This sweet girl arrived on May 3, 2009. She somehow made it under the fence in with all the other horses. Her Gramma, Delight took very good care of her so she didn't get hurt. Delight kept all the other nosey horses away from her. It proved to be a bit of a challenge to get the foal away from Delight and back to Jez. Notelle and Jez didn't take any time at all bonding and Notelle turned into quite the clingy Moma's girl.
This summer we got her halter broke and then turned her out to pasture with the gang. Notelle's training didn't resume untill this fall when we weaned her along with the boys. She spent so much time calling for her Ma that she completely lost her voice... I mean completely. So without her mother to cling to, she resorted to attaching herself to her cousin, Kah Ching. This girl is one needy gal! On the up side, she attaches to her person the same way. She now stands calmly and queitly in her tie stall of the barn without any of her buddies for company. She never did put up any kind of struggle, at her worst, she was just back and forth as far as her rope would allow her and was very vocal. Notelle has great presence. She is very up-headed and carries herself with pride. Her persoanlity is so sweet, she just wants to please. She looks like papa and has mama's personality. Not a bad thing, in fact it's a great thing. She is living up to her name, whats not to love!
Photos taken at 6 months old.
