Second Chance Adoption Shelter! -Not accepting-

[Grengirl]

Owen followed behind Clay. The horse was tall and looked fast but was one that he had had a hard time moving around. "He is pretty but skittish.. Think he is the one that tried to nip me last time I was cleaning his stall out." He stayed well back from what he figured was the horses reach.

(I have had my fair share of bumps and bruises, dog bites, cat bites .. Almost a rat bite but I can't say I have had my hand pinned between a horse and a fence. The wort I can think of was when I was unjamming a log segment from a wood splitter.. got it off the blade but it snapped shut on my had. The shock of it was far worse than the dammage. The splitter was off off before my hand went in. It was just the log did not want to be open at all. There was the time when we found a wild bee hive in one of the full sized logs .. with the chainsaw. I never ran back into the house so fast! Not sure if it had more to do with the angry bees or my father running toward the housr as well with the chainsaw still running and a swarm of bees over him. .. Ah memories.

Feel better Snow)

[Irunwithwolves]

Clayton
(I never thought of calling Clayton; Clay, I LOVE IT!!)
He laughed at owen "horses are very social animals. They use their ears to communicate." He told him "always keep an eye on them." He said patting Sparky "can you brush him out for me? And clean his hooves?" He asked "and talk me through what you're doing."

[Grengirl]

(Glad you like it. I have been typing it over and over but somehow didn't fix it that time. I didn't want to use it before asking if you minded)

Owen
"Like I said I haven't done all that much with the horses.. but I'll give it a shot." He approached Sparky carefully and gave the horse a chance to recognise his scent. He opened the box with the brushes and decided hevshould start with the curry comb. "This one will take out any of the big knotts or matts in his fur.. but maybe I don't need it? .. can't I just use the brush brush?" Holding up a brush that looked a great deal like the one he had used on kitchen and bathroom floors.

[Irunwithwolves]

Clayton
He chuckled "I'll show you." He kneeled by his side and pulled out 2 brushes "ones a hard brush and ones soft." He handed them to him "the hard one is for getting dirt off their skin and when you get done doin that you do the soft brush." He then took out a curry comb "you use this for removing all the dead and Shedd ed fur that's trapped, so after you brush you curry." He told Owen "now, everytime you go behind a horse lightly touch it's hind and stay close, watch the ears and make sure one eye is on you at all times." He said standing up and showing him.

[Grengirl]

Owen
It was allot to remember but if he got that mixed up again the worst that would happen was he would have to do it over. He was interested in being able to move more safely around the horses. So far he didn't trust them at all. "Is it odd that I can get that she wolf to sleep by my side the whole night but this makes me more nervous?" He continued to follow the lead he was given. He could copy actions with fair accuracy. He still had a hard time with looking at Sparky's ears instead of his feet or teeth.

[Irunwithwolves]

Clayton
he laughed "yeah, actually, it is." he said getting a hoof pick as Owen finished up brushing "if you forget something ask, horses aren't the easiest creature to understand but when you're raised around them it comes to you like an instinct." he nodded standing up "what are you going to call the wolf?" he asked going back to his comment

[Grengirl]

Owen
He nodded agreeing to ask about anything he might still be unsure of. "I think she has .. or at least had a name before. I want to try and see if I can figure it out before just giving her one. .. You had a theory on why she is ok with Higgins and Rex didn't you?" He wondered if it was a theory that could be proven with simple blood tests. He could probably get a small sample of her blood. They wiuld need to run other tests on her anyway. The brushing finished he took the dreaded pick from Clayton. "Please don't kick me in the face while I'm doing this?"

[Irunwithwolves]

Clayton
"yeah, I did actually, its a female?" he asked as he watched Owen struggle with the hoof pick

[Grengirl]

Owen
"Yeah, female, and fortunatly not in season.. They should be separate for that but right now that would not go over well." He continued to work carefully but awkwardly with the pick. There was allot more dirt in there than he had thought. He guessed that this hadn't been done in some time.

[prancer78]

Aurora paced around the pasture then whinned towards the barn hoping for an answer from another horse.