New Stable Pets!

[abbeymore]

Oh they are fabulous! I would never have guessed that in a million years
I love your enclosure as well, it's wonderful. I want to come and play!

[FarfraeFarm]

Thanks everyone! The tanuki run doesn't actually belong to the Magpie barn, that's why it's a bit too tall. I'm working on a big barn and I had a space where the office and the main room made a sheltered corner which I had originally marked out for a wash rack, but after I ordered the tanuki twins I decided it would be much better for them.

[FarfraeFarm]

A rather muddy horsebox pulled into our yard early this morning with the last of our new arrivals.

The eccentric gentleman did not confine his collection simply to art and small animals, his estate also featured an amazing herd of Japanese horses of various rare breeds. The family renting the estate's farm also had horses, including a lovely palomino tobiano hunter-type who was gelded a bit late. Before his owners got around to giving him the snip he had already paid several night-time visits to the Japanese mares!

When the disbursal of the collection began, the Japanese government was more than happy to repatriate these mares as they would be valuable additions to the effort to conserve these rare breeds. They were absolutely uninterested, however, in the part-bred foals. Two of these have now joined our herd.

Cearan Mhoire Shiohigari is a buckskin tobiano Yonaguni Part-bred.





Her name means shell gathering at low tide and true to her name she loves frolicking in and around water.





She's a bit high-strung, but there isn't a mean bone in her body.





Cearan Mhoire Pom Poko is a flaxen liver chestnut tobiano Dosanko part-bred gelding.





He's of a much calmer temperament than Shio and will make a lovely child's mount.





It's been a long journey, but they're home at last.

[EG]

They're lovely but Pom Poko is just adorable! ^^

[FarfraeFarm]

Poko and Shio were both rehaired from their original state. I think synthetic hair only really suits a few Julips while the majority need the soft look of mohair. Their former owners were fine with me scalping the ponies, so I got to ripping. They were both delivered very quickly, but I had to wait a few days for Shio's dark brown hair as I only had lighter colours and black, which, in my opinion, is too harsh for her.

I thought folks might be interested in seeing their "before" pictures. They were both lovely, but I really like they way their make-overs turned out.

Shio's soft colour just screamed out for a softer hair style. Her shiny black and white locks just didn't go with her air-brushed spots.





The coloured bits of Poko's hair matched his body colour. I originally thought of making him a bay, but after holding some colour swatches up, decided it didn't suit him. I think he really pops as a flaxen chestnut. I switched the side his mane fell on as I wanted to show off that cute little spot that had been hiding under his old mane.

[Jan]

They both look wonderful after their trip to the hair salon! Fabulous names too! Love the pony's markings.