>>> I'm starting some tentative ground work with him. We both need it.
I'm sure you need it, for therapeutic reasons - I sure would if I were you. And what a positive use of your energy right now. He looks like he's doing well, ready to take all the attention you care to bestow on him. He's really gotten nice and stocky too, hasn't he? He's not looking like a baby any more. I suspect that Hroi will be his color - I love dark bays. (Ok, I also love red bays, chestnuts, chestnut/flaxens, blacks, palominos, silver dapples, duns, pintos, grays...) I had to work all day today, and wouldn't you know it, the weather was just great: low-mid 80's and no humidity at all. So, as soon as I got home, I ran out to play with horses. It was Bjola's turn. What a lovely mare, with a brain like a steel trap! She needs more attention - I think her number is up next for some fine-tuning of her training. Karen Thomas, NC