. : - Freya- : .. : Training : ..: First Touch :.
Freya - First Touch [drawn by me].: First Saddle :.I was a bit flustered right now to be honest. I had made a fairly stupid mistake, and had bought another Nera, still had one untrained Nera, and had entered in a contest for another. Needless to say I was rushing Freya's training a bit so that I didn't get in trouble if I got the Nera put up for sale on Valentine's Day.
Earlier today first touch had happened by accident when I shoved her hand away from a cookie. I decided to jump right into training and had rushed to the tack room, picking up the now fairly worn equipment. Brisingr, Adurna, and Ganga all had their
own tack now so this was used solely for beginning Neras.
Approaching Freya's stall, the mare was watching the other four Neravontii in the pasture. She turned at the sound of my foot steps and curiously nibbled at the tack. At first she was very curious about the scents of the others on the gear, but she grew a bit uninterested and bumped my hand. "Well you're certainly eager to start training in proper aren't you," I chuckled as she tugged on the saddle. She accepted the saddle being placed on her back and accepted the bridle without complaint. Freya then bumped my elbow with her nose and turned pointedly to the rear door. Looks like first ride would be next.
.: First Ride :.I led Freya out into the pasture where the others were, watching her reaction because I knew how tricky she could be. She followed me over to the mounting block and stood calmly. I was honestly surprised although I probably shouldn't have been.
You see, Freya is very intelligent and manipulative, and to be honest, hated being outdone. I remembered one time, after I had completed Ganga's training and they all had their fancy saddles, when she had climbed the fence and walked
upside downalong the branches in the nearby forest until I had finally noticed her missing and gone after her.
As I mounted her for the first time, she twitched a little and turned her head to look at me. Deciding it wasn't worth fussing over, she turned to look forwards again. A bit curious about her behavior, I clicked my tongue. Being the smart Nera that she was, she had learned what that meant and calmly trotted towards the far end of the pasture.
At the end of the pasture, I had Freya trot in a circle for a minute before riding her back to her stall. Dalamhati came over to see what all the fuss was about, and, again, the others also came over to bug me. Brisingr seemed quite offended I had kind of
ignored her for quite some time if I'm being honest. Overall I was impressed with her attitude and was surprised at how well behaved she was. Dismounting, I led Freya into her stall and untacked her, before turning her out with the others. It had taken a while, but finally her training was done.
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