It has been a very cold first winter for Zippity. We have had so much snow. We have lost lots of tree branches due to the heavy snow. The night of the first storm one of the tree branches went through the shelter the horses were staying in, the horses didn't get hurt. However they didn't spend the night in the shelter and they got very wet. I have been giving them extra hay to keep warm, and Zippity has got a very nice winter coat. I have cleared out the tree branches and they are now going into the shelter again. I just hope we don't get any more broken branches, its going to take a lot of time this spring to clean up the mess. So if anyone needs somthing to do this spring call me I have lots to clean up.
I love to watch Zippity play in the snow with Kuma. When I let kuma out Zippity puts her ears forward and her head held high and watches for kuma to come into the corral. She then takes off running to meet her friend, they run around and chase each other around. One day I was on my way out to feed the horses and Kuma was with me. Kuma went into the corral to pee as she was going Zippity for some unknown reason stepped over kuma as she was going and just stood over her. Kuma had a look on her face that read what the crap are you doing horse.
Zippity also likes to dig in the snow and stick her nose in the hole she has made, she always ends up with snow on her nose. Kuma also likes to dig in the snow and if she started digging Zippity has to come over and see what she is doing. I love that they are becoming good friends. I hope in the future when I go ridding that Kuma will be able to go with us.
I'm proud to say Ginger is being a great companion to Zippity. She lets Zippity eat with her so I don't have to lock one of them up. She even let Zippity eat some of her grain, I was in shock. I feel so blessed to have animals in my life, and I'm thankful that I can teach my children to love and respect animals.