00:00 Amanda Owen, 46, and her husband Clive, 66, are both standout stars of our Yorkshire farm,
00:17 with the cameras following them as they manage their own lives and those of their nine children.
00:26 The couple also cares for numerous livestock, with the shepherdess usually seen out in the
00:30 field getting her sheep in order.
00:34 However, there is one member of the animal family the pair look after who Amanda's husband
00:40 does not get on with on the Channel 5 programme.
00:47 The mother-of-none discussed her husband's hatred for their horse, Little Joe, in her
00:51 book, The Yorkshire Shepherdess.
00:57 Amanda recalled a time when Little Joe was being stubborn and how he was refusing to
01:01 get into his trailer.
01:06 Speaking graciously about the beloved family member, Amanda explained how the horse helped
01:11 her children to enjoy being on the saddle.
01:17 There is not a bad bone in his body, he doesn't bite or kick, is never sick or sorry, but
01:22 has a tendency to be stubborn.
01:28 And an ability to escape from anywhere at any given time, she explained before describing
01:33 Clive's hatred of their horse.
01:38 Clive hates him, or rather, he says he hates him, calls him a demon and blames him for
01:43 every gap that appears in the drystone walls, Amanda added.
01:49 However, the mother-of-nine defended Little Joe as she said he has supersonic hearing
01:55 and can hear his food coming from a thousand paces.
02:02 Amanda's husband would become frustrated with Little Joe as when he fed the other livestock,
02:07 the horse would also want some.
02:12 Many times, Clive would return to the yard, red in the face, and announce that Little
02:16 Joe's days were numbered.
02:23 And if he got colic from eating all the sheep food, then he absolutely deserved it and there
02:27 would be no vet coming to save him, the mother-of-nine added.
02:33 Unfortunately, the horse is no spring chicken anymore and has succumbed to the ailments
02:39 of old age, meaning he can't annoy Clive as much.
02:46 It seems the father-of-eleven has even mellowed towards the family member he once referred
02:50 to as a demon.
02:55 The mother-of-nine said, "He gets extra rations, a cost stable every night and recently I have
03:00 even seen Clive throw an extra armful of meadow hay over his stable door before bedtime."
03:10 Amanda has shared images of Little Joe on her social media pages and earlier this year,
03:15 she posted a picture on Instagram of her daughter Clemmie looking after him.
03:23 Captioning the picture, the mother-of-nine explained, "A senior moment.
03:28 Little Joe is nearly 40 years old.
03:33 We think the secret to his longevity is that he is a bit spoiled.
03:37 Maybe that he keeps young company too, Tony the pony is 9.
03:43 Anyway, as he is long in the tooth it goes without saying that he sometimes needs some
03:49 dentistry work," she added.
03:55 Trending Little Joe is one of two horses the pair have on the farm and it seems Tony has
03:59 been eating the food meant for him and his older brother.
04:06 This has meant Little Joe has become a lot thinner in his older age but Amanda has expressed
04:11 her worries about Clemmie helping with the horses.
04:17 Clem loves Tony, she's got all sorts of ideas on what she wants to do with him and all the
04:22 rest of it.
04:26 The only thing that slightly worries me about that relationship is she thinks that Tony
04:30 is going to grow big as she grows bigger.
04:36 She thinks he's going to be a big horse.
04:38 I don't see any reason to change that thought.
04:44 In a kind of way, he has expanded but only sideways rather than upwards.
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