Thurs 18th - staff check

As you know we've been a bit worried about Hoopy recently -she looked really fed up on Monday when we visited and she coughed a few times. We did have a good look at her hooves and decided they were fine though. So I spent about an hour with the herd this afternoon, keeping an eye on her in particular and hoping to collect a poo sample that we can test for worms. She was on fine form actually and was leading the herd around on the top paths as they were grazing and browsing. The order was Hoopy, Doune, Flam and Kat. Flam was feasting on fruit far more than the others and loved a treat of Sloes that I picked for her. No coughing from Hoopy at all. Flies weren't bothering any of them at all. I thought Hoopy looked well and happy and left them all to it when she started having a standing snooze up ny the top gate.