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Dear List,
Thank you so much to everyone who shared their experiences with me on the
list and privately. I am so grateful for your input and support.
After much (!) navel gazing and a long pasture session tonight, I have
decided to keep Monark. You know all of the pros and cons, but in the final
measure, I love riding him, and as a horse lover as well as a rider, I believe
that he needs a kind, safe home. It will be slow work, but I think that if I
am
patient, he may be a more rewarding horse in some ways than Clyde who wears
his heart on his sleeve.
SO, I am ready to shut up/move on, and start enjoying this horse! Funny,
even making the decision changed my attitude toward him. He was actually very
curious tonight--I went into the pasture without acknowledging him and sat
down to read. Well, that head shot up and he was galumping over within 2-3
minutes. Happily took an apple and a scratch and headed off for a post apple
crib. I was there for about 90 minutes, and experimented a couple times with
changing position and turning my back on him. He watched me like an eagle
each time, and moseyed over 2-3 more times to put his nose on me and allow a
scratch. At one point, I was sitting on the ground and he grazed within about
a
foot of me for about 10 minutes. Baby steps!
Once his strangles booster clears in about ten days, I will be able to
finally introduce him to Clyde, his new Fjord brother. I am sure that Clyde
will
be like gum on Monark's shoe--should be fun to watch!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Kris
and Clyde ("That IS another Fjord in that pasture!")
and Monark
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