Inshallah Settles In
Just thought you might like to know how Shallah is settling in after his first week! We both came home without incident, and while our “goon squad” raced and bucked around in the pasture, Shallah looked at his new digs and promptly got down to the business of grazing, ignoring the squealing, bucking and farting happening in the pen next door.
He was soon introduced to his new mate, Aslan, and that’s when the skies opened up and rained for something like 40 days and 40 nights. I’m sure Inshallah thought he had been taken someplace where the sun never shines! It took him less than 24 hours to associate my presence with his new feed bucket, and slightly longer to associate me with pimply-grip rubber curry massages.
He received a pony manicure, a few lessons in good manners, and an introduction to ground driving 101. He takes to everything like a pro – he’s a very smart boy – and he will soon be starring in his own video, “Inshallah the Dancing Dressage Arab”. Ha ha!
Seriously, though, he settled in remarkably smoothly and quickly, and is coming to understand that I am not going to ask him to do anything that will send him into a panic attack, but he is also learning that he must behave like a gentleman (no dancing in the barn aisles). He is learning to relax and trust me and I, in turn, am learning to relax and trust him. We’ve gone riding twice now in the arena and it has been very good!
Thank you all for everything!
Rachael
