by ♡Lady Lesednik♡ » Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:22 am
<3 Pretty baby. Let me run the name generator till it spits out something that fits her pretty face
her name will be Dagny
First Touch -
I sat on the fence, staring at the horse trailer attached to the back of my truck, watching the slightly-angry neravontii mare inside. She snorted and huffed, occasionally baring her teeth. I tapped my foot against the fence patiently as I waited for her to calm down. It took almost an hour until she had just resorted to small scoffs before going silent. I walked to the trailer, then opened it and went inside. I untied her as I looked at her, curiously. "Hello, beautiful." I said as I reached a hand out to touch her face. She started to lean towards my hand before jerking her head away, yanking the leadrope out of my hand as she bolted out of the trailer and straight into her pasture. I groaned abit as I watched her run around the pasture, her leadrope flowing from her halter and flapping around as she ran. I walked away, and returned quickly with a whip. I walked out into the pasture and cracked the whip, trying to get her attention. She slowed abit, curiously looking in my direction. I slowly made my way towards her. I was shocked when she bolted towards me, skidding to a stop and then rubbed her head against me affectionately. I quickly took off her halter and leadrope then patted her head. She rubbed her face into me, almost knocking me over, before turning around and walking away, leaving me to wonder what I'd just bought.
First Saddle -
From experience, I'd learned the neras did better at handling a saddle when other neras were around, but Dagny didn't like other neras, so that'd be counter productive for her. I sighed softly as I stroked her face, the sound of rain pounding on the arena roof. I grabbed her saddle and placed it on her back. She scoffed and snapped at me, then quickly began to nuzzle me. I ignored her as I cinched the saddle. After, I began to pet her then looked at her and said "Okay. Go play." as I walked to the fence and sat on the ground, watching. Dagny walked around, seeming indifferent to her saddle. I watched nervously as she stood up on her back feet, then sighed in relief when she went back down on all fours and continued wandering the arena. After half an hour, I got up and unsaddled her. I took her saddle to the tack room and put it away, then came back and lead her to her pasture and let her loose in it.
First Ride -
I smiled confidently as I approached Dagny. She was focusing on a bird, until I patted her shoulder and her attention turned to me. I kissed her nose as I said "Dangy, my girl. You ready to be ridden?" I stroked her cheek gently. Dagny "stared" at me silently. I took that as a yes and grabbed her saddle, placing it on her back and cinching it up. She turned her head to watch me, but otherwise showed no signs of noticing or caring. I let her loose in the arena for a bit, to warm up and stretch. After she was done, I called her to me in my sweetest voice and climbed into the saddle. She snorted and threw her head then bucked abit, obviously displeased about the whole thing, but settled down quickly. Once she was calm, I had her do laps in the arena while doing a very basic obstacle course. We worked for 45 minutes before I released her back to her pasture.
