Well, (sigh) it only took 3 days for the 31 days of Dublin to fall apart due to lack of time. Dublin has spent the last couple days living the carefree life of the neglected horse. Except for the fact he's been fed twice a day and today got an hour of turnout on grass. We will call this "Down time".

I didn't do anything related to my equestrian development yesterday. Tonight I did go to a Horse Council meeting, and then watched the latest Parelli DVD. So maybe I have met the 30-minute requirement of the Parelli challenge even if Dublin did get off scott-free.

I got back from the Horse Council meeting around 8 tonight. As I drove in the driveway, I saw a streak of black flying along in the pasture. Dublin was on the move. Hmmmmmm.....how interesting. Now what triggered that? After parking the car, I headed out to investigate. Dublin and Cowboy were playing Porcupine Game over the fence, with a lot of head-butting, gnashing of teeth, rearing, and kicking. As I approached them I whistled, and suddenly two horses swung around and gazed at me with ears forward, eyes bright, and innocent expressions upon their faces. Hey, I wasn't doing nuthin'! And if I was, he started it!

Carrots were dispensed all around, and things at least seemed to have quieted down for the evening.