Amy wakes up the next day early before getting ready and she headed to the house for some breakfast. She meets Jack in the house before getting some food read to cook.
"You can cook?" Lou asks as she enters the kitchen. Amy laughs, "Somewhat, I needed to learn when the foster parents that weren't so nice wouldn't do much in the way of food."
There was some more silence in that moment before Amy asks a question. "So what kind of horses are here at Heartland?"
"Well, my daughter Marion used to help rescue and damaged horses, so that is some of what we do even though we aren't sure how to go about it now that Marion is gone. She was the only one that could get a horse and how to help it."
"That sounds like some amazing work, I can't wait to see it for myself."
"You will see some of it later today, Ty is working at the clinic with Scott and mentioned that he is bringing over a horse with behavioral problems and he wants us to take a look at the horse."
"Alright. Well while I wait I better get to work." Amy finished her breakfast before nodding to them and leaving. Lou looks after her with a curious look on her face.
"She is an interesting girl." Lou comments before getting up and getting ready. Jack just shakes his head.
Amy is doing her daily chores before she notices an office in the back of the barn and curiosity gets the better of her. She notices a whole bunch of herbs and other interesting things. She looks at the pictures on the wall and guesses that this used to be Marion's office. She notices that there are a few journals on a bookshelf and looks through it noticing that the books are more about the horses and the problems that are with them as well as some solutions or remedies that could be helpful.
She puts the journal back in its place deciding that she would read more at night before going back to work. She is filling one of the water troughs when she notices a truck coming with a trailer hooked up to it. They stop at the house where Ty and another guy get out of the truck. Ty looks over and sees Amy before waving at her. Amy waves back before going back to work.
Scott looks over to where Ty waved and noticed a girl. "Who's the girl?"
"Huh, oh that's Amy, Jack just hired her as the new ranch-hand."
Scott hums before heading inside to get Jack. He comes back out and explains the situation to Jack as he goes. "This is Prince. He is not letting anyone near him. There are no physical problems with him and he needs to be re-homed."Jack nods his head, "We'll be happy to take a look at him for you."
Amy is watching from a distance knowing that she shouldn't get to close because she doesn't know what is wrong with the horse. She waits for Ty to get him into the round pen before climbing the wooden fence and asking about the horse. Ty tells her about the horse and what Scott told Jack.
"Okay Jack he is ready."
"Ready for what?" Amy asks interested.
"In something called the join-up. We get the horse to go in circles and then when we think that the horse trusts us, we stop and turn away to see if the horse will come to us and that is a join up."
Amy nods her head.
Ty and Jack get started on the horse, but the horse doesn't seem to want to play along. Ty though has to leave so Jack decides to end it for the day. He puts him into a stall and lets Amy get to work.
At dinner Amy was wondering about something, "What is re-homing exactly?"
"We fix the horse and then we find people who want to buy a horse and try to sell the horse."
"What happens when you can't fix the horse."
"We try to keep the horse as long as we can so that we can continue to work with them, but if the owners don't like that they are either put down or sold to meat trucks."
Amy is shocked at what would happen if they weren't able to fix a horse.
After dinner, Amy sneaked downstairs and into Marion's office, she takes one of the journals before going back up to the loft to read it. She was reading for a couple of hours before she decided that she needed to sleep if she was going to be of any use tomorrow.
The next morning Ty has the day off so he comes over earlier than usual so that he can help Jack with Prince. He opens the door to the house to find Amy cooking breakfast again. He looks on in confusion for a second before smiling at her and sitting down at the table.
"Do you want some breakfast?" Amy asks him.
"Sure."
"So are you working with Prince again today."
"Yep. As soon as Jack is ready we are going to get started."
"Cool, maybe I can watch some more after I finish my chores."
"Yeah maybe."
They are smiling at each other across the table as they eat breakfast. Jack comes in and sees them smiling at each other before he walks into the kitchen and grabs some coffee.
"Hey Jack if I finish my chores earlier can I watch you and Ty work with Prince."
Jack looks at her and she gives him some puppy dog eyes, he sighs before nodding his head. She smiles and jumps up before running out the door to get started on her chores. Ty and Jack look at each other before laughing.
She is able to finish her chores earlier than usual which allows her to watch Ty make the horse go around and around. Caleb arrives and after he gets out of his truck goes to sit next to Amy on the wooden posts. He tries to flirt with her again, but she is oblivious, she is just answering his questions while watching Ty and Jack. Ty looks over and smothers a laugh at Caleb's massive failure and the look on his face. Jack looks over as well and notices that Caleb is finally there.
"Caleb, where have you been!"
"Uh in my trailer?" He says making it sound like a question.
"Well now that you are here you should get started on your work, shouldn't you?"
"Yes sir." Caleb jumps down and heads into the barn.
Jack and Ty continue for a few more hours before they stop and let Prince out into the field with the other horses. "That's enough for today, he isn't going to trust us today."
Mallory arrives at Heartland and comes looking for Amy.
"Amy, you ready for your riding lesson."
"Sure, if it is okay with Jack." Sh asks as she looks at Jack who nods his head.
"Alright which horse will I be riding on?"
"It will be my horse Copper. He is reliable and stable, he won't freak out or anything."
"Good to know. Alright where do we start?"
Mallory starts her off by teaching her how to saddle the horse, when they are able to get that done well Mallory has Amy get up on the horse. They are in the round pen where Mallory is directing Amy and telling her what she needs to do. Amy seems to be a natural at being able to ride a horse.
At dinner Jack asks about the riding lesson. "I don't know how well it went, you would have to ask Mallory."
They all look at Mallory who says that she is basically a natural. Jack looks impressed. After dinner Amy is back in the loft reading the rest of the first journal. She is learning more and more about horses and how to help them. She wants to try and help Prince, but she is going to need more riding lessons. Amy sneaks back down into the office and puts the journal back before she grabs a different one.
I decided to wait on Spartan until she had a little more experience on horses. Now I don't know much about horses other than what I have watched from this show. I don't know how much I will focus on her learning to ride other than the occasional mention.