Tia is here

Tia arrived at lunch time on Friday afternoon. She is so big!
We very quickly put Bella in with her as they were checking each other out under the fence. They walked away together like old friends, even drinking from the water bucket together! great sign as they were both going to Broomfield today.
Cathy loaded them both in the morning, no real problems. Donna and I went in the car so we didn't have to drive the lorry back till tomorrow night. Tia came off the lorry quite RB which was no surprise as we know we're asking a lot of her. She wasn't happy in the stable, lots of kicking and little rears, but she settled down eventually.
Our first session frightened the hell out of me and I did think I'd bitten off more than I could chew! Cathy said that thought was normal, everybody did it! Maybe I can do this after all... so glad Cathy was there or I think I might have sent her back, lol.
We found that a lot of what I thought was her saying "NO" was actually "I can't" rearing, mini bucks and head shaking... disengaging helped a little but moving to a different place was what really changed things for her. We managed to play all 7 games in the morning, with lots of trips to Bella for comfort.
The afternoon session was different again... it was me that went RB when Marie was warming up her horse using lots of pressure, causing it to bronco buck, rear and gallop around. I wanted to hide behind Cathy never mind about Tia! Cathy suggested doing little things like getting Tia to put her head down with porcupine game. We also managed to find a few itchy spots which Tia really enjoyed and she even started to groom me as well :o) We spent the last hour hand grazing around the arena. I love the way she's starting to check in with me, just a gentle touch with her nose, think I love this horse already!
Mentally and physically I feel like I've done 3 days already... but I'm so looking forward to tomorrow.