Ale is 5 weeks old and BEAUTIFUL!
She is changing, A LOT. When she was born she had a very faint blanket type thing on her butt. When I clipped it the white was more apparent. I clipped her again and its spread and darkened. Its all the way up to her neck. Even her face is changing. Her face was marking free but now she has some sort of a star growing. Its amazing how much she's changing!
Here she was at 3 weeks old:
And here she is at 5 weeks!
Here's her face:
There's not a whole lot that I would change about this girl. She's amazing. From what she lacks something equals it out, which is good. (Her lack of neck and excess of back.) And her legs are L----O----N----G!
But, there are ways to make faults look like less. Necks are easy.
Just clip the bridle path long.
I also think that she has four markings on her legs...but I'm not sure. The area clipped is definitely lighter than the clipped areas above them.
I am glad to say that her head grew. She had such a HUGE forehead. Her eyes took up most of it too! Now though, its definitely elongated and thickened. I've had to go down two holes on her halter since the previous pictures were taken! That was a huge relief! I've never had a foal use this halter for such a long time. This halter is usually replaced in the first week!
She's doing pretty good with everything. Clipping is a breeze. (Except for ears and face. GAH!) I never finished her legs though, but she does surprisingly well with them. She looks the vibration of the clippers too.
We've been working on standing tied. She does pretty well with that.
She had her first bath on Friday too. Kinda traumatic but she came out of it like a champ.
We've also been working on lifting her feet and cleaning them out. She's been fighting me with it, but we're slowly getting there.
On the topic of feet, yes her feet are in need of a trim. This week I'm starting the grand adventure of finding a farrier to come out and trim the herd's hooves. This...should be interesting. :eek2:
I am hoping to have a farrier out by the end of this month.
I ordered Ale's show halter. It should be coming this week. I'm excited to see it. Although, the halter will be a 1/2'' too big on her nose and a 1/2'' too big across her poll. I had to go with the Weanling size because it was 11 1/2'' x 6 1/2''. Ale needed a 11'' x 6'' halter. But, she'll grow into it.
Ale's first show is July 10th.
She is changing, A LOT. When she was born she had a very faint blanket type thing on her butt. When I clipped it the white was more apparent. I clipped her again and its spread and darkened. Its all the way up to her neck. Even her face is changing. Her face was marking free but now she has some sort of a star growing. Its amazing how much she's changing!
Here she was at 3 weeks old:
And here she is at 5 weeks!
Please ignore my fantastic facial expression and glasses. Do NOT talk to the person taking the picture while they're taking the picture. LMAO!
Here's her face:
Please Note: Her face has not been clipped at all since her first clip (at 3 weeks of age). The white swirl pattern coming in on her forehead is well, natural and quite confusing!
There's not a whole lot that I would change about this girl. She's amazing. From what she lacks something equals it out, which is good. (Her lack of neck and excess of back.) And her legs are L----O----N----G!
But, there are ways to make faults look like less. Necks are easy.
Just clip the bridle path long. I also think that she has four markings on her legs...but I'm not sure. The area clipped is definitely lighter than the clipped areas above them.
I am glad to say that her head grew. She had such a HUGE forehead. Her eyes took up most of it too! Now though, its definitely elongated and thickened. I've had to go down two holes on her halter since the previous pictures were taken! That was a huge relief! I've never had a foal use this halter for such a long time. This halter is usually replaced in the first week!
She's doing pretty good with everything. Clipping is a breeze. (Except for ears and face. GAH!) I never finished her legs though, but she does surprisingly well with them. She looks the vibration of the clippers too.
We've been working on standing tied. She does pretty well with that.
She had her first bath on Friday too. Kinda traumatic but she came out of it like a champ.
We've also been working on lifting her feet and cleaning them out. She's been fighting me with it, but we're slowly getting there.
On the topic of feet, yes her feet are in need of a trim. This week I'm starting the grand adventure of finding a farrier to come out and trim the herd's hooves. This...should be interesting. :eek2:
I am hoping to have a farrier out by the end of this month.
I ordered Ale's show halter. It should be coming this week. I'm excited to see it. Although, the halter will be a 1/2'' too big on her nose and a 1/2'' too big across her poll. I had to go with the Weanling size because it was 11 1/2'' x 6 1/2''. Ale needed a 11'' x 6'' halter. But, she'll grow into it.
Ale's first show is July 10th.
