Foto Friday: Pony Pics

October 2024 - wish I had some set up from this time period

January 2025 - photo mirrored for better comparison to the other photos

 

June 2025

I think that Butterball is currently looking the best that he has since I've had him. But I realize that I may not be an objective measure of that. He did get too thin this winter; I was so worried about having him on grass I didn't take into account that we were losing most of the grass as we upped his workload. We've gained that back and built on the topline as well. I want to continue developing his hindquarters, but I think we're on the right track.  

Do ya'll track changes over time with photos? How about body condition scoring? I honestly think I need to implement a monthly objective BCS score to make sure we're not headed to too fat or too thin. I guess this could be included in the monthly wrap up post as well... 

Short and Sweet

I discovered last week Goggles actually doesn't care about having his mane pulled. So I did that a tiny bit. 

Don't mind the side eye, this wasn't actually after pulling, he was in the stall eating hay while I did that

I also took a conformation type shot of him because I thought he was looking pretty good. Then I got home and stared at it and thought about how far he still has to go and started doubting any progress had been made and thinking that I was not in fact doing anywhere close to a passable job of developing this horse.

Then I pulled up pictures from his arrival. 

And from a year ago. 

Dappled lighting is oh so pretty but doesn't make for a great conformation shot

And I decided we were on an okay path. I absolutely wish he had a stunning topline to share. But I'm hopeful that it will come. We've just really started to unlock some quality flat work that will build it. 

Anyways, thanks for reading along for my journey of self-doubt prompted by an innocent picture.