After dinner, Cindy went with me to help and we harnessed up Wren, the filly who will mate up with Ron.
Got her and the team all harnessed and hooked her alongside Roz, as that is the side she will work on. Drove them around the 40×40 shed (well I drove the team, they just kind of drug Wren along for the trip!) and got along well.
So I unharnessed Roz and Wren and put Roz’s harness on Wren and hooked her up with Ron and drove them around, afoot inside the barn. That went well so we went and got the chariot and I hooked Ron and Wren to the chariot and drove them around inside the shed until I felt Wren could handle it, then Cindy opened the shed door and the gate into the big corral. I drove them out and away we went.
Had a few bobbles, but not bad, so I drove up alongside the big gate leading out of that corral towards the east and away we went again. Wren would grab herself, but I had her lead rope tied back to Ron’s hame and it wasn’t bad. She could peek over the top of her blinder on the inside and see me and the chariot behind her, but she is pretty trusting so it didn’t go bad. She mostly just kind of hung back a little and went along. When we turned around and got almost all the way back to the corral she grabbed herself and tried to stampede but me and Ron held her. She is hard on my hands!
Drove them back into the shed and unhooked and unharnessed and tomorrow hopefully I will do all this with Rill. Might not make the trip clear outside as I won’t have Cindy’s help unless I wait until she gets home from work,Ā but hopefully get her hooked to Roz anyway.
And somewhere in the middle of all this we took time out to pull about 5 porcupine quills out of Bob’s nose and lip. He got by real cheap on that deal. Hope he learned his lesson!
I came in, took a shower and am washing my clothes. Man, it is muddy out there and lots of bovine and horse excrement mixed in. I love it! š
Dennisranch 
That sounds like a very good day !! Sounds like fun too!!!
Thanks
I love reading this stuff. Been a long time since we last hooked up a horse here.
Getting muddy here, too, Pardner. I just got back from trying out a new .22 and running the pup which I hope may turn into bird hunter. Gotta clean the boots, the jeans, the truck, the gun, and the dog. Beats watching the teevee, anyway.
Poor Bob..he got by with only five quills..he was lucky..hopefully he learned all about porkypines.
Sounds like your new team members are getting a workout..great descriptions..I enjoyed them.
The wind was howling like a banshee here all night last night..and we got about an inch of snow..and it is back to cold again..that thaw sure was nice:)