I am now trying to walk Titch and Uncle Patches out twice a week. Titch's front end appears to be levelling up a bit with his rear end as he grows. And uncle Patches is in danger of getting too fat and laminitis in the spring if he doesn't wiggle off some pounds now.
Titch has now decided it is sort of fun to try to nip my elbow as I lead him. NO! I make chicken wings with my arms and send him backwards to spell it out to him. Now all I have to say is 'No' and he is already backing up, but as yet it has not stopped him trying to nip me! Maybe he is now at the stage where his nuts need to come off. But he is not aggressive about it. It is more like what a baby does when they are exploring everything with their mouth.
I am getting the distinct feeling that he might be a sort of 'nappy' pony when he is full grown. If he decides he wants a bit of that green grass over there on one particular route, he plants his feet and will not budge! In the early days, to let him rest his brain when I first took him out on walks, I let him eat at this particular verge once or twice. Now he thinks he can always stop there. WRONG!
