Poor Teddy! The neighbours cow had her calf today right beside our fence so Schapelle, Mercedes and Teddy watched on and have since claimed the little one as their own. But the calf hasn't fed all day so the neighbour has taken them away so she can milk the mum to get the calf to drink. This is a good idea as the mum's udders look like they are balloons about to burst!
The girls and Teddy watched on and walked beside the fence as they were being led away, unaware that they were going to be heading off to the other side of the neighbour's property. When it dawned on Teddy that the little calf was going out of sight he got so upset! He has been running up and down the fence line neighing out to them; running to the house and neighing to us, almost like he's trying to tell us something is wrong, then running back to the fence. He is still pacing, running and calling out as we speak. He is genuinely upset that the little wobbly legged calf is out of sight, the poor bub!
Hopefully the little calf will be OK and come back as even Schapelle and Mercedes are just standing there staring in that direction.
On a training note, once again Teddy has done a great job at training. He has been good to catch and halter, is calm, lowers his head when asked, stops at hand commands and respecting me and my space. He just needs to concentrate on the backing up signal a bit better but considering it's a new method that Pol Blane instructed and this is only his second go at it, so he is doing well. The only problem is that I look like a dickhead to the passing cars when they see me in the front paddock flapping my arms around trying to get the horse to step backward!
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