Vickijay
Well-Known Member
Hello.
I did a post a few weeks ago about purchasing a very feral, well completely untouched, ISH horse from Ireland. Who I really didn't plan to have, but she was going to be pts and I had seen a picture of her, so she existed and so she had to come and live here! I thought I would do a little post about her and her progress as someone had asked. It will be picture heavy (I love a photo!)
When I last posted about her I had halter broken her (she was ran loose in and out of the truck here!), taught her that humans could touch her, taught her about leading, lunging, wearing stuff and then how have a person sit on and walk around on her. She was remarkably good about the whole thing!
Since the last post we did some work on the lunge line, no pictures of that I'm afraid as I wanted the person holding me to be paying attention to me on the baby horse! We built up to some loose trotting in the arena
Some hacking around the farm
We played with the dog agility course as she thought that was some sort of feral horse death zone
And then injury (to me) halted play and Autumn spent 3 weeks in the field! I re halter broke her, caught her in, lunged her for 5 mins and then hopped on for her 6th go at human carrying!
She had her first jump and was a pro!
She was the same about her first clip
She had her first little jump
And her schooling came on sweetly
We have been out hacking
Have splished around in the ford
We have still been doing some short schooling sessions
And this morning she learnt about dressage saddles, gold stirrups and dead sheep head bands!
I couldn't be happier with her. How far she has come in just a few weeks, from the untouched pony whose future was going to be taken away, too the dead sheep, patent wearing doll that lives here now <wub>
She is the most feral horse that I have ever owned or started and she really has reminded me how amazing these animals are. I think when we hang around with them each day and they are such big parts of our lives, its easy to forget just how special and trusting they are.
Thanks for reading x
I did a post a few weeks ago about purchasing a very feral, well completely untouched, ISH horse from Ireland. Who I really didn't plan to have, but she was going to be pts and I had seen a picture of her, so she existed and so she had to come and live here! I thought I would do a little post about her and her progress as someone had asked. It will be picture heavy (I love a photo!)
When I last posted about her I had halter broken her (she was ran loose in and out of the truck here!), taught her that humans could touch her, taught her about leading, lunging, wearing stuff and then how have a person sit on and walk around on her. She was remarkably good about the whole thing!
Since the last post we did some work on the lunge line, no pictures of that I'm afraid as I wanted the person holding me to be paying attention to me on the baby horse! We built up to some loose trotting in the arena
Some hacking around the farm
We played with the dog agility course as she thought that was some sort of feral horse death zone
And then injury (to me) halted play and Autumn spent 3 weeks in the field! I re halter broke her, caught her in, lunged her for 5 mins and then hopped on for her 6th go at human carrying!
She had her first jump and was a pro!
She was the same about her first clip
She had her first little jump
And her schooling came on sweetly
We have been out hacking
Have splished around in the ford
We have still been doing some short schooling sessions
And this morning she learnt about dressage saddles, gold stirrups and dead sheep head bands!
I couldn't be happier with her. How far she has come in just a few weeks, from the untouched pony whose future was going to be taken away, too the dead sheep, patent wearing doll that lives here now <wub>
She is the most feral horse that I have ever owned or started and she really has reminded me how amazing these animals are. I think when we hang around with them each day and they are such big parts of our lives, its easy to forget just how special and trusting they are.
Thanks for reading x