18 months

Zoey turned 18 months old on October 26th. It's crazy how quickly time flies! I feel like it was just yesterday that she was that cute, tiny foal that I wanted so badly.

I brought her up from the pasture today. One of our clients has a weanling that is going to be living with the yearling herd eventually, so it's Miss Zoey's turn to befriend him. She was less than thrilled to be taken away from her buddies and made it known by pacing her stall behind the round pen while screaming. Within 5 minutes, however, she had settled down and was calmly munching on some hay.

I put her in the round pen for a few minutes tonight so that I could see how she moves. She is getting F-A-N-C-Y! She has grown quite a bit; I need to stick her at some point. She is also really intelligent and I think that she will be really easy to train. This was the first time I have had her in the round pen and asked her to work a little. She picked up on it right away, trotting calmly around the perimeter of the pen. As soon as I said "Whoa", she came to a halt and stood watching me. Love that! I also love how she was not concerned by the screams from the other yearling and the weanling that are stalled next to her behind the round pen. Good girl!

Now before anyone freaks out, I am not asking her to do much. She trotted around the round pen exactly four times-nothing too strenueous! I am not going to do anything to harm her. She is obviously growing quite a bit and the last thing that she needs is extra stress put on those bones and joints! I just want her to begin to learn some of these skills. She will get handled for a few days (walk around the arena, stand in the barn, possibly get introduced to clippers, etc) and then she will go back to the pasture.

It's so fun to be actually doing something with her! She's so pretty and is turning out to be such a good mover. It is hard for me to believe that she is mine!