Baby it's cold outside!

[Demeter Carr]

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Demeter was ever so thankful that her barn was wide enough to drive a tractor into, as it had meant that she could easily back her truck into the barn and stop so that the ramp would be as close to the stall she wanted as possible. "Breakfast is coming!" She assured the few horses she had in the barn, who were all demanding their breakfast right now, since she had arrived so early, and noisily.

Shaking her head, she opened the door of the stall she would be leading the horse into, lowered the back ramp and walked up to where the bay Holsteiner was waiting, showing no hurry to get off the truck, or even move really. "All you need to do, it walk down the ramp and into the nice deep bed that's waiting for you." She said softly as she pulled the rope lose and pushed the gelding's hip to turn him. Clicking her tongue, she encouraged him forward, and with each slow step, she kept encouraging the gelding forward, step by step until they walked into the stall and she removed the halter from his head. "Rest, little one, it's been a long night." At close to seventeen hands, the horse was anything but little, but it had been a long night, and the vet left the gelding to explore his stall.

"Yes, you're all starving and likely to waste away if you aren't feed in the next ten seconds." She laughed as she was once again greeted by the stomping of hooves. "Just let me remove the truck so we can move around a bit easier." The royal we of course, as Demeter wasn't expecting anyone else to be up this early in the weekend; not with the weather so chilly.

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LYRICS: B.O.B. & Hayley Williams
NOTES:
CREDITS: Thanks to BUNNYA! at Caution 2.0}

[Karina Fuchs]

Karina grumbled as her alarm went off, realizing as soon as she heard the blaring noise that there was no gymnastics practice - She'd only set her alarm out of habit. However, not wanting to build bad habits, she rolled out of bed, and decided that she'd go down and see Cas, and maybe help with feeding if she wasn't getting in Dr. Carr's way. Ella was used to a later start, since Kari's routine was to care for her after practice anyway.

After getting dressed and filling a thermos with hot water and a tea bag, Karina left her room and walked slowly down to the vet barns, smiling at the tiny amount of snow on the ground - Just a small dusting, barely an inch, but just enough to make it feel like winter.

As she approached the barn, she spotted the truck backed into the barn, and skirted around it to find the vet preparing to remove said vehicle. She stepped out of the way hurriedly and smiled at the woman, "Good morning, Dr. Carr."

[Demeter Carr]

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Demeter jumped when she heard her name, looking suspiciously toward the horses, eyebrow arched, and then smiled toward Karina. "Good morning." She replied. "I didn't expect to see anyone else here so early in the morning. I'll get this old girl out of the way, and then we'd better feed this lot since I woke them up early." She pointed down to the stall where she had put Romeo. "Bay Holsteiner gelding down there. Can you please look in on him, not the friendliest horse in the world, and let me know if he's still on his feet or lying down." With another grin, she closed the truck door and drove out of the barn to park in the covered spot next to the other barn.

She wasn't too worried if the gelding had decided that he wanted to sleep lying down, at least his bed here would be a lot softer than the one he had been in when she had been called out the evening before.

With a slight bounce in her step, she made her way back into the barn and straight to the feed room, where she began to fill the hay-cart with enough flakes of hay for her residents and then began to fill out a new spot on the white-board for Romeo's feed.

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LYRICS: B.O.B. & Hayley Williams
NOTES:
CREDITS: Thanks to BUNNYA! at Caution 2.0}

[Karina Fuchs]

Karina felt bad that she'd startled the woman, but couldn't apologize since she was given immediate directions on making herself useful. She nodded and headed down the row of stalls to peek in on the bay gelding. He was standing, although facing the back wall.

She saw Dr. Carr heading for the feed room after parking the truck and headed there to report, and help with feeding, "He was standing. Quiet, didn't react to me but I didn't go too close because I wanted to give him space. Facing the back wall." She glanced up at the board and then set to work sorting out the rest of the feed that wasn't already in the hay cart.

