day two

This is most of the message I sent to Gwin's previous owner tonight:

"Today, Gwin did very well. She's making friends in her pen already, and when I brought her back out to release her tonight the others were SO happy to see her. There was a lot of nose rubbing and snuggling going on out there.

Tonight, I rode her for the first time since she's been here. Only two days, I know, but it feels longer.
She did so well. She was a little jumpy about getting ready to go, but not too bad.

Linda is really liking her, too. She says Gwin has a good demeanor and personality. She really is wonderful.
Linda helped me out a lot with the reigns, positioning, warning Gwin with a slide before directioning, twisting my body and looking where I'm going, etc…
It was so much fun.

I could tell Gwin wanted to follow Julio, the horse Zeek was riding tonight. Every time we would get near him she would wander closer and closer.
She got right and obeyed, though.

I am thinking about signing up for a workshop over Memorial weekend. It's two days - with your horse - some ground work, mostly riding - learning natural horsemanship. I think Gwin will like it, too.

She seems so much more comfortable and at ease today. I would have thought she was relaxed when she was so still before, but now that she's looking around and leading to check things out more, I can tell that it's exactly the opposite. She must be more explorative and nimble when she's comfortable.

We put a blanket on her before we turned her out tonight. It's supposed to be a cold rain, and although the two horses she's seeming to be "in" with are the top two (so we're pretty sure she'll be under the shelter anyway) she'll be warm just incase her newness gets her booted out."