Our "Sean Project" horse has arrived!!

On the night of July 10th, 2006, at around 10:30, she arrived! She is quite lovely and a bit on the chunky side. She was named "Moon" before she came to us. I liked that and decided to elongate it to "Coloarado Moon" seeing as how she was now in Colorado, and since she had arrived on the eve of the full moon. (Her face reminded me of Veronica Lake and I almost renamed her, but decided against it since she already knows her name.

For that night and part of the next day, Moon stayed in a pasture belonging to our good friend and neighbor, Gianna. This allowed Moon to get used to her surroundings while being in a safe place by herself. Horses can sometimes get into a bit of a tizzy when meeting other horses, and Bailey, our gelding, might not take kindly to an interloper. Better that Moon stayed by herself that night so I wouldn't be up all night worrying about three horses racing around and kicking at each other!

The next day, I led her up to our pasture. Bailey came straight over to see what this new horse was all about and as soon as the two of them touched noses over the gate, he swiftly turned and herded our other horse as far away as possible. Moon was left to herself most of the next couple of days. Now of course, she and our mare, Rosa, are pretty good buddies. Bailey has given up chasing Moon off and is content to accept her in his herdette of 3.

Sean met Moon the first day she was up here with us. He was happy enough to feed her some horse treats. She is a bit of a Hoover about treats. She is also really friendly! She LOVES to come right over whenever someone is outside. She is so interested in people. That's a great thing for the Sean Project.

As far as what kind of horse she is, she is a Shire/Paint cross. Her dam (mom) was a Shire and her sire was a Paint. Moon is 5 1/2 years old and still has a bit of growing to do. But she is plenty big to take two adults riding double, when the time comes.

Moon has been ridden double, and she got used to traffic in the past but since she really hasn't been worked with for a year or so, I am going to start everything from scratch, for safety's sake. I am not going to rush anything. We want Moon to know us and trust us and trust Sean, and to take good care of us. If that takes some time, so be it.

So, we have a new adventure ahead of us!
Cheers all!
Nancy