Considering that she hasn't worked in who-knows-how-long, I've been going slow with in-hand work. She is incredibly settled already, and her in-hand work has been fantastic. She is working beautifully on the lounge in a relaxed, stretching, swinging trot, and the canter is weak, but she is still super relaxed and really willing to stretch over her back. What a good girl! I can't wait until she's legged up enough to get on again.
Of course, her first order of business upon arrival was apparently to scrape up her hind leg. It looked pretty gross at first, but she's completely sound and it now looks like just a flesh wound. Leave it to Dee to try to kill herself as soon as she got to Tennessee.
To her credit, everyone at the barn seems to like her. Everyone keeps telling me how absolutely gorgeous she is, and (at least for me) she has been a complete angel on the ground. Since the moment she stepped off the trailer she has been polite and relaxed. Sure, she's still a little bit of a witch when it comes to being loved on, but that's just Dee and that's part of the reason I love her!
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