All together

So I reorganized my organizing. Is that even a thing? 

After putting Belle in with Gussie and Booncat- O how happy Gussie was!-  and giving Booncat a couple of days to figure out where he stood with mama Belle, I kept watching Drifter and I could see that he was bored and frustrated. So, knowing that Gussie isn't in heat and in fact is most likely in diestrus I decided to put him in with the rest of the horses. It's so good for him as far as having good equine social skills and learning that his role is not to dominate but to get along. 

The only thing I was cautious about is how he would react to Booncat. They hadn't been together before but know each other from being across the fence. 

Sure enough he did think that he could push the little guy around at first but he got educated pretty quickly!

While Belle and Booncat were living together, and after Sassy left and then Eli left, Booncat ended up bonding with Gussie. She takes pretty good care of the littles!

Drifter had a tear around before settling down to eat hay with the ladies.

I kept an eye on them for a while but Drifter didn't try it on with Booncat again. He's that kind of horse that only needs to be told once and he gets it and learns from it. I hope that eventually he will be the kind of stallion that will be a good babysitter for the babies. Some are good at it and some aren't.

Drifter's training is continuing, I'm taking it slow. He gets saddled at the trailer, and now I put a snaffle bridle on him (without the reins) while I longe him just to get him used to the bit. He really didn't mouth it much compared to some other horses. He is doing very well at longeing at the walk, trot and lope both directions on the line, next step will be to take his halter off and free longe him. 

Meanwhile, Booncat is getting some extra attention. He's so cute, he greets me when he sees me coming. I think he loves the extra attention and he really loves his kibble! I've been turning him into the foaling pen to eat it the last couple of days. It gives him the chance to have some space to himself and if the weather gets really bad I"ll put him in there in case the other horses push him out of their shelter.