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Post by aoconnor on Apr 19, 2017 12:39:43 GMT
I am looking for a step up horse for our soon to be 9 year old grand daughter. We are going the Western Pleasure route, with some arena trail and maybe poles thrown in for fun. We are in a North Central Texas, but I am willing to have a horse shipped here if it's the right horse. We want either mare or gelding, 14-16 hands, at most up to age 15. Western Pleasure shown successfully. Kid savvy, no issues. Will need to see several videos and a clean bill of health from your local vet.
If you have or know of anything, please contact me via pm. I am not putting a price out there, but will tell you if you need to know by pm. Thanks for any info....
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Post by paquebot on Apr 27, 2017 0:45:43 GMT
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Post by aoconnor on Apr 27, 2017 12:03:42 GMT
paquebot, Thank you for the link. Unfortunately they have no finished Western Pleasure horses. Their stallions are lovely, but not proven in the ring themselves, their get (babies) are not proven, and they are asking a boatload of money for very green horses. I have to be extremely cautious in what I purchase, it is for my grand daughter who is not a very experienced rider, so the horse I get will heave to be very solidly sane and sound and well broke. I appreciate the hep! Thank you again!
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Post by here to stay on Apr 27, 2017 15:17:36 GMT
Finding the right horse for a child is hard. Not only do they have to be good at whatever discipline is needed, they have to be a magic mix of cooperative (so they don't take advantage of the inexperienced) and independent (so they refuse to do the first stupid thing the child asks) and kindly (so the confused signals a child give doesn't upset them.) Not easy to find as people who have one don't let them go. I have one who is 26 and who I will lovingly care for til death. She earned it.
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Post by paquebot on Apr 28, 2017 0:47:06 GMT
On the J&J horses, I think that Jill's twin boys are 9 now. Some of the pictures on Facebook are amazing as to what they can teach those horses. Being fearless, the boys will stand on the backs of some. Their father, Enos, starts the horses and the boys work on finishing them. Emphasis is on trail riding and then one can work up from there.
Martin
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Post by aoconnor on Apr 30, 2017 11:52:37 GMT
After a long search we have at last found our new horse! She is a lovely Palomino QH mare, 5 years old, and very quiet and sound of mind. I never consider putting a young rider on a young horse, but this mare is the exception. She is a same sire sibling to a yearling gelding I own, and I am familiar with the lines on her dams side. She comes from a long line of very sound, sane horses, and has proven to be just that. I pick her up tomorrow and we begin training with our grand daughter on her in a couple of weeks.
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Post by here to stay on Apr 30, 2017 14:03:15 GMT
Congratulations. Horses with great minds are born, not made. Tessie, my now 26 yr old, was bought at age 5 almost instantly when I arrived at her ranch to see her tied to a hitching post, all by herself, by a length of bailing twine around her neck, with one front foot cocked forward. She was dozing and her foot was lifted because she had tweaked one heel of her shoe so that it was twisted 2 inches down.
Patience like that is who she was every day of her life.
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Post by Woodpecker on Apr 30, 2017 16:38:37 GMT
That's wonderful you were able to find the perfect horse! I enjoyed watching the video (I'm almost positive it was you) when one of your horses was at a show.) I would like to watch it again...where was it posted aoconnor, I can't seem to find it and it was so much fun watching it. |
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Post by aoconnor on May 1, 2017 12:07:46 GMT
That's wonderful you were able to find the perfect horse! I enjoyed watching the video (I'm almost positive it was you) when one of your horses was at a show.) I would like to watch it again...where was it posted aoconnor , I can't seem to find it and it was so much fun watching it. , I am glad we finally found a horse for my GD, we have been looking for several months! I havent posted any any videos of my guys for a long time, so I think it was definitely someone else's video you watched:-). Hopefully I will have some show footage soon though! |
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Post by here to stay on May 1, 2017 16:02:04 GMT
aoconnor , photos are wanted. Although I admit that my horses are still a bit shaggy right now.
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Post by aoconnor on May 1, 2017 20:43:15 GMT
here to stay, I will upload some later this evening! She is beaten up pretty badly by a stallion she was in with, thankfully all those wounds will heal. She is not pregnant, thank goodness! Just needs a couple of weeks to get well and get in shape.
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Post by countrymom22 on May 1, 2017 21:33:34 GMT
So glad you found a good horse! Those babysitter horses are hard to come by at any price! Can't wait to see the pictures!
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Post by mollymckee on May 2, 2017 3:32:00 GMT
I'm glad you found a horse for your DGD. I hope it's a great pairing, and we get to see lots of pictures!
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Post by aoconnor on May 2, 2017 12:24:22 GMT
Thanks everyone! I am in love with the new mare, she is just as gentle and quite as she can be. We had to bathe her yesterday, I'm sure that was a first for her, but she stood really well for me. I also had to wrap her knees to get the injuries calmed down, she really is quiet and let me crawl around her without moving much. Today I will saddle her and walk around, but I won't get on her until her legs are healed up.
Like my vet said yesterday, some people (her previous owner) should never be allowed to own pets or have children. This mare was out with her own sire to try and get her bred. When the stallion kicked her in the face and then forced her through a fence, the owner didn't bat an eye, he left her out there cut up and bleeding. She is in a stall in my barn now, and yesterday evening I was trying to shift horses to accommodate a late comer to dinner. The new mare kept rushing to get back to her stall she was in, and absolutely did not want to go back outside! I guess a safe, dry place with food is going to be her comfort for a few days. Once she understands that she will be in the barn each night, and that it is consistent food, she will be fine.
My grand daughter named her Crystal:-)
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Post by aoconnor on May 2, 2017 12:24:44 GMT
Thanks everyone! I am in love with the new mare, she is just as gentle and quite as she can be. We had to bathe her yesterday, I'm sure that was a first for her, but she stood really well for me. I also had to wrap her knees to get the injuries calmed down, she really is quiet and let me crawl around her without moving much. Today I will saddle her and walk around, but I won't get on her until her legs are healed up.
Like my vet said yesterday, some people (her previous owner) should never be allowed to own pets or have children. This mare was out with her own sire to try and get her bred. When the stallion kicked her in the face and then forced her through a fence, the owner didn't bat an eye, he left her out there cut up and bleeding. She is in a stall in my barn now, and yesterday evening I was trying to shift horses to accommodate a late comer to dinner. The new mare kept rushing to get back to her stall she was in, and absolutely did not want to go back outside! I guess a safe, dry place with food is going to be her comfort for a few days. Once she understands that she will be in the barn each night, and that it is consistent food, she will be fine.
My grand daughter named her Crystal:-)
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Post by countrymom22 on May 3, 2017 1:29:17 GMT
Poor mare! I'm sure she'll come around for you with your standard levels of TLC!
Her previous owner should be shot.
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