Eggsy Pony and Friends

 If you've read earlier blog posts and / or follow @EggsyPony on Twitter you'll be aware that due to loss of land the horses have had to go to a livery yard . Well that was in January so we thought it was about time to update everyone on how Eggsy and Friends have settled in. The news is good, horses and ponies are very happy in their paddocks and they've been allowed to live out 24/7 since Eggsy made such a fuss about the stables. The yard owner even provided a couple of new field shelters, not that anyone uses them.  Our paddocks are right at the end of the track so it's a bit like having our own place as no one walks down that far! Having said that the other horse owners are all nice and everyone, mostly, gets on really well, most of the time.  For the time being, much to Eggsy's relief, the stables remain abandoned. This may or may not be permanent, it will depend very much on the weather, if things get too muddy the horses will have to go in at night. Hoping ...

Yesterday, May 4th, yes Star Wars Day, "May the 4th be with you", was our dog's birthday so it seems appropriate to introduce her to the blog, please meet Eggsy's canine friend Miss Darcey Puffle Dog.  Darcey came to us as a rather unruly adolescent following the break up of her family home. At 7 months old she hadn't had any basic training and wasn't even house trained. Unfortunately, due to her former owners both being out at work full time, she had spent much of her time in a crate and hadn't received any socialization either.  As you can probably tell from the photographs she's a real live wire, typical of her breed, working cocker spaniel, who needs lots of exercise. Although we weren't looking for a dog at the time, we took her when she became too disruptive to continue living with her former owner. She proved quite disruptive to our cats too!  Fortunately with lots of training Darcey calmed down, she gets lots of exercise now, and the cats g...

Did you know that Eggsy Pony hosts #ponyhour on Twitter (with a little typing assistance from his humans) ? No, what's that you may ask, so here's the rundown on #ponyhour  What is #ponyhour ? #Ponyhour is a weekly live chat hour on Twitter. When is #ponyhour? Tuesday nights 9-10pm UK time (4pm ET) for live chat, but, you can Tweet anytime using the #ponyhour, we retweet every day of the week. Who can take part? Everyone can take part in #ponyhour, of course you'll enjoy it more if you have a love of equines, horses, ponies, donkeys, mules even zebra. You don't have to own a horse or ride if you love them, join in. And as lots of horse people also have other pets they're welcome too! Equestrian businesses are also very welcome to tout their wares, special offers etc on #ponyhour  Equine charities are most welcome to promote their charity, fund raisers etc on #ponyhour Show organizers Tweet #ponyhour your dates. How do you join in? Follow @aponyhour on Twitter  and...