Tag: Sheldon

Sheldon’s First Few Rides

.Reading time 8 minutes.

Sheldon is settling in nicely. Already he seems more relaxed — meal time is no longer quite so emotional and he’s stopped running the fence line every time he can’t see another horse. I suspect he’s starting to count on the fact that we do feed twice a day and he almost always has hay […]

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Starting with Sheldon

.Reading time 4 minutes.

During the 10 days that Sheldon has been here I’ve letting him settle and not asking too much of him. Partly, it was an issue of time. Three hunts and Thanksgiving didn’t leave me much extra. Partly it was caution. I missed so many hunts this season that I wasn’t taking any chances by riding […]

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Sheldon makes friends

.Reading time 2 minutes.

Sheldon has been trying hard to make friends with our herd of four. I’m a big believer in slow introductions so this is happening slowly. Most of the time Sheldon is kept in a separate paddock that attaches to his stall. He can touch noses with the “girls”, Fortune and Curly, but for the most […]

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