The thing about thoroughbreds is that they are incredibly intelligent. And when a horse is really intellegent they tend to get into things. After a couple of walks up and down the barn isle on a lead rope I decided she seemed comfortable enough to roam free. Now there is enough room to run around if she wanted to and plenty of horses to visit, I was unsure as to what she was going to do on her own. At first she walked around the back of the barn near her stall until she felt safe enough to venture farther. She stopped at at each horse's stall and mo
st of the time is was a quiet greeting, a couple of mares squealed and she squealed back. Now there is a stud in the barn, she walked past him a couple of times driving him crazy but wouldn't give him the light of day. Then little miss smarty pants decided to stand across from his stall but on the other side of the barn, she just stared at him as if to say you know you want me but you cant have me. She is too good for him anyway. Then the trouble began. Izzy was very curious to check out the new surroundings and I mean EVERYTHING, first she explored the ladder resting on the back wall until it came crashing down, which startled her but didn't stop her from exploring more. Now we have a large pile of shavings in the isle because its to hard to get to where they should be outside. Well she thought she would play on top of the pile, and I mean all the way on top. Once she climbed up there she thought it would be fun to dig in it knocking shavings everywhere. Oh I wish I had my camera. While I shoveled the pile back up Izzy decided to visit Chevy, my other mare. Now Chevy is the alpha mare at our barn and Izzy was the alpha mare at her old barn so I figured that they would have to decide for themselves who would take the No. 1 spot. They squealed and reared a little, mind you that the stall doors are all closed so they are doing this behind bars. But it ended peacefully just sniffing each other. So she went back in the stall to munch on some extra hay and I went home to get some sleep.
Cleveland weather is really
getting to me. Tonight is really cold much different than yesterday. I thought it would be worth a shot to turn the two of them outside together, if worse came to worse I would just bring one of them in. I expected them not to get along actually, I planned on giving them a few minutes and bringing Chevy back inside. Much to my surprise there was no major fighting. After a few minutes investigating each other they squealed a little, Izzy bucked a bit but not in Chevy's direction and then they happily trotted away TOGETHER, they wouldn't leave each other alone. They were instant buddies. Today was a good day, even though we didn't do anything major we did make progress. Izzy is more comfortable and that is very important to me.
st of the time is was a quiet greeting, a couple of mares squealed and she squealed back. Now there is a stud in the barn, she walked past him a couple of times driving him crazy but wouldn't give him the light of day. Then little miss smarty pants decided to stand across from his stall but on the other side of the barn, she just stared at him as if to say you know you want me but you cant have me. She is too good for him anyway. Then the trouble began. Izzy was very curious to check out the new surroundings and I mean EVERYTHING, first she explored the ladder resting on the back wall until it came crashing down, which startled her but didn't stop her from exploring more. Now we have a large pile of shavings in the isle because its to hard to get to where they should be outside. Well she thought she would play on top of the pile, and I mean all the way on top. Once she climbed up there she thought it would be fun to dig in it knocking shavings everywhere. Oh I wish I had my camera. While I shoveled the pile back up Izzy decided to visit Chevy, my other mare. Now Chevy is the alpha mare at our barn and Izzy was the alpha mare at her old barn so I figured that they would have to decide for themselves who would take the No. 1 spot. They squealed and reared a little, mind you that the stall doors are all closed so they are doing this behind bars. But it ended peacefully just sniffing each other. So she went back in the stall to munch on some extra hay and I went home to get some sleep.Cleveland weather is really
getting to me. Tonight is really cold much different than yesterday. I thought it would be worth a shot to turn the two of them outside together, if worse came to worse I would just bring one of them in. I expected them not to get along actually, I planned on giving them a few minutes and bringing Chevy back inside. Much to my surprise there was no major fighting. After a few minutes investigating each other they squealed a little, Izzy bucked a bit but not in Chevy's direction and then they happily trotted away TOGETHER, they wouldn't leave each other alone. They were instant buddies. Today was a good day, even though we didn't do anything major we did make progress. Izzy is more comfortable and that is very important to me.
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