Today is my Birthday! I'm six years old now. My mom told me that means that exactly six years ago, I was foaled. She seemed to think that made it a special day and it does seem pretty exciting that I'm such a Big Girl now. I guess I'm a real horse now and not just a filly anymore.
Everything seemed a little special today. When my mom got me out of my stall, she didn't put my wraps on and she kind of hurried me to the Round Pen. I was surprised but I figured she knew what she was doing and then when I got in there, I saw there were no Cones in it! I've gotten so used to seeing those Cones that it looked funny without them but she started lunging me and so I did what she asked.
It was a short session and she didn't ask me for too many turns but I did the ones she asked for just right so that was good. I had a good time running though and I even kicked up my heels a little bit. Then when I was ready to slow down, she asked for a walk and I was just walking along when she asked me to whoa. I was right where one of the Cones usually is and without even thinking about it, I stopped. Mom was pleased and she praised me a lot and told me what a Good Girl I am.
That was nice and so we ended up playing the Cone Game without any Cones! It was still fun because I know how to stop when my mom tells me to and now I don't really need any Cones to remind me. Even so, I like having them there. I like to play with them when we're done with our work. Sometimes Mom will thrown one across the Round Pen and I'll pick it up and play with it some.
We had just finished up when Dooley's mom drove up. Dooley is a friend of Spark's - he used to live in the pasture and our moms are good friends. It turns out that Dooley's mom is a Carrot Doctor! That's a Chiropractor for anyone who hasn't read my blog before. I didn't know that but I guess my mom did because she led me out and Dooley's mom watched how I walked and stuff and then started poking around on me. I didn't mind. It didn't hurt except it was a little tender in a couple of places. But then she pushed or moved that spot and it felt lots better.
She said I was a really Good Girl and that I wasn't "out" in too many places and only a little bit anyway. When you're "out" it means the parts of your body aren't quite lined up the way they're supposed to be and it can make you sore. Carrot Doctors can move things to make them straighten out and it feels really good. They said she was going to do Spark as well and I bet he feels nice now too.
So that was really nice and my mom said it was my Birthday Present. It was a nice Present and afterward I got to go in my stall and eat my dinner hay. All in all, I had a really nice Birthday.
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