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A stable life
I didn't get to try the new horse out today. Yesterday afternoon she'd hurt her right back leg - she's got a scratch so deep it needed sewing. Instead, I spent most of the day painting fence parts together with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gnapp and another member of the club. I got to spend some time with the new horse, Melanie, though. She seems quite nice. I feel a bit awkward about her missing eye. It doesn't appear to bother her, though, which isn't surprising as she's never known what it's like to have both. I took her for a walk (she needs to get some exercise but nothing that'll strain her) and kept her on my right (which is the usual side). She kept turning her head to check me out, so after a while I changed her to my left, which she seemed to appreciate.
She's quite large, about 1,70 metres high, and very well-proportioned. She's had her basic training but her owners haven't had enough time to ride her regularly, so she and I will both need some lessons together - which is extra handy as my trainer is one of her owners. She gives the impression of being somewhat more skittish than Skutt, but that may simply be because she's had to stay in today instead of running around with the others.
I'm very much looking forward to trying her out and getting to know her better!
gnapp and another member of the club. I got to spend some time with the new horse, Melanie, though. She seems quite nice. I feel a bit awkward about her missing eye. It doesn't appear to bother her, though, which isn't surprising as she's never known what it's like to have both. I took her for a walk (she needs to get some exercise but nothing that'll strain her) and kept her on my right (which is the usual side). She kept turning her head to check me out, so after a while I changed her to my left, which she seemed to appreciate. She's quite large, about 1,70 metres high, and very well-proportioned. She's had her basic training but her owners haven't had enough time to ride her regularly, so she and I will both need some lessons together - which is extra handy as my trainer is one of her owners. She gives the impression of being somewhat more skittish than Skutt, but that may simply be because she's had to stay in today instead of running around with the others.
I'm very much looking forward to trying her out and getting to know her better!
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Oh, and whle putting her halter on I found that one has to keep one's feet away when working from her left side, because she really can't see if she's about to step on you.