[Khans]

 Owner       >>> iRain
 Name                >>> Tolmu
 Gender         >>> Gelded Male
 Adoption Price         >>> 11' common
 Training         >>> Fully trained
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  .Timid
  .Intelligent
  .Caring

 [Discipline >>>>>  ]
 [Shows Entered > R: W: E:]
 [Shows Won >>>> R: W: E:]

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[Claire1039]

Tolmu's Training



First Touch
1/17/15

I was driving to the Neravontii agency after hearing about how peculiar the Neravontii's were. I just had to visit the place and maybe even adopt one, if it took my fancy. When I arrived it was bustling with people and Naravontii's. Everyone was competing, buying tack, purchasing Neravontii's and so many more things that I couldn't possibly have taken it all in in just one moment. I suddenly felt very lost, watching everyone run around with a million things to do. I looked around and saw where a Neravontii seemed to be getting unloaded into a nearby stall. I watched as they lead it into the stall and drove off, leaving the Nera looking around confusedly, much like I had been. I walked closer to the Nera and saw that it had a sign stating it was a gelded male, and it had the prettiest coat I had ever seen! I walked closer, fascinated, but once I got close enough where I could reach out to it, the Nera shied away from me and made a warning noise. I had my heart set on that Nera, and knew they had to be my first. I found where you could purchase Nera's (With much difficulty and many directions) and walked up to the desk and offered the price of the Nera. I was able to adopt him, and take him home that day. Right away I knew I wanted to name him Tolmu, which means spotting or dusting in Estonian, which are the exact words I would use to describe the speckling on his coat. A woman came to help me load Tolmu, who looked like the same person that had loaded him into his stall, but I wasn't sure. She loaded Tolmu into my trailer and walked off, wishing me luck with my first Neravontii. I reached to make sure that all the latches were locked when Tolmu craned his neck out of the back window and brushed my hand with his muzzle. I was amazed, we had our first touch already! But I told myself to keep still and calm, and after a few minutes I reached my hand out further and rubbed Talmu's head before he walked away. I was glad we already had so much progress, and I knew we would just be perfect together!

First Saddle
1/18/15

//It has been one week since I bought Tolmu and we had our first touch//
I think it is finally time. Me and Tolmu have been getting along great, and since I have no other Nera's I'm spending all of my time with Tol. I bought tack the day after buying Tol, but I haven't been confident enough in our connection to try putting the saddle on him, until today.
I cleaned Tol off, which was harder than it sounds, because through our week of knowing each other I have learned of Tol's love for rolling. Whether it is in the mud, grass, or any other surface he happens to be on, he will roll.
I left Tolmu standing in his cross ties, but I only had one rope on, because I was feeling slightly giddy and anxious to get Tol's first saddle on. That was a big mistake. I had just come back with his saddle, fresh from his tack trunk when I saw Tol rolling. He had successfully walked off of the cross tie's floor, and was in the mud, still attached to the rope. I rushed over to him, worried that he might hurt himself, but luckily he was fine. I scooted him up and clipped both of his ties on, and made extra sure they were attached before rushing off and grabbing my grooming supplies. This was going to be a lot of grooming.
Of course a few days before I had put on the saddle blanket, which he had sniffed and promptly shaken off the first time he had tried it on. But after a little patience and many more attempts, Tol now readily accepts his blanket and is fine with it, but of course I still get a bit nervous when I put his blanket on.
Tol's grooming was finally finished, and he looked ready to go. I carefully set his blanket on top of him, since he was still new to the whole tack experience, and patted him on the shoulder when he responded nicely. I held the saddle closer to him and allowed him to sniff the new leather. It probably wouldn't be too comfy, since it was a brand new saddle and hadn't been worn in yet. Besides, Tol won't be used to the feel either. Tol sniffed the saddle for a long time, nudging and pushing it around with his muzzle. I turned it around for him to see all the angles of the saddle. He had always been very cautious about new things and this strange saddle was no exception. Finally, he turned away from the saddle, and stared at me, almost looking like he knew that strange object had to go on his back, and he may as well get it over with. I pet him once more before turning to adjust his saddle blanket, and then carefully lower the saddle onto Tol's back. I have never tacked a Nera before, but I had watched others around the facility getting ready for competitions with ease, their Nera's fully used to the feel of the leather being tightened onto their bodies. Tol jumped a bit, obviously startled, but he showed no other complaint and settled down fairly easily. I was very proud of him for handling the saddle so well! I gave him a treat, and promised him a bit of extra mesh tonight. He nickered, glad to hear that I sounded pleased with him. But, when I reached to take the saddle off of his back, he bucked (Or bucked as much as he could in the cross ties), and reared away from me, the saddle still on his back. I tried to sooth him, and offered him a treat once again. He took it, and after a while the tenseness seemed to leave him and he relaxed. I waited a few more minutes just to be sure, and then reached to take the saddle off again. This time, he just glanced at me. He acted a bit weird about the whole ordeal, but he acted fine as I took the blanket and saddle back to the tack room to put away. Tol officially had his first saddle, but he definitely had a ton of things to work on.

