LittleRibbie
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I still cant stop with the happy tears!! First off Marty has been pulling all of our legs!! She fibs!! Holly is NOT the least bit Dirty!! Quite the contrary...she is the cleanest ( they both are ) little thing. Of course they both arrived with ribbons,bows and scrunchies INTACT!! Lots of personal info, books,feed and treats!!
They were supposed to arrive Sat PM and unfortunatly the shipper had some truck problems so they didnt get to Martys place until Sat afternoon...I felt bad for Hauled Wright but I was happy that the girls were not on the truck when it happened. Poor Marty had the girls all dressed,cleaned and wanted so bad for them to arrive spotless so she kept them in the day before. She called and was so upset because she wanted to let them out for a little, seeing as shipping was late....she was soooo worried that they'd get dirty....."Marty, jeeze dont worry about them getting dirty...I dont care"
We'll when the trailer pulled up this afternoon and these 2 little girls were standing in the back ( they had a big comfy box stall) My mouth dropped!! They looked adorable. SilverBelle was the first off...after a little sniffing and snorting...1 big leap and she was off the trailer...Holly not to be undone by SilverBelle thought she was jumping the Erie Canal...I think she jumped over SB!!
My horses were so excited and naturally all crowded around their stall to check out their new room mates. The girls will be sharing a stall for a week or so...its huge ( about 15x30) and opens up to their own pasture. To give you an idea of their stall size 9 bags of shavings then my hubby thought they should have alittle more so I think its 12 bags total! They were alittle shy for about the first 20 min. w/SB hiding behind Holly every chance she got and wanted nothing to do w/her new wicked step mother. They both rolled alittle, drank H20 and except for being alittle shy they looked great. I decided to turn them out by them selves in their pasture while I took a chair in w/them and read all the stuff Marty sent along with them. Holly was the first to come up and introduce herself after they trotted all around and smell the Fla. air. I think she knew I had carrots in my pocket ( I had forgotten about them )...well the minute she got a piece of carrot I turned into Julia Roberts....."hey this step mom aint too bad....she might be o.k. I'll give her the real Holly test later..but for now I'll just keep enjoying my carrots" It didnt take long before SB decided to introduce herself too. In 20 min. they were trotting after me running around chasing me for more treats!! Then they would go running over to check out the other horses over the fence and I would call them and they would come running right back to me. All I could do was cry happy tears.
Now its been about an hr. and I hadnt even called poor Marty to tell her they arrived safe and sound ( I had promised I'd call her the second they got here ) Well I had to drag myself away...but then its right back to the girls. I even ran back to the house to tell her that they took their first poop!! Both of them nice perfect little poops...poor Marty had told me I'd most likely have to deal w/SB projectile diareah...Nope just perfect poops!!
My only worry with them is the rain on the barn roof...its tin and can sometimes be very loud...especially the thunder and rain storms that tend to happen daily here in Fl.....I may be spending a few rainy nights out w/them....although I hope not....we'll just have to see.
Sorry this post is so long but Im just so excited that I had to let it out. But now I gotta go back and see my new girls. I took lots ofpictures and If I can get it figured out tonight I will post.
Thanks again, from the bottom of my heart to Marty,Hauled Wright,Double Diamond ( new horses = new tack) and to Mary Lou because with out this LB forum I never would have met so many helpful people....or gone from 1 horse to 7 in 3 yrs!!
Hugs to you all, Heidi
They were supposed to arrive Sat PM and unfortunatly the shipper had some truck problems so they didnt get to Martys place until Sat afternoon...I felt bad for Hauled Wright but I was happy that the girls were not on the truck when it happened. Poor Marty had the girls all dressed,cleaned and wanted so bad for them to arrive spotless so she kept them in the day before. She called and was so upset because she wanted to let them out for a little, seeing as shipping was late....she was soooo worried that they'd get dirty....."Marty, jeeze dont worry about them getting dirty...I dont care"
We'll when the trailer pulled up this afternoon and these 2 little girls were standing in the back ( they had a big comfy box stall) My mouth dropped!! They looked adorable. SilverBelle was the first off...after a little sniffing and snorting...1 big leap and she was off the trailer...Holly not to be undone by SilverBelle thought she was jumping the Erie Canal...I think she jumped over SB!!
My horses were so excited and naturally all crowded around their stall to check out their new room mates. The girls will be sharing a stall for a week or so...its huge ( about 15x30) and opens up to their own pasture. To give you an idea of their stall size 9 bags of shavings then my hubby thought they should have alittle more so I think its 12 bags total! They were alittle shy for about the first 20 min. w/SB hiding behind Holly every chance she got and wanted nothing to do w/her new wicked step mother. They both rolled alittle, drank H20 and except for being alittle shy they looked great. I decided to turn them out by them selves in their pasture while I took a chair in w/them and read all the stuff Marty sent along with them. Holly was the first to come up and introduce herself after they trotted all around and smell the Fla. air. I think she knew I had carrots in my pocket ( I had forgotten about them )...well the minute she got a piece of carrot I turned into Julia Roberts....."hey this step mom aint too bad....she might be o.k. I'll give her the real Holly test later..but for now I'll just keep enjoying my carrots" It didnt take long before SB decided to introduce herself too. In 20 min. they were trotting after me running around chasing me for more treats!! Then they would go running over to check out the other horses over the fence and I would call them and they would come running right back to me. All I could do was cry happy tears.
Now its been about an hr. and I hadnt even called poor Marty to tell her they arrived safe and sound ( I had promised I'd call her the second they got here ) Well I had to drag myself away...but then its right back to the girls. I even ran back to the house to tell her that they took their first poop!! Both of them nice perfect little poops...poor Marty had told me I'd most likely have to deal w/SB projectile diareah...Nope just perfect poops!!
My only worry with them is the rain on the barn roof...its tin and can sometimes be very loud...especially the thunder and rain storms that tend to happen daily here in Fl.....I may be spending a few rainy nights out w/them....although I hope not....we'll just have to see.
Sorry this post is so long but Im just so excited that I had to let it out. But now I gotta go back and see my new girls. I took lots ofpictures and If I can get it figured out tonight I will post.
Thanks again, from the bottom of my heart to Marty,Hauled Wright,Double Diamond ( new horses = new tack) and to Mary Lou because with out this LB forum I never would have met so many helpful people....or gone from 1 horse to 7 in 3 yrs!!
Hugs to you all, Heidi
