Brooms are edible?!

[Debbie]

Leading Blossom out for her turnout, she sauntered over to my broom and CHOMP! that's a first! I had a devil of a time wresting it away and I'm pretty sure she managed to eat a few strands. Granted it's a corn type broom, but she's never offered to do that before. Little goat in hiding

Have any of yours gotten ahold of the broom?

[Fi]

In my experience Dales will have a go at eating anything!! 😂

[valerie n scout]

Ha ha ha no Scout never tried eating the broom but then the guy is close to perfect 😇

[harveydales]

Eve will put anything in her mouth. I daren't leave anything like brooms within her reach when I'm not around!

[Debbie]

Yes, but Scout is Practically Perfect in Every Way

Blossom's never offered to swipe at the broom before. Ever. Not sure what prompted her to try eating it, other than she seemed to walk towards it with a purpose, so she'd clearly thought the whole thing out. When she was younger, I had to be far more vigilant about keeping things out of mouth range.

[tinkeralison]

She must be starving 😍😂😂😂😂😂

Having John on the yard (rising 2 yrs) everything must be put away every night or it's distributed around the place 🤣

[harveydales]

lol I'd forgotten wha having a youngster is like until I got Eve. She is into absolutely everything. In the first week of having her I ran her over with the quad bike (thankfully uninjured).

Then a month later whe somehow got her head attatched to a massive metal grid (2ftx3ft and very heavy). I'd only taken my eyes off her for a few seconds and she shot off across the field with it still attatched to her head. Again luckily no injuries toher than my near heart attack.

Then another month later the ponies broke through the electric fencing and Eve got her head stuck in a 5 bar metal gate and yanked it off the wall! This time a swollen head and eye and a very sorrowful looking pony. But she hasn't learned her lesson. Last month I had her at an agility clinic and had her tied to the trailer with a haynet for a few minutes - I was standing with her as I wouldn't dare leave her unsupervised. SOmehow she got the headcolar buckle stuck in the haynet and while I was trying to release her she ran off to some grass dragging me on the end of a long rope.

She's into everything when I walk her out, has knocked over wheelybins to find out what is inside them etc etc When do they outgrow this? She is 5 now.

[Fi]

Sammie is 7 and growing out of it. Following some lessons and his stay in ‘boot camp’ while I was on holiday I’ve been doing a lot more of the ‘no! concentrate on me please!’. It’s probably something I should have started doing earlier tbh. It’s making the judgement between something new that they genuinely need to explore and something they are used to but are being nosy about just because they can!

I do love that he’s brave enough to investigate everything though.

[harveydales]

Yes, I agree with what you say. I'm finding it easier now to distinguish between Eve's need to explore something new and her general nosiness - but it's taken me a full 12 months!.

[Debbie]

LOL I'd say Blossom's intense nosiness phase didn't abate until she was around 6 or 7 and it's only been slightly lessened. If this morning's episode was anything to go by, she'll keep me on my toes for years to come

I personally love it, even if it can be a nuisance at times. They're so much more subtle than a horse, cheeky, but such a sense of humor at the same time. I think the same, it's a matter of asking for focus please.