First Ride
1/24/15

//It has been a week of hard work and lots of training for Tol and me//
I think it is finally time. I walked out towards the field, running over all of my plans for today's training. I moved purposefully slow, but even then before I knew it Tol was in the cross ties awaiting grooming. I groomed Tol and tacked him, which we could now do in a matter of minutes very easily. Tol and I had improved with the bulky weight of the tack, and it is now much easier for both of us to work with. After bridling Tol I lead him to our riding ring. There was a slight slope, and then it flattened out and curved to the right. After one more slope, we had reached the ring. I had been walking Tol around the ring for the past two days with all his tack on, but I had decided today would be different. I walked Tol around the ring very slowly, still mulling over my plans. But after a few laps Tol was obviously bored of walking around in slow circles. I didn't know why I was so hesitant, Tol's training had been going wonderfully. I knew it was more me I was worried about rather than Tol. Or maybe it was both of us I was I walking so slowly for. None of that mattered any more though. I walked Tol over to the mounting block and stopped him next to it. I gave Tol a pat on the shoulder before pulling his reins over his head. I held them lightly in my hand so that they were slack and I wasn't pulling on them at all. By this point, Tol had realized that today was no normal training day, and that we were doing something completely different. But despite his growing concern, he stood still and waited patiently. I leaned about half of my weight on Tol's back for a good minute or so before leaning off of him. I pat him on the neck and talked to him reassuringly. He turned and sniffed the saddle before turning back to me. I leaned back onto Tol, this time putting more of my weight on his back. He grunted a bit, the new weight obviously different for him. I continued to lean on him though, and once I leaned away Tol still looked okay with the situation. I decided to finally put all of my weight on his back, and l laid across the saddle, my chin bumping into the stirrup on Tol's right. Tol did grunt very much at this, but that was all he did. I smiled to myself and after a good ten minutes I removed myself once again from Tol's back and gave him many praises and treats. But our training was not done yet. I felt confident we could have our first ride today. I lifted myself up and swung my leg over his back, fitting both feet into the stirrups and gathering the reins. Tol immediately whipped his head back and began sniffing and shoving at me a bit. I soothed him down though, and pet his neck when he turned back around. He just stood there, and for a moment I was in shock that we had actually done it. But then I gathered my senses and gave Tol a slight kick to get him going. He immediately began a nice energetic walk and seemed pretty perky about the whole situation. It was almost like he had known I was going to have to eventually use the tack I had been putting on him for the past week. "Your such a good, smart boy!" I whispered to Tol, leaning down a bit towards his head. He flicked his ears and I gave him a pat before tugging on the reins slightly to the left to keep him on the edge of the ring. We walked a few laps and trotted a few strides before walking a final lap around. Tol did the whole thing without any fuss, starting up a perfect trot and slowing down right when I told him to. I knew we were going to be a wonderful team in the competitions, I just knew it.

[Claire1039]

Extra Writing



First Saddle Blanket
//Three days after I adopted Tolmu, two days after I bought Tol's tack//
Tol is being extra good today! Not that he isn't normally better than perfect, but today he just seemed to be striving to do good. I walked to get grooming supplies for Tol, and once again saw the tack bin labeled Tolmu, with all of his tack inside of it. A crazy idea hatched in side of my head and I soon knew exactly what I was going to do with Tol today. I grabbed his grooming supplies and went out to get Tol from his field. Tol was waiting at the gait, like he normally was.

I have been trying to visit him at the same time each day to teach him when I normally visit. So far it seems like he is remembering the time pretty well, he is normally always by his gait when I come up to see him. I looped his halter over his head and attached the lead rope. It was a bit muddy outside, and I could already tell his hands were going to need a lot of help.

