09/27/2024
These two handsome little guys made me proud ❤️
Ike, the first pony, had a rough life before his current home and was incredibly nervous about clipping and a sensitive soul. For both of our benefit, he's been sedated for many of our clips.
Charlie, the second pony, is young and not so sure about this whole clipping business and was also sedated for his first clip.
But both ponies this time were great without sedation.
It's so rewarding when horses and ponies realize clipping is ok. When they just let you clip their ears without fuss, or don't panic about their legs.
Sedation can be necessary for some horses and ponies no matter how much you work with them, and that's fine too, but being able to get to the point where they take a deep breath and realize the weird buzzing thing isn't going to eat them is such a great feeling.