Well since my last update we have sadly lost our friends mare who was acting as friend to belle and companion down at the field. Fil being gone left Em and I with a bit of a dilemma. Rory was still being horrid to Belle and possessive over Duke being a lot of the time Belle was outcast and if we wanted to take Rory and Duke anywhere it would mean leaving her totally alone which we weren't prepared to do. So we ended up with 2 options- a- find another grass livery to share the field but downsides are rory is evil and I'd never forgive myself if he hurt someone elses horse and the other problem was if they wanted to go out riding and we had the boys at a show if would leave Belle in the same predicament. b option was buy another horse (because we really need another lol). So Em enquired with Jo the DPS secretary and let her know we were looking for a dales mare didnt matter age etc and didnt want a riding one but the option to breed from it would be a bonus. Well our new addition is Sowermire Evie a 9 year old bay mare she had very little done with her handling wise and has had a very hard time when the lady we got her off rescued her they were certain she wouldn't survive but she's proved everyone wrong and come to join us. Weight wise shes ok now but she doesnt have much muscle so the plan is to do a bit of work with her and try and get some top line and core strength.
Rory being rory has taken an instant dislike and is constantly charging whenever people are about (go up before he notices you and its all quiet so not too worried) he may have met his match though as Evie has stopped running away and instead just bucks at him (we currently counted 2 kicks to his head and 1 to his neck). And of course now Evie has arrived Rory and Belle have become very close and have taken to sleeping laid down curled up together like a pair of puppies. honestly horses who'd have them!
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