I groomed him down, being extra careful with his hands and face. Once he was finally groomed, I decided to tell Tol what we were going to do today. I got Tol's saddle blanket from his tack trunk and showed it to him. He didn't really pay much attention to it, which surprised me. Normally Tol was much more cautious with new things. A few sniffs here and there and Tol turned away, and began listening to a squirrel rusting the leaves a few feet away. I shrugged, and lowered the blanket onto Tol's back. I guess he wasn't expecting it to actually go on him, because as soon as it touched his back he shook and the blanket fell to the ground. He didn't look at all pleased that I had put that thing on him. I gave him a pat on the shoulder and let him sniff the blanket once more. This time he spent a lot longer, analyzing the blanket and checking it all over. I eventually took the blanket away and put it back in Tol's tack trunk. I would try again tomorrow and see if we couldn't improve our first experience, but I was still glad that we had tried.



Training Update (1/19/15)
//It is two days after Tol's first saddle. We have been working on his saddle for all of the past two days//
I put Tol's blanket on, which we were now able to do without any investigation of the blanket by Tol. It did still take a little persuasion to get the saddle on though. Luckily we have had only two episodes where it was difficult to either get the saddle on, or take it off. I had groomed Tol when I had just gotten there, and I had put him in his stall.

When I had gone out to get Tol he hadn't been anywhere to be seen. It was the first time Tol had really wandered off to explore his field, so I was excited to see if he enjoyed it. It had taken me some time to find Tol, but I eventually found him climbing up the cliff and trees. As soon as he saw me he hopped down from the tree he had been on, and walked over. I gave him a quick pat before leading him out of his pen, and into his stall.

I put his blanket on, which he now took way more comfortably than he had when he had just tried it on for the first time. I took out his saddle and put it on top of the blanket. I had noticed yesterday that after I had put the saddle on Tol would always shift a bit until he got the saddle to slide down some. Today I had decided to try putting it on a bit lower, and he hadn't fidgeted at all. I gave Tol a treat for doing very well with his saddle before moving on with today's training. I had been putting the saddle on very loosely, but today I wanted to try tightening it just a few holes below where it should be, to see how he would do. I carefully tightened one side, and then the other, and then slid my hand under the saddle to make sure it was just slightly tight. Tol grunted a bit, but once I gave him a small peppermint he quieted down, and the tighter saddle seemed a success for Tol. I decided I would leave the saddle on for half an hour or so, since he was going to have it on for longer periods of time once he was able to be ridden. I stayed with him, rubbing his neck and feeding him some hay from the barn so that he wouldn't get bored. He seemed fine with the saddle, and so I loosened it and took his tack back to his trunk. He had a small line across his wither, where the saddle must have rubbed a bit. It went away after a few minutes though, and Tol hadn't payed any attention to it, so it must not have been very bad. I brushed him off quickly under is belly and on his back where the saddle had been before walking him out to the field. I watched him walk a few feet away and lay down under the shade of a tree. He had been doing a lot of training lately and I had been expecting him to be tired. I said bye and walked back down to the barn. I had a lot of cleaning to do, all the mud on Tol was just sitting in piles in various stalls. I got a rake and pitchfork and got to work.

[Claire1039]

Extra Art



1.)
Tol's cover for the Neravontii Fun Comp



2.)
Tol eating a rodent of some sort. Most likely a rat he found wandering the barn floors

[Claire1039]

RP's



•The Land of the Neravontii's (Registering)

Owner [Username]: iRain
Rider Description [Optional]: Short female, about 5'5. She has light brown hair that reaches almost past her back. She always wears her hair in a bun or ponytail, never down. She has brown eyes and her skin is tanned from working outside in all of her free time.
Neravontii Name: Tolmu, but everyone calls him Tol
Gender: Gelded Male
Age: 3 years old
Tag #: 84
Personality [Optional]: Will develop through the RP
Crush: None
Mate: None
Offspring: None
Picture/Link: Here c:
Other: Nope

•Neravontii RP

User;

iRain

Owner;

iRain (Me :3)

Tag number;

#84

Description of rider;

Short female, about 5'5. She has light brown hair that reaches almost past her back. She always wears her hair in a bun or ponytail, never down. She has brown eyes and her skin is tanned from working outside in all of her free time.

Name;

Tolmu

Gender;

Gelded Male

Age;

3

Crush;

None

Mate;

None

Offspring;

No One

Traits/Personality;

Timid, Intelligent, Caring