Bad Boy Cody - Once Again!!!

Cody must be going through his terrible two's. He will be two on April 1st but I think he is showing early signs of this stage of his growing.

Yesterday Cody decided to start acting up while I was trying to bring him in for his dinner. Lately, he thinks that he can do his own thing while I am leading him into the barn. I think NOT! The problem is that he doesn't always respond to the measure of discipline that is being given. I can give him a swift kick in the butt with my boot and he thinks it is time to play. Yipee!

Lately he has also been quite nippy. What is with that? He was never like that before. Perhaps he is teething. In any event, surely he is going to get tired of getting my elbow or the back of my hand in his face. No...not Cody. He is just like his mom. Full of spirit. Gotta love it! Most horses will eventually submit to pressure being given to them....noooooo, not Cody. For the most part, he is very giving but these past few weeks have been a great challenge for me. Hopefully this is only a "teenage" stage.

Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that because Cody was acting out yesterday while I was bring him in, my husband decided to take him into the round pen to move him around to show Cody who was boss. That worked to an extent..........until Cody decided he didn't want to be pushed around anymore. So if you know his mom, you can only guess what happened next. Yeap, he decided to run though the three rails of the round pen and take a tour. At least when he was done acting out, he ran right into the barn and into his stall. However, there was no dinner waiting for him that night. Bad Boy!