We were not sure how interested Lucian would be in his own pony as he has had all kinds of animals around him all his life and does not know how lucky he is to have his very own pony! But to our surprise he has been incredibly excited and adores 'Princess Luna'. It looks as if he might take an active part in her care and ride her too. Luna is an ex broodmare so seems equally pleased to have found herself her very own, first child.
We were expecting to have to be very patient with Luna because although we knew she was very quiet, we did think she might take a couple of weeks to settle in and get used to a more build up semi rural home as opposed to a field with other ponies. We thought she might be a little spooky and race around a bit but have been pleasantly surprised!
She arrived home and we tethered her infront of a haynet for 2 hours, grooming her and bonding with her while she got used to the new sounds and sights of her new home.
We led her around a bit and she met quite a lot of local children.
Then we loosed her in the 'farmyard' where she could see the rest of the animals and got to meet the rabbits and Star the guinea pig. She was totally fine with them. She had a really good look around and at first was a little clingy and followed me around. Then she looked around some more, took everything in and seemed to decide that she likes the place and became a little excited! She had a bit of a binky around and kept going in and out of the goat shed as if she was playing wendy house lol
We are thrilled that Luna has settled so quickly and doesn't seem to miss her pony friends too badly.
She will of course have the goats to be friends with and if she appears to miss pony company, we will think about getting her a mini shetland gelding companion.
Lucian has already had a little sit on her bareback and a short ride but he totally lacks good balance on her so will definitely need a cub saddle with a handle before he can go far on her!
Will be sure to add updates and video when I can :o)
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