Working with the New Foals

The new foals are beginning to settle in to their new surroundings at the Pony Centre and are getting used to being near people and being handled. 

Jimmy has come from the Anchor herd that runs on Winsford Hill near the Pony Centre and is very friendly as he was adopted and bucket-fed before coming to us. 

 

Foal Handling Course

The first foal handling course took place on Sunday with five participants and was a great success.

The foals, all from the Anchor herd on Winsford Hill, behaved beautifully. They went through the usual routine of being touched with a feather duster, then hands, then having a head collar fitted and some had a lead rein fitted as well.

Pretty good going for foals that, until then, were virtually un-handled!

Bethany with Anchor Indigo

Helen with Anchor Icon

Jenny with Anchor Ixia

Susan with Anchor Indigo

Ponies arrive on Berwick Law

Following the success of the conservation grazing scheme on Traprain Law near Edinburgh, The Moorland Mousie Trust have leased land on nearby Berwick Law and the first ponies arrived recently as reported in The East Lothian Courier.