…back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Josh Meets the Horses
Can you believe how big Isabelle is? She’s 10 months old and is a spotted Shire, so she’s not done growing yet. For reference, my dad is 6’4″. She’s a typical teenager who sneaks out at night and misbehaves. Annabelle does her best to keep her baby in line, but I keep my distance with my baby.
Vinny is a gentle giant, and I feel much more comfortable around him with the baby. Again for reference, I’m 5’7″. He’s a Dapple Gray Percheron and has squabbles with the girls, so he gets a pen to himself. His teammate Bill died this year, so he’s on his own.
Getting out to visit at the farm was just what we needed tonight!
Kat was 9 months when I brought her home. A few years later she foaled Frosty’s Brenda – both registered Belgian Draft.
http://draftresource.com/Horse_Pix.html
Kat was a real joy to raise and train. Brenda was lovely – but much more of a handful.
The spotted draft is typically a cross of light horse (the paint coloring) and a draft breed. Light horses generally finish growing about age four, drafts about age six. Kat grew at least a hand (4.000 inches) her fifth year – to 18.2 inches, about 1950 pounds.
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Isabelle’s dad was a registered spotted draft, and her mom Annabelle is a black shire. There’s info on her dad at my mom’s blog http://everydaywomanusa.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/were-having-a-baby/
Vinny looks like he was really checking the baby out! So cute!
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I think he was just checking to see if I had food, haha.
Dad really enjoyed introducing Joshua to the horses! Thanks so much for taking an evening stroll with us. . . I’m thinking Dukie’s jealous, though!
I thought Isabelle was such a pretty baby – but Josh has her beat by miles. Although I guess I should say handsome!
those are some BIG horses…I would love to have a horse. Hubby says its the camel or a horse not both…spoiled sport!
Feel free to link up today with any gardening posts today, Kim
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Unfortunately nothing happened in the garden recently… Hoping to pick up the pace this weekend!