There was some sort of a problem in our barn last night – it was raining hard outside and somehow (our people couldn’t figure out exactly how) the water all ran into our stall. Our shavings were all wet, but the Gypsy Cob next door had puddles in her shavings! Luckily, when Kendra and Charlene got here in the morning they cleaned it all out and gave us fresh dry shavings. Much better!
Later on this morning they came and moved us to a new stall in a new barn. No flooding! Also, now we are next door to Charizma and CinDeeGo and one stall down from Drifter, which is much handier for our people, even though our nice dry barn is further away from the trade show.
This afternoon we hooked up for our demo – it was chilly when Kendra took off my blankets, and I haven’t had a lot of exercise the last week since Kendra pulled up lame again, so I had LOTS of energy. Kendra didn’t take too kindly to my high spirits, and made me do some boring walking to warm up before she let me stretch out and trot around the track. That was fun until the muck got deep and it was hard pulling! Then it was time for the demo, and the arena footing made the track look like smooth sailing! It was DEEP and hard work, but people clapped for me and Duke and Charizma and Blue Jay while we drove, and Totalee jumped and Blossom was just too cute, so I think it went pretty well – but I was tired. Hard work! They said they’re going to take some sand out tonight though – even the big horses were struggling, the footing was so deep. I hope it’s better before my clinic tomorrow afternoon!
After the demo it was my turn to be in the booth. Which was fun for a while, but then I got bored and tried scratching on the fence (the pen moves nicely when I rub on it) and playing with the tarp, which got me lots of attention. Score! I really liked doing my tricks for the people, but for some reason Kendra doesn’t think I should do them constantly. I do get lots of requests – people ask Kendra, “Is he going to do his tricks soon?” and “Could you please make him stand up so I can take a picture?” I’m happy to oblige!
I do like this trade show best of all – everyone here knows where horses like to be scratched!
See you all tomorrow! Come by and visit me or I’ll get bored and loud again!
