King of the (Poop) Mountain!

Izzy is finally able to be trusted to graze the property without maiming himself or someone else. Speedy earned this privilege many years ago. It wasn't until Izzy's equine neighbor Archie passed that I started letting Izzy have free rein as it were. When Archie passed, he left his pasture mate on her own. Pixie and Izzy quickly became fast friends. She lives in the pasture directly across from him. 

When Archie passed, I started turning Izzy out in front of Pixie's paddocks so she would have company. He quickly realized he had access to good grass by staying close to her. Once he decided that he liked her and she him, he began to behave himself and earned longer and longer turnout periods. Now, he gets to roam at will while I do my chores. On Sunday, I lost sight of him and had to go hunt him down.

It took me a minute to find him because he had wandered off a bit farther than normal. As I called to him to get back to where he was supposed to be, he blithely ignored my demands and proceeded to summit Mount Poop.

He made me walk all the way over before he agreed to get back down. There is a little road that runs up the back of the poop pile, but seriously. What could he possibly need to see up there?

I couldn't help but laugh at him because it's a poop pile. Eventually he wandered back down, but his roaming privileges might have to be limited for a while.

Why can't he just check out the girls like most boys?