Toohey has been teaching the other horses to mutter.

I am getting the horsies dinner ready, when I hear what I thought was Toohey chatting away to himself, but no... All three of the horses where at it!

For crying out loud i thought Toohey was too much... I honestly have to video it and post it on here for you guys to see, its just too funny not to witness ...now all I have to do is convince dad to let me use his good camera so i can video it ;)

Anyhow, my weird IT teacher has made me make a second blog so that he has a diverse range of work to assess me on, if you would like to take a little peak of this new one, its under links and its the one that says "what gets my goat"
i personally think that that will only be a temporary blog, so its a limited time offer.

Again edtiory input is much appreciated because unlike my dad, i am not 45 years old, and i am dependant on your input...if there is anything that you think i might need to juice up my blog, then i am all ears, fire away! (and don't tell my dad that i said he is 45...i might just find coal in my Christmas stocking if he were to find out!)

Fail of the day.

I don't know how well you can see this.. but its just hilarious!
here is the fail of the day.








Just some random thing that I thought was convenient to post.

Minky has been speaking to bazz...

Yesterdays riding lesson was a little interesting, so there I am on Minky trotting down the arena and all of a sudden Minky jumps to a halt!
Well after she stops she puts on a wonderful display of backing up, spooking and pig rooting...PIG ROOTING!

After that she got some stern words (and kicks) from me.
She behaved her self after a while which is all very good because her old mum came to see how she was going, and saw Minky's display! however Minky's mum was ok with how Minky was going, she said that it would have been the worst she will ever get, and really she wasn't even being that naughty (she has a point because the last time I got on Nobby no nuts, he bucked me, I got off and then he reared up and galloped off back home!) so Minky surely can't be any worse than what I have already experienced.

Anyhow, I'm off school to day because I'm sick :(
I was feeling fine yesterday, but now i feel like a bag of horse poo!
Oh well...leaves me more time to improve my blog :)

Some thing i gotta do.

Now as we all know, this website its also a school assessment and I need that thing down at the bottom of the post "it says how was this post"
When your commenting or even just having a read, could you please tick one of those boxes at the bottom so I can see how I'm going and please be honest! if the post was bad, then please tell me so I can make room for improvement and also because I am new to this blog thing, editory input is open all the time because I want you guys to be happy with what you are reading.

This is only temporary, and once my blog is finished being assessed the rating box will be removed

thank you very much, from your horsey friend Katie xox :)

Cold days, late assignments and nasty penguin jokes.

So the weather has gotten so bad I'm putting rugs on Minky and friends, but those horses are not helping it by standing in the only part of the paddock that isn't protected.

Anyhow, i have to stay inside all weekend and do an assignment that's over due (my bad! )
and if i don't finish it dad will bring Bazz home so he can hoof me personally!
(so id better get to it!)

And on a last note, yes i did read dads joke and it was in the middle of IT class when everyone was completely silent and at first i didn't get it, and then when i least expected it it hit me like a truck and i burst out laughing...I got the evil stare from the whole class (including the teacher)

Rain, rain, and a little more rain

The last week has been nothing but wet, miserable, cold and annoying rain.
I cant ride because is too slippy and poor old Minky fell on her backside because she ran up to the fence so fast that she had to do an emergency break and failed and on top of all that... ITS SPRING! it meant to be getting warmer not colder!

On the bright side, I can watch Minky do stupid things in the paddock and have more time to blog about it ;)

Photography project #2

Yes, I know its only a matter of time before you guys ask me for a photo of Minky with the photo shop effect, so here you go, its Minky after dad has given her a can of coke...

Actually that's Minky after you have given her anything to eat :)

Also you need to sing the happy birthday song today, because this is the day that Minky officially turns 7 years old.

Attack of the killer Shetlands!!

I had a photography project at school today, and I had to liquefy some images, I did mine on killer Shetlands!

Take a look... there just hilarious.



They will trap you in your paddock and you will be stuck there forever!


Run before it's too late!!!!!!

Toohey and his nice summer coat.

Its Toohey the lovely pony that doesn't look like a woolly mammoth.

(well, I still think he looks like a woolly mammoth )

Although Toohey may look nice, the 22 killer Shetlands in the back paddock still look like a tribe of 22 killer yetis!

Besides I have to brush Toohey's coat because whenever I go to pat him, I would have a fuzz blob in the palm of my hand (giggles)

If I remember correctly I think it was Kathy that wanted that pic of Toohey, so here you go Kathy, here he is, its Toothy!

Cats in space!

My poor old cat!

Well I have a story for you, last Friday my kitten Willow, got fixed (if you know what I mean) and she was very upset about it.

That night, I opened the back door to say goodnight to the horsies as usual, and Willow runs out of the house!

When we managed to get her back the next day, we realised that she had pulled all of her stitches out, and that all her insides where hanging out (er yuk!)

