My new sister-in-law was up at my place a few days ago. I was about to go out and groom Lady and tend to her feet, so I asked her if she'd like to come out and help me. My sister-in-law has had next to no previous experiences with horses so it was a lot of fun to tell her about Lady.
I started out by giving her the generic safety instructions. (Don't do anything sudden, don't walk in there blind spots with them not knowing, etc.) And then since she is so artistic and enjoys that sort of thing, I showed her how to brush out Lady's mane and tail. Which she seemed to get into, and Lady looks so much more lady-like now with her hair all silky smooth.
After that I showed her how to pick out Lady's feet, and I was impressed at how quickly she picked that up! (Pun intended. haha) Lady was perfect with her and immediately let her mess around her hooves. Then I brought out the hoof oil and let my sister-in-law paint her hooves with it. I don't know about you, but I thinking painting hooves is rather fun. It could just be that the stuff smells like bacon though... (Anyone else use Rain Maker who also thinks it smells interesting?)
Then we ended with her giving Lady a treat (which the pony greatly appreciated), some fly-spray, and I showed her how to untie Lady's halter and take it off. In the end I think she really enjoyed being around my horse, and I think Lady might even have liked her a little...
There is definitely something magical about being around horses.
No one can deny that!
And then I fed pony for the evening, cause she would never let me forget that...
