The Little Red Ball

We haven't been able to play in the paddock as its been so wet.

I wanted to add some imagination into playing with my horses and felt i was far to focused on the tasks.

So we have been having some fun with a new red ball.  Dotti loved the big blue ball, the green one has a leak.  I brought the red ball as it has a handle and i thought it would be fun to teach her to pick it up.

Armed with a pocket full of sticky dates i went out this afternoon with the intention of playing with Dotti but The Boss aka Buzz had other ideas.  Protecting his herd of two Dotti was sent to the far corners of the paddock.

Buzz plays "put your nose on this" game quite well.  It did not take him long to get the idea and my intention was to ask him to pick it up.  It didn't take him long to get this either.  So we quit there as he gets easily bored.

So what did i learn from this?

1. How much fun we have together.
2. How quickly he learns fun things.
3. Interesting how he thinks of me as his herd - or was he protecting his date source.