Friday, August 13, 2010

Day 2!!!!

So after 2 days Maggie has settled SO well into our routine of breakfast at 7am (a flying visit before I go to work!) and dinner around 5-6pm.
She is so calm about everything... occasionally I see I get "into her bubble" as she gives me "the look", so I turn away quickly and when I glance back she has a surprised look on her face! So funny! Its like she says "oh wow, you took the pressure away almost immediately, thanks!" lol
I had a couple of hours tonight after work to potter about at the paddocks, so let her out of the yard and into the small paddock beyond. She calmly walked out like she'd been doing it for months and started grazing. If this had been a domesticated horse it would have charged out the gate and ran around with its tail in the air!!!!
When my gelding (over the fence) tried to make friends she just ignored him like he wasn't worth even talking to!!! My 2 mares stood watching, trying so hard to get Maggies attention, but she just eyeballed them with her head down still eating .... really quite comical to watch! It's like she is the Queen and the others are just the commoners who've come to greet her! I can imagine her looking, nodding in acknowledgement, and continuing on ... lol ... so funny! Mark mentioned this happening, and here I was watching it in real life!
I suspect my real challenge will be having her acknowledge me as her equal, rather than "one of the commoners" ... I look forward to that, and I look forward to learning what she can teach me along this exciting journey!!!
Yesterday she vocalised when I arrived with the feed bucket too - very cool! I didn't expect it so soon! There is really something about that which gets right inside me and I feel the vibration of the sound... I wonder if any of you reading understand what I mean? Any horse will do it to me, and I just love it! Each of my horses have a different sound so I know who it is; now I have to learn Maggies over the next few days ...

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