Ponies are evil

[essayel]

No they are!

This morning I took the dog out to he lane where the horses graze. He likes horses and watches them happily so he was quite content to join me in watching a group of 4 ponies ganging up on a huge black cob/gypsy-vanner cross that was stretched out sound asleep. The gang leader was a little bay job - welsh mountain stock in full winter coat so he looked like a fuzzy teddy bear - and he started off by nibbling the feathering on one of the huge hooves. Swipe went the hoof. Pony dodged and darted back in to nip cob's belly. Then they all crowded round, nosing and nipping and generally being obnoxious. It was about 2 minutes before cob let out a shriek and lurched to his feet. I dread to think what they had bitten. It was like watching an buzzard being mobbed by jackdaws except that once he was up they just sniffed noses and left him alone to graze.

I'm wondering now if it was because they could see me and the dog approaching and thought the cob ought to be up just in case we planned to eat them all.

So they might NOT be actually evil but they certainly looked it. For anyone who's interested, this is what winter coat can look like, but they can look like this when properly brushed up. dinky little miniature war horses. Just lovely.

Comments

[surexit.livejournal.com]

Oh poor horse. :( What trauma.

[theofenraven.livejournal.com]

I have a special fondness for horses. I used to own a few. Started out with one, because that's how it begins. When I saw her talking to a squirrel, I figured I'd better get her a friend. Soon, I had five.

Yeah, out of control. :)

[metallumai.livejournal.com]

ponies are definitely evil. I have seen them in action too, and they can pester the patience out of anyone!

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

Naughty ponies!

[vespican.livejournal.com]

Are you sure the one hadn't left a wake up call?
Dave

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Pony pester power certainly got him going. Their heads didn't even clear his back.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Lucky man. They really do like company. I used to have a couple of sheep in with mine.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Like huge sweet smelling toddlers in steel toe-capped boots.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

But very entertaining.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Not the sort of alarm clock i would have chosen but it seemed pretty effective.

[suemont.livejournal.com]

I thought horses slept standing up. Or is that goldfish? It's one of them!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Must be the weather. The neurotic Arab stallion was in a right strop when I fed him this morning, and his owner isn't back until Tuesday.

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

It probably was "INTRUDER ALERT PREDATOR SIGHTED! GET UP, YOU LAZY BASTARD, OR YOU'RE DOGFOOD!"

Firefox won't show me the fuzzy pony, but the other one is gorgeous. I wasn't expecting it to yell STUD! at me, though.

Your post finally motivated me to look up what a 'cob' is. Thanks!

[writerofictions.livejournal.com]

I miss owning horses. They're so gorgeous to just watch.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

:) I dunno about goldfish but horses do both. They doze on their feet - it's funny, their ears go all floppy - but do lie down if they feel safe.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

LJ ate my notifications! Again.

Is the stallion more cheerful now the owner is back?

[essayel.livejournal.com]

I adore cobs. They were the beasts of all work in this area all through the 19th and early 20th century and some of them are stunning. "Running the cob stallions" at the Royal Welsh Show is the favourite bit. http://youtu.be/KGQmLJNxVi0 Have you ever seen anything prouder?

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Last year there were mares one side of the road and a pony stallion the other trying to pick the padlock on the gate

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Oh, gorgeous! I have to laugh at the running of the humans trying to keep up, though. Must've been fun keeping all those stallions from challenging one another.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Yes! :D "Hah, run, puny human! the only reason I am still with you is because I disdain to show myself up by abandoning you."

I did notice one swingeing kick in the background where one got too close behind the other but they are very well trained.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

She's now not back until tomorrow, so he's still sulking.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Oh the poor baby. Honestly they can be as bad as dogs.