A Horsey Day at Finca Ometepe
Today was a horsey day. I spent all morning playing with our equids, donkeys, and horses both. First, I worked out trying to get the halters I purchased in the USA to fit our donkeys. Donkeys, while cute, have differently shaped heads than horses, and it is strangely dificult ot find a halter that fits. Since it is time to train our little Poppy, I need equipment that fits well so we all stay safe!
After fiddling with the halters I brought from the USA, I ended up MacGyvering a calf halter to fit both Poppy and her parents, Snälla and Filipito. This was a long and complicated task! First, we measured the halters carefully; they all needed to be altered dramatically. After digging up a huge, fat nail in the garage, we took the halters indoors to our stove, heated the nail over the gas heat, then poked a hole in the thick halter webbing to shorten the straps. This alone, however, wasn’t enough, so we then used zip ties to make the space for their muzzle tighter (no getting rear hooves stuck in halters at Finca Ometepe, fully forbidden!).
After that, we reassembled the halters, tromped down to the mango tree where they are all tied (they love the mangos!), and then got them all dressed for the day. MacGyver has nothing on us!
