This is natural lighting on his coat after being groomed up today, , he had a really good rain or two on himself in the past week, and I have been grooming him daily since he came here.

I don’t know if his mane is naturally short but as his tail has also been pulled, I am guessing that his mane was naturally pulled as well.

I had bought a shampoo to give him a proper bath with but the truth is that he has rolled in the dirt, been out in the rain and just spent lots and lots of time in the sun and each day, I bring him out, groom him with the one brush, then the other brush, then spray him down with the bug spray and do his mane and tail and its been nine days and his coat is just gleaming!

He is so good about his feet, having picked them up and cleaned them out each day, I can see that he will need a small trim and a good file when the ferrier comes at the end of the month but he won’t need a big trim per say.

These are the front and below are the rear feet..

He seems to be quite content with his daily grooming, he is very good about being caught, he still not come when called but that is being worked on, but he now comes with Brandy to within a few feet or so of the fence line, he seems to understand the routine very well..

And he is always looking for his apple or carrot or hay cube at the end of a job well done.

I’m a good boy.. carrot please!