Today, 12/30/2008, a new friend for Allie came to our barn. Piper is a 16 or 17ish little Quarter/Arabian mare. Piper's owner, a young adult, was sad to release her, but as times are hard for many of us, she could not afford to keep her. With Magic out for training, Allie was lonely and her cribbing was becoming worse, and we have the hay to feed a equine friend in need. The weather didn't help Allie's loneliness either, as Allie did not get out for lessons. Allie and Piper look a lot alike as you will see from the photos. Piper is just a lot smaller. After the normal ears forward, eyes wide and bright, squealing and sniffing between the two mares (and while keeping the mares separated by the bars of their stall fronts), Piper lifted her tail and peed her greeting! So very "marish"!!!
As there is still a bit of snow on the ground and it was getting late, we did not let Piper into the field today. We will see what tomorrow brings.
We did get Piper a very stylish set of lavender and lime grooming brushes and a hoof pick to match. The funny thing is, Piper came with a lavender flowered tail sock on her tail: I must be psychic! So, lavender is now Piper's color when we can find it, if not lavender, then lime.
We groomed Piper and she stood pretty still but displayed a good bit of curiosity about us. As to picking her hooves, she lifts each hoof for you as you come to it. Nice! I will need to call for a trim very soon, though.
One last thing: go check out my wine store: more labels being added in the next day or two.
http://www.signaturewines.com/diystorefront/index.php?store_url=Abbott
Thanks everyone!!! And Happy New Year!
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