> JP :>clipping ...... shoot, he was really very good --
 > JP :>ahhhhhhhh ..... I was down on my hands and knees
 > JP :>his right front leg ...... evedently he thought
 > JP :>fly on his leg -- he lifted his leg and his knee
 > JP :>on my cheekbone ..... it feld like I'd been
 > Yeowch!!  Thistle did that to me once...she never did
 > it again....
 > My x-trainer said that horses had to learn to stand
 > still no matter what when you were working on them...I
 > kind of agree, but not to the degree she demanded
 > it...phew!!
    He should have known better -- but he's young...*I* should have been more 
cautious (and I thought I HAD been cautious 
 > JP :>hooves with black shoe polish.  Both horses
 > looked so
 > JP :>pretty when I got done!!!
 > I guess so!!  Don't you love it when you get them all
 > duded up!
    Yep ...... they always look so elegant and beatiful. ONe thing my 
sister-in-law taught me was how to clip properly .
 > JP :>    Then in the afteroon Bren and I went over to
 > the show -
 > JP :>he Sham rode in all the events but I just rode X
 > around the
 > JP :>grounds like last month during the speed events.
 > X LOVES
 > JP :>to just "socialize" .  It was nice
 > and
 > JP :>we both had fun!!
 > Great!  So glad you're getting him used to all this.
 > Wish I had the time and wherewithall to get Fiddle
 > accustomed.  There's a benefit trail ride for our
 > local MSPCA and Equine Resque in September...I'm going
 > to aim for both Fiddle and Shiloh to be ready to do
 > it.  Have to find someone with a trailer to get them
 > used to being trucked, and also get them used to the
 > trail! Guess I've got my work cut out for me, huh?
 > Nothing like being lazy, Meg!
    Hope you get everything in order .... I'm sure taht you can do it, Meg!!! 
 I KNOW you can !!
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