Wow it’s been busy here over the last few
weeks….
Our Human Foal is now nearly 8 weeks old and it has passed in a
blur. We’re sorry for our absence and
for not checking in on our friend’s blogs as often as we’d like to. Our hooves and paws have been a little busy
with caring for the HF, but we know you all understand J
Despite our blog absence life has continued
in a new normality here at Muleteer HQ!
We’ve all been getting in to raising our new foal in our own special
ways.
Dragon and The Mini are always on
inspection duty, they absolutely love HF. Dragon has totally found her maternal instinct!
Both of the long ears like to make sure the humans are doing a good job of looking after
HF and making sure that their tack fits securely (their saddle / harness thing
looks a little weird?), they are both most keen to know when they get to carry
HF?
In the meantime Dragon has been having some
lovely rides out with Smiley Human and hopes that FH might manage a little ride
soon? She is also looking mighty fine in her beautiful summer coat - there is not much finer thing to behold than Dragon at this time of year!
The Mini has been fighting the battle
against the bugs with his suit of armour, he is winning most days and staying
itch free J
Roller is still trying to shed out his
winter fluff and looks a little ‘preloved’ with his patchy coat. Nevermind, he’s still the most handsome pony
in the neigh-bourhood (not that we’re biased!).
He is, as always, very helpful and insists on assisting the girls with
the poo picking, FH says he and HF are SOOO helpful….
Diesel is on fine huntress form and appears
to have decimated the local baby bunny population despite them often being the
same size as her…. Sad but at least she does eat them and dispatches them
quickly!
The canine companions are going greyer by
the day. Milo is continuing to grow a
magnificent woolly coat, it seems no one told him it is the summer? Heyho he seems not to be bothered!
Murph is going greyer with his added
responsibility, he is now guardian of an extra family member and takes his pram
guard duty extremely seriously. It’s a
good job his labrador shoulders are broad!
And the humans? Well they are a little on the tired side but
loving having their extra smiley member of the family! MH has taken on much of the mucking out
duties for which we are all very grateful (don’t tell FH but his bed making is
superior to hers and he’s much more generous with the hay and cat treats but a
little stingy with the grass).
FH is spending much of her time feeding, washing, playing and on poo patrol.... and yes that's for all of us Muleteers not just HF. The Mini is kindly supplying FH with dirty fly rugs galore to make sure she doesn't forget how to handwash clothes, FH finds herself regularly wondering how mothers used to cope with washing nappies by hand?! The Mini thought she'd like a little insight... ;-)
And
finally…. HF! She is smiling, gurgling
and entertaining us all. Her very favourite thing is being outside in her baby carrier or pram, her
best entertainment is nature’s mobile – also known as looking at the leaves
blowing in the trees and the cotton candy clouds, guaranteed to take away any baby cries!
We’ve also noticed that she knows
the special sounds of her dogs barking, mules neighbraying and Roller
whinnying, these noises bother her not one bit but she is always alarmed by
strange dogs barking or other odd noises, shouldn’t be any surprise though we’ve all been getting to know
each other for many months now one way or another…. it seems like a lifetime ago that this picture was taken!
Hoping all of our friends are happy and
healthy, we promise to be back again very soon J
