Day 9Ranger quietly followed Night as I rode him, a lead rope clipped onto Ranger's halter. I wanted him to get used to be in the gaits of English riding. So far Ranger has been doing pretty well. I'm proud of him. As I looked at him I started realizing the big boy needed a hair cut. His mane and tail were getting too long and sort of knotted pretty bad in places. I already got my dad to lend me the scissors and comb to work on his mane and tail tonight.
I wanted his mane cut sort of like a zebra's mane and his tail like a draft horse's. It was only for the summer so he'd have his long flowing mane back soon. It's be perfect for a while and he wouldn't get so hot. He wouldn't mess it up either in the mud as much. I wanted him to be different than the rest.
After a while of continuously leading around Ranger and riding Night I set Ranger out into the field. I rode Night into the barn, untacked him, washed him off, then set him out into the pasture as well. I walked back to Ranger with a sweet whistle, "Ranger."
Ranger swiftly perked his ears and trotted over to me happily. I clipped his lead line back on then walked him around a few times before leading him into the barn to where Ren was with scissors, comb, small bucket of water, and a small sponge. I tied up Ranger then looked at Ren, "You ready?"
He nodded as he patted Ranger, "Indeed I am. Now how are we cutting his mane and tail?"
"I want his mane like a zebra's and his tail like a draft horse's. Can we do that?" I asked as I started washing out Ranger's mane.
"Yeah we can do that but do you want his forelock messed with at all?" Ren asked as he washed his tail.
"No just leave that alone. He doesn't mess his forelock up a lot," I answered as I finished wetting Ranger's mane.
I grabbed the scissors and started cutting his mane, chuckling softly as Ranger whinnied curiously and flicked around his ears. I smiled and kissed his cheek to praise him for staying still. I kept cutting his mane until I had it like I wanted. He shook his head swiftly when I was done but boy was he handsome with his cropped mane. I leaned down next to help Ren cut his tail. Soon enough we had that done as well and Ranger was all ready to go.
I rubbed his head then led him back out to the field. He whinnied and pranced beside me, only making me laugh. He was one heck of a sweetheart and jokester. I patted his neck before turning him loose and walked over to Ren, kissing him gently, "Thanks for the help."
He kissed me back with a smile, "No problem December. It was fun helping you."
I grinned and walked with him around the horse fields for a while with him before turning in for the night, rather content with everything along with Ranger's hair cut.
