Monday morning we saddled up.......to go to a barn! Shane stole my pad of paper and wrote a book for the long drive.
We went to see Nibs. You can see the yellow skin where the cut was. It's pulling together well.
The next big concern is companionship. Nibs needs a horse who can teach her how to be a horse. The original plan was for Nibs to become friends with Calypso. They're stall buddies, but Calypso suddenly generated interest from a buyer. There's not much point in trying to bond them further when Calypso only has a few days left at the barn.
First up of the replacements, Gwen and her foal Dozer. Gwen helped another horse, Raindrop, back in the day. However, now she had a foal......a huge foal. Dozer was born the same day as Nibs, but she's already a hand taller.
Carrie and Sonya escorted the pair to the round pen. Then Carrie grabbed Nibs.
I'm told she leads very well for her age.
Getting into the round pen was a different matter. The ladies had to shove her in.
Nibs on the left.
Gwen and Dozer on the right.
Gwen was okay with Nibs' presence, but Nibs and Dozer had trouble. Nibs was visibly anxious (and that's from a non-horse person). She ran all around the arena, jumped, half-bucked, and worked herself into a sweaty mess.
Dozer was initially not super interested, but eventually investigated some. She didn't like it when Nibs tried to sniff her tail once and kicked. It happened again later. Dozer could become a bully, so it was deemed "not a good match."
A gelding, Kuzco, was introduced later. Nibs started running around like crazy again. Kuzco ignored her until she bolted right in front of him.
He reared.
It would've been ugly if Nibs ran under him.
So, no new companion for Nibs. Shane got a chance to say hi. He entertained himself while all of this happened.
He pet cats (and got his first cat scratch)...
...and kept working on his book.
We spent over three hours at the barn before heading out.
Shane and I stopped by Dylan's that evening. Krista wanted canvases to practice face-painting.
After dinner, the boys enjoyed squirting water at Eli as he looked out through the kitchen door.
John took a better picture.
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