This is Sarah’s first day on the job as a Dunrovin wrangler; so naturally, Miss Gertie wanted to make an impression and stand out from the rest of the equine herd. She did this by getting herself trapped in a little fenced in triangle in the corner of our arena. Our arena has these little triangles in each corner of the arena to protect the trees that we planted to provide both beauty and shade. Both horses and donkeys tend to destroy trees by striping the bark, eating the leaves, etc. Life with equines is a matter of protecting them from themselves and protecting all the property from their curious, mouthy ways.
The DIVAS, along with Bonnie and Clyde, spent the night in the arena with plenty of space to roam around. However, Miss Gertie felt the need to crawl under a wide spot in the fence to try to eat some of the leaves off the trees. Getting in the triangle was too easy for her; but getting out eluded her all together. So when Sarah arrived for her first ever feeding of the herd, she immediately found Miss Gertie pacing in her little cage wanting out. Not knowing exactly how we might want to handle this, Sarah appeared at my door with the news.
All it took was a hammer to take down a rail to let the rascal out. Sarah just learned the number one lesson for dealing with our equines: NEVER trust the DIVAS!
Notice the wires running in the trees. These are the wires that connect our mobile camera to our computers. We have been experimenting with the best location for the camera, but now that we have installed a new pole, we need to dig a trench to bury the cables. Another small job at the ranch.