BATHING SIR STRETCH ALOT !!

I've been horribly behind in posting pictures. I'm going to blame it on photobucket and how slow that program is. VERY frustrating.

Before the Jim Durling clinic I thought it'd be a great idea to give Stretch a bath. Kayla and her friend Hayley wanted to help so when we got home from their gymnastics class we got right down to it. Hayley had to wear my Blundstones and Kayla wore her cowgirl boots. I'm not 100% sure if the boots matched their gymnastics suits, but they seemed pretty pleased with themselves!

Waiting for me to bring Stretch out of the paddock.



They seemed to think that the temperature of the overspray was a little cool ..



The initial rinsing off. The water flowing off this fella's belly was brown. Definitely brown.



And so the scrubbing begins ...

Well the girls sure seem to have had a great time, not so sure Stretch was all that impressed..hahha.. you know Stretch looks might big next to you Tammy.. I'm used to seeing him beside Jim.. and Stretch looked mighty small.. lol...
Love the gym suits and cowboy boots.. new fad maybe.. hahaha

really cool pics............I love YOUR BOOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! nice colours.............glad to see the kid in appropriate foot wear even while wearing her bathing suit.......hahahah :cowboyhound.gi

Looks like everyone was having fun......

Not bathing suits Joan, GYMNASTIC suits. And if you want to know what the difference is ... about $40 ! Appropriate footwear is a HUGE issue at my place. Nobody is allowed near the horses (within hoof range) with open toed shoes or flimsy sandles/crocks. Adults and children alike! Kayla had her ankle stepped on (side swiped I guess you'd say) by a pony a few years back and the only thing that prevented her ankle from being broken was the fact that she had leather boots on. So it was just badly bruised, really swollen and as sore as Bleeding heart !!! You just never know when things are going to happen, so why take a chance.

Wissy - Stretch does look big with me. It's funny because before I bought him I was told he was just a little horse but really nice. When he stepped off the trailer I thought to myself ... "he ain't so friggin' little"! But I guess compared to Jim we all seem just a wee bit shorter.

I used to ride at Equine excellence and I also thought he was a smaller horse (well probably closer to a pony) but wissy is right he looks big next to you. He's such a great horse I"m sure your going to have great fun with him.

Love Kayla's fashion statement :flower:

Stretch sure has an array of facial expressions!

I can't get over how much George reminds me of Stretch. I think it's the facial expressions. George does the "piss off and leave me alone" look just like Stretch is in the last picture.

So how long did he stay clean?