April 12, 2011 - A different kind of lesson

The farrier came today to do a few horses.  Both of Rory's paddock buddies were on the list and Rory ended up all by himself in the paddock.  He whinnied, and ran back and forth, but didn't get hysterical.  He stopped running often, and wasn't whinnying constantly.   I happened to be riding in the ring beside Rory's turnout when Totyo got taken into the barn, giving me a perfect vantage point to keep an eye on him.

Rory wasn't happy about being alone, but he was much calmer than Totyo usually is and I thought it was a good experience for him to be alone for a bit and then have the other horses return.  I had considered bringing him in and doing a training session, but since he was being relatively sensible about being by himself I decided to leave him out and let that be his lesson for the day.

Rory looking for his buddies.