the Timmilocks story. Did he eat all of the saddles

Naughty boy for rearing and almost squishing Sue though. Those steep banks along your roads make it very difficult to get out of the way At least he left the yard on his own without being clingy or stroppy

[mrsp]

Tim, I think I ought to warn you.... those 'human beans' they're bonkers!!!!!!

[harleydales]

Oh Tim, how could you? Was there a reason for you being so naughty, didyou get a fright or were you just being a boy?

The good thing about humans is they usually forgive you - especially if you do wuffly kisses with a warm foalie nose...

[harveydales]

Oh Tim, fancy those cruel human beans keeping you all busy in this cold weather. No wonder you had to try out being naughty. Harvelydales is right though, they will soon forgive you if you do lots of cute and cuddley.

[harleydales]

Pam - who is 'Harvelydales' in your post above? Is it a clone between Harvey and Harley LOL??!!

[lucydales]

Tim's wheedled himself back into Sue's good books! Sunfflie foalie kisses worked well! And he managed to keep his teeth in ... just!!

[sammy]

Hi Lucy and Tim
Been there, got the medal!!
Rearing and boxing, January or Feb 2008.
It was all going so well until then, walk, trot and stand.
Not funny at all.
One year on and he is still a pain in the ****
Except today he was good, I think the Jif lemon is working and we may be making progress he may be deciding that trying to nibble everything including me is not such a good thing!!
COLTS!!!!!

[lucydales]

Barbara, tell me more about the jif lemon!!! (Sorry if I've missed it else where)

I almost feel sad not to have the pitter patter of tiny hooves descending this year, only almost!!

[cadeby]

I'm intrigued about the lemon too? Do you spray the advancing teeth Barbara or just stuff the whole thing into an unsuspecting jaw

Lucy I'll send Gem to you and you can have the stress and the sleepless nights prior to the patter of tiny hooves (fingers crossed). Our stables are 500 yards from the house - that's quite a walk when we're on half-hourly checks. Wish I had a foal-cam

[sammy]

It's a Richard Maxwell tip to stop the colt
(pain in the a*** constantly wanting to have something in his mouth thing)
The little jif sits nicely in the hand and when he advances all mouth and it's obvious what he is going to do he gets a bitter taste in his mouth.
I must say, regardless of what any reader thinks, this is working for us! I tried NO!! I tried a Shhh noise and an elbow or hand from underneath but he didn't take any notice
I was at a dead end with this and had tried lots of things to stop this colt trying to put me in his mouth every time we were together. He is never, ever nasty because it is not in his nature and I can do anything to him. Spray him with foul smelling stuff, get awful messes out of his mane and tail, touch him all over, clean his sheath with anything, leave him tied up whilst I muck him out, he is so well behaved in everything.
Except he has teeth and he is a colt!!
Jif lemon to the rescue
NO doubt someone will think I am trying to kill him with a Jif lemon but there you go.
Rather he gets a JIF in his mouth instead of me being eaten alive!!

[Anna]

Thats a really neat solution Tynedale.

[cadeby]

Sounds great to me Barbara and Scally won't be associating it as a punishment dished out by the handler, just a learned response that biting on humans tastes nasty and isn't worth it

I may give it a go with Taz as he has started nipping occasionally when being led. His teeth are faster than my reactions. I had thought about getting some of those padded arm guards that skateboarders wear but that won't actually address the problem.

I'll let you know how we get on.

[harleydales]

That does sound like a good idea - the sales of Jif lemons will increase dramatically now LOL!