Left to my own devices, never a good thing

2:45-3:30
Temp: 25.0 °F and breezy

I tried out the super nice copper snaffle that I found on the road yesterday today. Crickett really went well in it, lots of licking and chewing. We worked for a bit in the pasture, bending flexing and transitions, then I took the dog out for a short ride to the power lines. I am going to have to make a bell for Mojo, he is just so small and blends in well with the sagebrush that it is hard to keep track of the monster.

We had a pretty good ride all together, short but it was windy and I hate riding in the wind. Just enough to work up a bit of heat, but not an all out sweat.

Once I got home is when the trouble started, boredom struck again. With me that is never a good thing. I got to wondering if Crickettia was clipper safe, and I had no clue. Lucky for me there was an extension cord already out to her water heater, so a quick change of plug-ins and I found out that clippers do not bother her at all.

I trimmed up her head pretty well, I need to do her ears better and get some of her whiskers (the only part she really hates). I also did up her legs a bit, cleaning up the heel. Then I got bored, I have seen people make pretty patterns in their horses coats and so I wanted to try it.

Yeahno, turned out really funny, I was trying to do a checker board pattern and it looks like a two year old got a hold of her rear end. Only after I did this did I learn that the effect I wanted is gotten a whole other way. Ah well, no one but me has to see it for the next few months, and if it turns out I need to take her somewhere I can always trim it all down to the shortest length. Crickett is shedding out pretty good so I am unworried.