Home Alone

It has gone quite again on 'Buttercup Farm'.

'Rose', 'Madame' and 'Luke' have left to stay at 'Jane's for a few weeks as she has grass that needs eating. The only ones here now are 'Kid' (who is here until his foot is better) and 'Mr F'.

I and 'Mr F' went to wave goodbye to the others and then wandered back to yard where we continued with our evening routine of cleaning, feeding and sometimes playing silly games. 'Mr F' finds it most interesting to watch what I do and as he does get bored quickly, I try to come up with something new each time to keep his attention.

In the 'old' days, 'Mr F' would have been out of his mind being left behind without his mates. I remember the days when he would frantically throw his head around out of sheer panic and frustration of being left on his own in the stable, which sometimes happened if 'Rose' was taken out for a ride by 'Jane'.

But over the past months he seems more and more content with being in just my company when we go out, there is no longer any loud calling for hours on end or head shaking.

He only called for the others twice after he'd been placed in the paddock behind 'Kid's stable. Although on his own in the field, 'Mr F' can easily look into 'Kid's' stable if he needs assurance that he is not alone.

During daytime they both will be with each other in the bigger paddock.

It is a new experience for 'Mr F' but it is good for him to learn to cope with different situations.

Meanwhile I am sure that 'Rose' 'Madame' and 'Luke' enjoy their 'grass eating holiday'.

'Last of the autumn berries'