Relaxing on Maui

For the non-family members who read this blog, you may not know that you can track our travel adventures over at my husband's blog:

www.xanga.com/prullmw

Aloha!

High spirits

I'm beginning to wonder if Curly has always been in some sort of pain since we've known him. Reflecting back, I recall that we have been dealing with hoof issues since at least July. And if I remember correctly, he was even a little tender-footed before that. Plus we had the issue with his back being out of alignment. Oh, and I can't forget all the extra weight he was carrying at the beginning, which can't be good for a horse's energy level.

Anyway, the reason I bring this up is that we have been experiencing a different side to his personality this last week or so. He is much more energetic and feisty, and well, just darn right naughty! Yesterday, after we had finished our cleaning chores, he chose to run around like a maniac when we tried to catch him. He was bucking and ran straight towards us at one point! I wasn't afraid - in fact it was kind of fun to see him so wild - but it definitely wasn't the actions of a submissive, cooperative horse!

I talked to E. on the way home to be sure that she is aware that although it may be nice to see him moving again, we need to quickly re-establish his place in the pecking order. Training begins in earnest - as soon as we get back from Hawaii, that is!