I just got in a new horse, meet Tranquil Night, AKA Dark! He's a dapple grey tobiano APH x Friesian trained in dressage. I put him in the trailer and drove him back to my barn. He was pretty calm and I sensed that this was not the first time he's been trailered. (1) When we got to my barn I unloaded him and brought him to the dressage arena so that he could see where we will be spending most of our working time together. He sniffed the fence but seemed unfazed by the unfamiliar area. (2-3) I then brought him to Astro's pasture and let him out in there, although I let them greet each other at the gate first before letting Dark go in. (4) I watched them from inside the pasture for about half and hour before exiting the pasture and watching them some more from outside of it. (While eating ice cream, of course) (5-6) Once I was certain that they would get along fine I left and went to the barn. (7) I went to where Whirlpool's stall was and pried off his name tag before putting in Dark's in its place. (8-9) Finally I filled the stall with wood shavings and some hay and brought all my horses in for the night as the sky looked like it might rain later. When I put Dark in his stall he went straight to the hay and completely ignored me, but he seems to be settling in well so I'm not going to push it. (10) Dark is an amazing boy and I can't wait to start working with him!
@Rosestar222 - truck and trailer, boots @Mythtopianpegasus - rider base, Dark @lulu_ponies - outside of barn bg @Rockheart9 (me) - Everything else
