Me and Silver moved yards a few weeks ago - I was really worried that it was the wrong choice to move as reduced turnout and its further away and out of the way for me.
However, she is doing brilliantly! Since we have moved she is interested in what is going on, always nosying over the door and has now become really cheeky and her confidence is growing Don't get me wrong she can still be really grumpy on bad days, but she generally is plateaud with her bad behaviour, and it is at a moderate and tolerable level - just now getting cheeky
hehe.
Poohsmate came up to visit the Sunday after we moved - Silver wasnt very impressed... She has issues with trust and "opening up to others" (I hope that makes sense!) She has a guard around her, and keeps herself to herself and used to be very cold, although slowly this is wearing away. She was not happy about him touching her (Bowen), and was sulking, and threatening to kick and pulling meany face. Poohsmate spent the time with her just reassuring her that he wasn't going to hurt her, and then checked out our saddle. She also never sleeps, or lies down when people are around - again her trust issues, so she became particularily cross once she started to feel sleepy.
However, Phoebe who is Silvers neighbour was totally absorbed into PM - she is normally very anxious and stressed, always sweating up, posesive over food (she will kick walls over someone looking at her haynet), weaves, jams her teeth into her door and is generally very angry. As soon as pM walked in she chilled - she couldnt get enough of him!! I had one pony who didnt want/didnt know how to "talk" and let him in, and a 16"2 tb type who was desperate to spend time with him!! She totally chilled with him being around it was bizarre!!
We have nearly sorted our months and months of saddle fitting issues, we have a Libra treeless saddle with a Haf pad underneath - now onto the bit/noseband combo! We have been out every other day or so and she is always excited to go out, and occasionally being a monkey but generally pretty good
And she is getting confident/cheeky too - she managed to silently open the feed bin with a slidey lid, when mummy caught her munching away at the happy hoof, she turned the lid around so she couldnt get to the opening... She she knowcked over my full wheelbarrow, a bale of shavings all mucking out stuff...and the feed bin so she could get some more and tech me a lesson!! She also ha taken to scarpering past when you open the door and arent paying attention which resulted in me shouting for Phoebes mummy to get a headcollar as she dragged me (and I fell overon the corner!) out the stables with me hanging on her tail lol. Its very entertaining though
Two very happy happy bunnies!!!! Just got to sit and wait for the weight to fall off her now
Phoebe and Silver out to play - they bully each other - two grumps together
Out bareback whilst waiting for saddle...This is our new views
This was after some mysterious ghosties scared her...I went kaput (It was really really windy though) hehe
However, she is doing brilliantly! Since we have moved she is interested in what is going on, always nosying over the door and has now become really cheeky and her confidence is growing Don't get me wrong she can still be really grumpy on bad days, but she generally is plateaud with her bad behaviour, and it is at a moderate and tolerable level - just now getting cheeky
hehe.Poohsmate came up to visit the Sunday after we moved - Silver wasnt very impressed... She has issues with trust and "opening up to others" (I hope that makes sense!) She has a guard around her, and keeps herself to herself and used to be very cold, although slowly this is wearing away. She was not happy about him touching her (Bowen), and was sulking, and threatening to kick and pulling meany face. Poohsmate spent the time with her just reassuring her that he wasn't going to hurt her, and then checked out our saddle. She also never sleeps, or lies down when people are around - again her trust issues, so she became particularily cross once she started to feel sleepy.
However, Phoebe who is Silvers neighbour was totally absorbed into PM - she is normally very anxious and stressed, always sweating up, posesive over food (she will kick walls over someone looking at her haynet), weaves, jams her teeth into her door and is generally very angry. As soon as pM walked in she chilled - she couldnt get enough of him!! I had one pony who didnt want/didnt know how to "talk" and let him in, and a 16"2 tb type who was desperate to spend time with him!! She totally chilled with him being around it was bizarre!!
We have nearly sorted our months and months of saddle fitting issues, we have a Libra treeless saddle with a Haf pad underneath - now onto the bit/noseband combo! We have been out every other day or so and she is always excited to go out, and occasionally being a monkey but generally pretty good
And she is getting confident/cheeky too - she managed to silently open the feed bin with a slidey lid, when mummy caught her munching away at the happy hoof, she turned the lid around so she couldnt get to the opening... She she knowcked over my full wheelbarrow, a bale of shavings all mucking out stuff...and the feed bin so she could get some more and tech me a lesson!! She also ha taken to scarpering past when you open the door and arent paying attention
which resulted in me shouting for Phoebes mummy to get a headcollar as she dragged me (and I fell overon the corner!) out the stables with me hanging on her tail lol. Its very entertaining though Two very happy happy bunnies!!!! Just got to sit and wait for the weight to fall off her now
Phoebe and Silver out to play - they bully each other - two grumps together
Out bareback whilst waiting for saddle...This is our new views
This was after some mysterious ghosties scared her...I went kaput (It was really really windy though) hehe
