well it looks like Belladonna has gone feral again [View all]
She stayed home for several days, going out on short hunting trips. She left me a 2nd mole. And then we had some beautiful weather and she left again. That was nearly 2 weeks ago.
I'm not grieving they way I did before. She didn't seem the same when she came back. She didn't hang out on the rafters any more, didn't seem playful or come looking for me...just either slept or hunted. So the bond that I thought we had formed seemed gone. There is still a bowl of food on top of the haystack, just in case. But I'm not watching for her any more.
In the meantime, I've started Dahli back under saddle. That is not going well either. She does not want to be a riding horse. She started to try to buck the first time I tried trotting her. Today, she suddenly refused even to walk forward, threw her head up and smacked me in the jaw with it. When I took her back to the barn she was fighting with her groundwork gear -- really fighting with herself. Apparently she has decided to be a freeloader. 
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