Tommy and Skippy's Past

I just found out some interesting news. I may be in contact with Tommy and Skippy's previous owners. Well, they would be the previous, previous owners. I guess the previous, previous owners talked with my coworker (who is related to the person that I got the ponies from). And this person stated that Tommy and Skippy were abused.

You would not know that when looking at them. They are such good boys. At first Tommy was a bit naughty while trying to catch him. But he's come along in just a short time. He doesn't move a muscle when I put the halter on him. Skippy on the other hand is a bit naughty.

When I lead them to their pony pasture, Tommy is so good. Skippy is a bit naughty. He likes to bump into me. But because he's only a bit more weight than I am, we have a tendancy to bounce off one another and body slam each other. It's a bit annoying but I guess its' better than the alternative. I'm just glad he's not 2000 lbs!

I am a bit worried about them today. I put them back in their pony pasture this morning and the mosquitoes were out. I hope they don't try and run through the one strand of electric holding them in. If Skippy gets out, he'll go straight for the alfalfa and I'll have on dead mini on my hands. I wish we had some type of cattle guard or gate in front of the driveway so no one could escape. And I also wish that I had all the alfalfa bales in the hay barn. I left the ones that were wet sitting out. I haven't checked them; I've been too sick over knowing they were baled wet.

But back to Tommy and Skippy. It really does go to show that they've had good handling by their previous owners. Even the farrier had mentioned that they were pretty well behaved. So if they were abused prior to the previous owners, than they have adjusted to their new environments quite well. I'm impressed.

They may be naughty ponies but they don't let their past get them down.