Harley the horse

 Meet the newest member on our farm, Harley.

   

I'm not much of a horse person.  I've ridden on horses once maybe twice in my 

entire life.  I didn't hate it but I wasn't impressed either.

Hubby and the kids have been wanting a horse.  So about a month or so ago we 

finally got a horse.  Hubby had a horse growing up so he knows how to handle horses

and has been teaching the kids how to properly care for Harley and saddle him up etc.

Harley is a 14 year-old Tennessee Walker.  He is actually really mellow.  He likes

carrots and apples.

He is a good riding horse.  The whole family, including myself have ridden him.  

I like how he loves kids.  In the morning when we walk the kids out to the bus stop he 

would usually come up to the fence to say hi.  It's so cute.

In this picture, the ferrier is giving Harley a pedicure lol  And while he was getting

his pedi done, I decided to give him a Donald Trump hair-do.  lol  Doesn't he look so 

handsome?

Mr. ferrier said Harley's hooves look great.  He does have a crack on the bottom of

one of his hooves though.  The ferrier said it's nothing to worry about.   During the 

hot wet months here in Texas with all the rain and wet ground horses walk on the

wet ground and making their hooves wet and soft.  The ground usually dry faster 

than their hooves so when the ground dries up and the horses walking on the now 

dried-up hard ground with their soft hooves sometimes make the bottom of their 

hooves crack.  but I was told that the crack should get better during the winter 

months when it's more dry and not as wet.  I'm just slowly learning all these new 

things about horses.