So she ended up going back to the vet and getting fixed up again, which riped another hundred bucks out of Dads pocket!

When Willow got home, she was not happy! Willow had one of those plastic neck things to stop her from pulling her stitches out and the had to spend ALL week in the laundry... My poor baby :(

And my pander mined Dad couldn't help himself, He kept saying that willow was from space because of her helmet and my brother Charlie was teasing her as well.

Well at least I didn't tease her... I gave her lots of cuddles because I'm nice :)

Here is a pic of Willow the cat from space :)

Dad took her space helmet off at the weekend, so here she is now, not looking spaced out anymore :)

Thanks everyone.

Thank you to the people from my Dads website, who took the time to come and see my blog.

I really like the support you guys have given me in the last few weeks, and I do hope you pop by and check for updates because I really do value the advice you give.

Thanks for the supporting my decision to keep Minky, I thought it was the right thing to do not only by me, but by her as well.

And lastly, thank you for the nice comments, you guys are also lovely.

Oh, and on one last note, I never ended up riding through the dam the other day, it was far too hot ! I would of melted into a pile of yukky, sticky goop. (that does not sound good at all)

Anyways, I'm going now, Dad will probably want to get on the computer and make a post of his own.

see you later xxx Katie

She came and she left

Time to say goodbye to hummi already !

Well here goes... I had two horses in a paddock and i had to choose one of them, one being a total pig, never doing as I say, not forward only 14.2hh and is a novice at jumping, the other I have only had for 4 days, is well behaved, 15.1hh, nice conformation, etc...

I ended up keeping minky because she is the challenge I need, I know all of the tricks up her sleeve, I know how to control her (mostly) and the main thing is I am attached to my horse! and to be honest I really was not that interested in hummi because it just wasn't meant to be. :( and I cant end this blog now, I'm only just getting fired up!)

But on a better note i am thinking of riding minky through the dam tonight which should be fun.

Paddock footy round #2

Oh, and now that the new mare is here, the game of paddock footy has turned into a three way game.

Minky herds toohey to grotty who herds toohey to hummy, who herds toohey back to grotty who herds toohey back to minky and so on.

Mean old mares... just because toohey is the only gelding in the paddock, toohey is also probably the smallest gelding in all of Yendon. However, he is probably the finest little gelding I've ever seen for sure :)

A new friend

So I might have to change the name of this blog already...my dad has decided that I need to get a new horse and that I need another level up from minky.

I'm not at all sure what to do about this mare because she seems to be a lot like minky to me, although she is really nice and she is a bit more affectionate.

I like her but at the moment I am more favouring minky but that's because minky is my baby :)


However, I have to give this new one ago because it wouldn't be fair on her to not give her a chance because she does look like a very lovely horse.

And it looks like she will be around for a while because daddy says that if I don't want her, that he is tempted to buy her for himself because she is such a sweety.

I have a riding lesson tonight, and if she goes well I will be left with a lot to think about. so, with that may I please introduce you to my new friend, Humming Bird.

Paddock footy

How mean is Minky!!!

So, my Dad is getting dinner ready for the horsies when he tells me that they are going to play paddock footy... at this point I am sure my Dad has finally lost the plot,but then I realise what he is talking about.

Dad puts Minky's food on the ground, and he puts Grotty's food on the ground about two meters away from Minky's.... Dads like "watch this Katie"... and I'm looking at my Dad still convinced that he is off his nut, and then Dad puts Tooheys hay right between Minky's and Grotty's dinner.
Well, Minky and Grotty are there munching away on there dinner whilst Toohey is trying to get to his hay.

Toohey takes one step towards his hay and then Minky herds Toohey towards Grotty, then grotty herds Toohey towards Minky,and then Minky herds Toohey towards Grotty, and then... correct grotty herds poor old Toohey towards Minky and this cycle continues on for about ten minutes until Grotty and Minky give up , and let Toohey eat his hay.

Another day at pony club.

So here I am trotting up to a log in cross country and ..... correct no jumptake two.... no jump and so on. so my teacher is there going "give her a kick.. show her who's boss" and I'm like oh yer ok, I give Minky a kick and Minky does this gigantic bunny hop jump over a ground log and I almost find myself sat in the mud .. but I make a save and I stayed on ok.

How I managed to stay in the saddle seems like a miracle to me however Minky seemed happy with the jump because in the next class when I had show jumping, she cleared the round in 25 seconds and got the time record for the day!

G-day everyone!

Hello everyone, this is Katie, I am Keith's daughter and Minkys owner and I am currently a rider at Ballarat pony club.

I live in Victoria, Australia and I have decided to carry on my Fathers fine art of blogging , and make my own blog about me, Minky and our fantastic pony club adventures.

Feel free to leave your horsie comments and advise and I will be sure to get back to you.

I hope you enjoy the blog I have created and I hope you will keep updated on the news that happens behind closed hay sheds in the lives of me and my pony.

Thanks everyone xxx Katie