Spinning off from the Bowie Livestock Auction/O’Dwyer horses thread, I present to you the 2yo Dutch Harness duo:
Bert
and Ernie
My hauler did an EXCELLENT, most excellent job. Unfortunately, they were loaded loose and so loose when arrived, and dear Bert was at the back and not interested in any part of being caught in the trailer. As it sometimes goes with buying horses sight unseen and having them shipped to you, you get what you get and you don’t throw a fit. 
We switched to plan B (plan A being them going out in the nice, BIG grassy field at the opposite end of the property) which was to back the trailer up to the end paddock gate and unload them loose. Of course, this makes quarantining impossible with a shared fence line - I’ll deal with it. I knew it was a possibility.
Also unfortunately, due to some delays my hauler did not arrive until just 20 minutes before I had to meet the school bus down the street but it all worked out in the end. They figured out the hotwire fence in about 30 seconds and don’t seem prone to theatrics, so I wasn’t TOO concerned about leaving them alone for 10 minutes. They were right where I left them when I returned.
They are very wary of humans and pretty shut down right now given all they’ve gone through in the last month. Humans have not been their friends lately, if ever. They will need to be separated eventually, otherwise I doubt I’ll be catching either one - Ernie is slightly more amenable but he’s following Bert’s lead, and Bert says no thank you right now. Major side-eye.
That’s OK, I’ve got time.
On to the pictures:
The face that says it all.
Looking forward to following your journey with them.
