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Post by <Amy> on Mar 20, 2009 19:32:18 GMT -6
Taylor smiled and nodded, taking the towels back from Amaris and offering her the grooming kit instead. When Amaris unbolted the stable door, Ty followed her in, leaving Maya outside so Dream wouldn't be crowded and the foal wouldn't feel threatened by the wolf-like dog. Inside the stall, Taylor murmured soft praises to Dream before kneeling down in the sawdust, ignoring how dirty it would make her jeans. She clicked her tongue softly to get the young colt's attention, putting down all the towels except one. Unfolding it, Taylor smiled and held her arms open and gently put the towel around the colt's chest, sides and back so his head was over the towel fold.
"Hey there baby" Ty said softly, smiling brightly as she gently messaged the foal's sides through the towel. "You're such a handsome boy, you'll make your dad proud."
Making sure the little colt could clearly see his mother and wouldn't be able to kick her, Ty continued massaging the little foal's sides and back to get the remaining goop off of him. Moving from his sides and back, Ty grabbed a fresh towel and opened it and looped it under the colt's belly so she could dry his underside.
"Have you thought of a name for him, Amaris?" Ty asked as she worked, unable to look away from the adorable bay foal as she was cleaning him up.
They would soon have to register the colt as a Warlander with the association but that could wait. Either way he would need a name sooner or later.
"What's your name little fella?" Ty whispered as she carefully cleaned the foal's legs.
Her old riding instructor from the Dakotas had once told her a foal would tell its owner his or her name in its own time. Invisible Ink had already come with his name but it had seemed to fit him so well and he had always agreed to it that Taylor had held no gripes against it. Lady, it had also seemed to just fit the mare because if she were human, Taylor could just imagine her being a slender but strong woman that would wear fine gowns of white and be royalty or some sort of mystical creature just because she was so graceful in the ring. What would suit this little guy?
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