We picked up Rhett on Sunday February 3, 2008. We were late leaving Penny's so by the time we got to Uxbridge it was dark. The interior lights weren't working in Penny's trailer so we loaded Rhett up in the dark. He loaded up fine. No problems. I tied him off and left him to his hay. Thankfully Penny had a camera in the trailer so that we could see what he was doing the whole way home. That really made it easier as I find it very stressful to trailer a horse! Other than some pulling when we first got started, he settled down and was quiet for the ride home.
He backed off the trailer easily and had a welcoming committee of Richard and the boys! We took Rhett into the barn to meet everyone. All the horses were in so it was a major check everyone out session! Above is a picture of Rhett getting to know one of his new neighbours.
The boys loved him right away. He seems to really love children as well. We couldn't really spend too much time with him since it was getting late. We still had to take him to his outside pen and introduce him to his new pasture mate TJ. I was praying that they'd get along since it was already almost 8:0opm. I would have to stay at the barn until they settled down and I knew he'd be ok for the night...
You'd almost think that he and TJ knew each other! There was no displaying, no arguing, nothing! They sniffed each other a few times and then decided to share a bale of hay!
I really couldn't believe how smoothly things had gone! I find moving horses very stressful and really didn't think it would go off without a hitch! I went home and actually got some sleep! Unlike the nights leading up to all of this!
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