I stopped by Greenhawk on my way to the barn this afternoon to buy some Quest Plus dewormer for Blondie. We got their fecal egg counts back - Rose's was 75 and Blondie's was 650! So I dewormed both of them today but Blondie got the special brand that targets the specific egg species found in her poo. Sounds kinda gross but welcome to horse ownership!
After deworming, I put the girls in the roundpen to hang out and wait for the farrier to get to the barn at 3pm. Soon after putting them out there though, I realized I had fourty minutes before the farrier was due to arrive. So I went inside and brought out the bareback pad and Rose's hackamore. I laid them on the fence and went into the round pen with the girls.
I was planning to ride but then Rose kinda just started playing with the bareback pad. She kept picking it up in her mouth and tossing her head around haha. (Side note: today Rose also used her dexterous lips to pick up my cellphone, a water bottle, and a brush - she was bored while getting her feet done lol). So instead of riding, the three of us ended up just playing around without any real goal in mind. I set up the video camera and had fun editing the video below. (The first half is from another day recently, second half is from today).