2013 May 11

Had a nice night, however felt very bad leaving Lilja all alone with the herd, however i made Vinur promise to look after her during the night.

It did seam to go alright though, i took some water to her, she took a little but otherwise was not too thirsty, so she hopefully has been drinking over the night.

Breakfast went well, we spread some hay out, and after Lilja settled in with a pile i decided to go and guard it / spend some undemanding time with her.  After a short while she started to move her back legs under her, i was fearing colic what with a move and a new home with new food, but she instead decided to lay down beside me.  I didnt think too much of this and just enjoyed her company, giving her a few scratches from time to time, but mostly just left my hand on her shoulder.  Sara (my fiancee) came and saw us, and although she seamed happy about it there was something else there, (i  later discovered that she was rather jelous as in the eight years of having her horse Vinur she has never been able to get close to him, whilst hes laying down, so for Lilja to laydown in front of me was a little too much for her). Lilja was very tired as her head shoock from time to time and she had her eyes closed, as well as for a short time she laid her head down on my legs.

I did find a really itchy place but i fear that i didnt scratch it right as lilja was force to get up and find a tree to scratch it properly, but then she returned and laid down beside me again and finished her nap. vinur later came over to steal some of the hay, so it was the three of us for a while until sara came and joined us.

Later in the afternoon the farrier came to look at feet, unfortunatley he is a regular farrier and not who.i want to use but hes not pregnant.  the farrier session went well, lilja has been done previously by the breeder so i was keen to get a professional eye cast over her feet. they didnt seam too bad just a little worn down in the front as she does scrape the floor often. but for saying the farrier did have a lot of strong energy and.could have (or rather should have been softer and slower) she once again took everything in her stride and was very happy with things.