My lovely warmblood mare is a Princess. I used the capitol P because her highness is just that, a Princess with a capitol P. She likes her food on time, she likes her snacks to be plentiful, her baths to be consistent, she is not above being dirty but she does very much enjoy her baths.
She likes her fly gear, except the rear boots, she isn't keen on those but will wear them if I insist, although she gives me the mare glare while I'm putting them on. She would rather I stand on a stool to reach her head then deign to lower her massive noggin. She does not like to be kept waiting and she absolutely does not do bugs.
She does not do bugs to the point that she decided last Saturday, while I was out fetching the best second cutting hay in the land that she was going to move herself from the side pasture to the main pasture so that she could go back to the barn, where she believed the bugs would be less abundant. How did she accomplish this feat as there is a solid, five foot metal pipe gate separating the pastures? She put her Grand Prix papa's jumper blood to the forefront and jumped the gate, scaring the life out of my husband who watched her do it. Thankfully she did not injure herself in the process, however it has changed some of the policies that I generally run my barn by. No matter how hot it is the Princess will where her fly sheet at all times. And I'm looking into ways to cut down on the fly population.
Needless to say I will never worry about whether Remmy has scope or not. She was extremely pleased with herself after I got home with the hay.
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