Back at work after a blissful Sunday and I was thrown straight back into the mix on the farm. Although several opportunities presented themselves to me, I decided today that I would attempt to wrap my arms around the entire circumference of a horse so my fingers were touching.
As you may or may not know, some horses are large, some are small, but most are large. And
even the smallest of horses are considerably larger than me. After much deliberation, I picked Frodo ( one of our resident minature horses and barer of the one ring ) as my trusty assistant. Miniature horses are generally quite small so would fit this challenge nicely: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_horse
The two videos attached document this challenge. On arrival at the field, it was clear that Frodo was less than enthused about being used as a guinea pig in the ' circumference experiment' but he gave in eventually and indulged me in my quest. Other horses were more keen to get involved ( namely Imagine and Hilton, also pictured, however both are from the Percheron breed [i.e. the opposite of miniature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percheron] and trying to wrap my arms around either would have required my arms to be at least 2m long...This challenge would not have been realistic. However, mission accomplished with Mr. Frodo!
And in other ( rather distressing ) news
1. Today, Mac rolled in the worst thing in the world. This thing is still unclassified.. but I fear it may have been skunk poo. As everyone else seemed to immediately disown Mac and/or experience violent nausea.. I was the designated dog de-contaminator... photos of the newly cleaned puppy are attached
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