Barn News
Tearful goodbye, happy hello
There was a lot of change at Double E Stables this weekend. Shalom went to live with a different family and Duster came to stay with us. I was able to close a very important chapter in my horse experiences while opening yet another one.
It...
There was a lot of change at Double E Stables this weekend. Shalom went to live with a different family and Duster came to stay with us. I was able to close a very important chapter in my horse experiences while opening yet another one.
It occurred to me that the life of a horse person can be summarized as a series of happy hellos, tearful good-bye's, all punctuated by a lot of "oh my"s. The family that Shalom went to live with is wonderful and I could see right away that I was making the right choice when I took him there on Saturday. They all loved him and will take good care of him (especially Zach). It looked like he was very comfortable and felt at home. He rode so well in the trailer on the way there. I realized that helping him through his fears was my task and that now that task was over. It was time for him to move on and put all that behind him. I am thankful that I was the one that got to help him through all that. I have to say though, that the farm felt very oddly empty on Saturday evening.
Then on Sunday we brought Duster back to the farm, this time for good. He adjusted very quickly and is getting along really well with everyone, especially Sugar. The whole thing was very cute. He and Tsunami really hit it off well too. No, I mean they hit it off really well. - I'm not sure how I feel about all that but I think I'll just not ask as long as they don't tell. Hopefully I won't end up with "Brokeback Stables" because of those two...
I will try to post pictures and video from the weekend soon. I forgot the dumb camara at the barn last night. I'll also be updating our horse biographies soon.
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