When we dropped Danny off at Endar on Saturday, Marilyn, the barn manager at Endar, said he would stay in the Mare Motel till he settled into his new surroundings and then be introduced into his new pasture on Tuesday. She said she would call me Tuesday afternoon and give me an update on Danny's introduction to his new friends.
Well, Tuesday came and went and no call from Marilyn. I was dying to find out how my "little man" was doing as he made new friends on the playground. I prayed he picked the right fights and made the right friends so he doesn't end up as low-man on the totem pole or the outcast.
Around 2:00 this afternoon, I finally received the call I was waiting for. Marilyn reported that they put Danny into the pasture with 3 other geldings, he trotted around, found a bay gelding named Dreamer to make friends with, and that was it. I had somewhat warned Marilyn that Danny had a wild side to him so she was probably expecting a show. Needless to say, the scene was very anti-climactic. She checked on him 4 times before calling me and said he's just wandering the pasture with his new buddy, Dreamer. I had to stop myself from laughing when Marilyn said, "He's just such a quite horse. He's so calm." I thought maybe she was watching the wrong bay horse in the pasture.
So Danny is happy, has made a friend, and is settling nicely into his new retired life. I just can't wait to see his face light up when I finally get to see him on Friday.
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