Since Daisy arrived a few weeks ago she has been a bit lonely, calling and stamping to try to find other horses. She now has LOADS of friends. Two friends rode their horses over to stay with us for a while, their horses field was very muddy and Daisy needed company so it is good for everyone. They arrived yesterday, initially we put them in a different field, then let them all in together today. There was a bit of jostling initially but it seems everyone is getting on fine (this picture is Daisy, Tiggi then Kira)
Later in the morning Owen our new horse arrived. He spent a few hours in a little separate area, but then we let him in with all the girls. Mostly everyone seemed to want to eat grass and occasionaly have a few little discussions about who was the boss (Kira)
Once Owen had met everyone and had a chance to eat some grass and settle down from his journey we took him out for a little ride. He seemed to enjoy the grooming first and was pretty calm throughout.
We had a lovely ride, he was keen and responsive but also very safe and sensible feeling. What a good boy!
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| Our house from the other side of the valley |
He is a little bit fat at the moment we think, he needs a bit of exersize and less concentrate, just nice healthy grass. Probably - we don't know. He is lovely whatever. Daisy is lovely too of course!
Owen came with his own saddle so we plan on taking them out together tomorrow. We just took Owen out on his own for the first ride to make sure he was settling in ok. As Daisy had just had the excitement of so many new friends, and hasn't been with us that long anyway we thought it would be safest.
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