Conor looked over to Rose as he finished securing the barn door for them. "I'll double check on her, but from what I noticed this morning she seemed quite well healed. Wouldn't hurt to have a closer look though." Conor replied as he followed her towards the tack room. Taking the proffered leads and halters from Rose he gave her a reassuring smiled, "I'll bring out the rest of the gear to the benches. It'll be easier to sale them out there and use the bar to tether them while we saddle up." Conor went on to say at Rose's comment of meeting them out there. Conor made quick work of getting the rest of the gear rounded up and set on the bench outside for them to saddle the horses.<br/><br/>With one more look at the neat piles to make sure he had everything and to check that Thomas was staying by his side he led the way towards River and the other two horses they would be saddling up for the ride. Because River wasn't completely healed Conor didn't want to ride her all the way down, but he did want to take her along on lead with a saddle to get her used to it again. If she was as healed as he thought her to be. As they finished with the first two and neared River Conor watched as Thomas checked her over. Sanding behind his son he also check to see how the sores were healing and smiled at her reaction to his son's care. "That she is, soon you'll be able to ride her without even remembering how she used to be. See Thomas, any horse can be trained, even one as skittish as River, all they need is to learn to trust you. If you're gentle with them and treat them kindly they'll be your best friend. River here is learning that we'll not hurt her." Conor explained.<br/><br/>He got her lead on her with relatively little challenge. She didn't buck or pull away like she had at first, but she did nip at his arm and hand as he worked. He chuckled at her antics. "You want an apple don't you girl. You got used to me giving you apples whenever I checked you over. Don't you worry. I got some apples with the saddles so if your good, I'll give you an extra one," Conor told the horse with a loving pat on the side of her head as he gathered her lead into the same hand he held the other two.<br/><br/>He looked at Thomas and Perry interacting and smiled proudly. "I think you'll be even taller then me Thomas, you are already taller then I was at your age and you haven't even hit  your growth spurt yet," Conor told his son with a big smile. "Soon tike you'll be able to saddle him yourself." Conor measured him as he finished with the lead and held it out toward Thomas. "Why don't you lead Perry, just like I showed you, he'll follow us as we walk." Conor instructed as he started to lead the way back towards the benches where he could then proceed to saddle the horses with Rose and Thomas to help him. River nipped at the base of his neck where the short hairs curled around his collar as they walked with caused Conor to laugh.