[Demeter Carr]

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Demeter nodded at the news she was given, unsure if she was pleased or saddened by the news. At least it she wouldn't have to worry about not being able to get him up again. "Romeo is what happens when you overwork a horse." She explained as she capped the pen and went onto helping sort out feeds, adding the mineral block that the gelding would have in his stall. She'd need to look at putting a few thing in the stall to keep the gelding occupied while he was cooped up for a few days.

"How is Cas doing?" While she was on top of the horses' medical requirements, she remained out of the everyday things of the horses in the barn who were being looked after by the students, only intervening when she needed to, and this gave her a good chance to get to know how the student was doing with the rather fiery Lustino. "If you can take the feed buckets and distribute them, I'll push the hay cart and give everyone their flake and then see what Mr Grumpy-pants thinks of the mineral block." She'd also check the gelding's stats while she was in there.

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LYRICS: B.O.B. & Hayley Williams
NOTES:
CREDITS: Thanks to BUNNYA! at Caution 2.0}

[Karina Fuchs]

Karina frowned, "Poor horse." Why people would get an animal without doing their research, and learning about how to do things properly, she couldn't understand.

She grinned at the question about Cas, thinking about the Lusitano, whose name fit him well. "He's learning. I can usually get him to put his head down now, because it usually means we're going outside. I've been working with the bridle and halter, and he's been pretty good. I think he may be ready for a quick ride in the arena soon." Premack principle for the win, although it had taken quite a fair bit of time to get to this point. And trailering him anywhere was still a long way off. "I didn't want to start riding until we were familiar, and could do it regularly without a fight about his head."

She nodded and picked up the feed buckets, glad they all had names on them. Looping all of the handles over her left arm, she led the way out of the feed room and started using her right and dumping the contents into each horse's feeder.

[Demeter Carr]

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"People tend to forget that horses aren't machines and just because someone has told you that the horse you are buying not only has a perfect pedigree, which I don't doubt this guy has, they aren't as old or trained to the level the person is selling them as." She shrugged. "A vet check should be a requirement for every first-time horse owner."

She nodded as she listened to the girl talk about how she was going with her gelding, and from how the horse was when he arrived, there was a high chance that he was heading toward a very early retirement. From the fact alone that Karina had almost worked through his head-shyness, she knew there was hope for the talented horse. "Come and see me if you would like someone on the ground when you decide he's ready to be ridden."

While she had no issues with just throwing the flakes of hay into the other stalls, when she reached Romeo's, she picked up the things she had for him and let herself into the stall. "Thank you for your help." She said as she paused after closing the door. "I am in your debt, because I could have had an interesting time feeding them if you hand't have arrived when you did." With a smile, she turned her attention to the Holsteiner. "Here's some hay." She said as she approached him from the side and dropped it on the ground in front of him. "Have you had one of these in a while?" She scooped a bit of water from the trough and sprinkled it onto the mineral block before she held it out to the gelding. "Smells good, doesn't it?" She grinned as he turned his neck to face her and then took a step forward to sniff the block and then ran his tongue over it, though he quickly lost interest in it and turned away again. "Small steps." She said as she placed the block into the holder on the wall and backed toward the door. "At this rate, I think we'd lose in a race against a snail." She laughed as she exited the stall.

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LYRICS: B.O.B. & Hayley Williams
NOTES:
CREDITS: Thanks to BUNNYA! at Caution 2.0}

[Karina Fuchs]

Karina nodded at the vet's offer, "I'd appreciate that, thank you." She'd been hoping to have someone around, and the vet would be a good person to have nearby - A familiar face for the gelding and someone who could give advice if it proved necessary.

She smiled at the thanks, "You are welcome." She stepped back as the woman approached Romeo's stall, not wanting to interfere with the vet's work, and walked over to Cas' stall instead, watching the gelding enjoying his ration of grain. At least he didn't have an issue with being in the barn or in a stall, just trailers and anything that moved. It was a bit cold to leave him out in the yard all day, although she knew that other horses adjusted just fine to that too.