Busy Boy

Jinx had a busy first day, which included unloading, figuring out that his life had been turned upside down, making some friends and lots of enemies, meeting his new big brother, getting hosed and brushed, learning it's okay to take treats and that they are actually really yummy, and our biggest task yet: learning that fly spray is NOT the devil. He also got his whiskers trimmed off and his bridle path cut.

Today, we had a horse show at our barn. Which meant lots of things for Jinx to look at and freak out about. He was a little leery of the chairs and people cheering and clapping, but he learned to deal with it. I took him on the trail in hand walking with Cortney, and he was well behaved, except for the pulling. He only stopped to spook at the dogs barking and some birds flying out of the bushes. I also held him outside the ring for a good few hours so that he could socialize with people and get used to all of the excitement. He was very, very well behaved given that he had been at this barn for less than 24 hours, and then we threw a horse show into the mix.

I tried to introduce him to his big brother today, but Izz was having no parts of this strange new horse that was eating up all of his Mom's attention.

And now for a few pictures!