Nov 25, 2010 - A tour of the facilities

Nov 24 - Rory checking to make sure I'm still there.

When I went to see Rory this afternoon he was munching at the haybale along with both the other two year old, and the older horse.  I called him and he looked up and then came right over.  Totyo (the other two year old) looked like he was considering coming over as well, but decided the hay was more interesting.

I didn't want to do too much today, so we went for a little tour of the property.  Totyo started calling for Rory shortly after we left the paddock, but Rory didn't really pay much attention.  He was busy looking at all the new stuff.  I took him up to anything that really made him suspicious and he touched most of it.  Rory didn't know what to make of the mini horse, and decided not to think about her too much.  We went into the sand ring and around the paths to the various other paddocks, stopping once to say hello to the barn owner's horse.  When we turned back towards his own paddock Rory picked up speed and I had to remind him several times to stay with me.

In the arena Rory whinnied a couple of times, but then settled and we did a little bit of yielding before going back out.  I took him through the barn before going back to his paddock.  In the barn I let him have a good look around and nose blankets and stalls and whatnot.  I drew the line at chewing on halters, and had to drag him away from the one with sheepskin on the nose - that one was attractive.  After I took his halter off Rory had a good drink of water before Totyo arrived.