Days 1-4 with 6782, in brief!

Difficult getting caught up when the last two weeks on Cape Cod involved a big party, hosting out-of-towners, cleaning/clearing condo of three lives' worth of furniture, clothing, belongings... stuff!...  packing and moving south (with dog and cat), the drive (with bad RA), the unpacking (not finished), buying a truck, adopting and picking up an untouched horse, attending to commitments (doctors, volunteering at a Baroque dressage event), and revising this blog! 

#6782 in the pens at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion in Ocala (FL) after the trip from Idaho

And, difficult to be inside here typing when - as you might understand - I'd rather be out in the pen with the horse!

So far I have learned about her:

• Middle of the herd; not dominant: from observing her in the pens at pickup place.

Here is a video, after she was separated.

• Reasonable: got off trailer very uneventfully; no panic, just a relieved look like "wow, that's over..." and a slow walk around the pen to explore...

• Not needy: no obvious concerns about being alone (there are no horses at all in my immediate vicinity).

• Cool as a cuke in general: she cocked a leg within 10 minutes of getting off the trailer. Even laid down the first night (though did not remain in that prone position for long). Has not called, whinnied or cried out once.

• Prefers her back to the woods, against the fence (her comfort place), contrary to my predictions (thought she'd be fearful of the thick FL oak/pine/plametto/VINEY shrubbery/woods).

• Knows nothing of grain, treats, soaked alfalfa cubes. Still yet to take a lick of a horse cookie. This is no surprise as they have apparently only had alfalfa in holding.

• Prefers crappy FL "coastal" hay over timothy or alfalfa cubes - or the green grass!!

• Curious but not anywhere near as curious about me as she is of Tori.

• Tori is a Superstar. She has provided inroads to the horse, easing introductions with playful interest but also respect. Some of it is funny.

• She can be playful. The second day (Friday) she put her foot into the tub and started sloshing around! Then she bit the edge of the bucket for a bit. 

First roll in the pen:

This is Friday morning, after arrival Thursday around 3:30 pm. She allows us to be pretty close. 

I think it is time for me to go get some interaction!! More later.