emfen1305
Well-Known Member
I will try to keep this short in length and heavy in pictures and gushyness!
After Toby's poor prognosis of returning to ridden work after his op, I had started to look for another one to run alongside him with the intention of either retiring him or loaning him as a plod. Unfortunately this was not meant to be and he became quite lame and distressed by just being a field ornament so I had to make the difficult decision to have him PTS. Just before I had the news, I had been to see a lovely cob not too far from me, ticked 95% of my boxes but felt a lot of feelings that were mostly guilt related that was making me hesitate buying him. After 3 rides I decided to take the punt and figured if I became too sad with the whole thing I could just get someone else to look after him until I felt OK.
He's been here a week now and honestly I am so glad that I did! He is an absolute dream, such a gentleman and has been so easy to do. Toby can never be replaced but Buddy (full name Budweiser) is doing a great job at reminding me why I fell in love with keeping horses. He is an 8 year old, 15'1 Irish Cob and I cannot wait to see how things go! I am waiting for the saddle fitter to come next week to get us kitted up so we have just been doing lots of in hand hacks and a bit of lunging in the school to suss each other out.
As no introduction thread is complete without photos, I've included some of his first week below!
First 5 minutes of being in the field - his new friends loved him instantly
Meeting the donkeys for the first time
Spillers apple treats get top rating
Showing an excellent likeness to his plaque (made by the lovely Helen at Helens Welsh Pony Plaques - she is amazing!)
After Toby's poor prognosis of returning to ridden work after his op, I had started to look for another one to run alongside him with the intention of either retiring him or loaning him as a plod. Unfortunately this was not meant to be and he became quite lame and distressed by just being a field ornament so I had to make the difficult decision to have him PTS. Just before I had the news, I had been to see a lovely cob not too far from me, ticked 95% of my boxes but felt a lot of feelings that were mostly guilt related that was making me hesitate buying him. After 3 rides I decided to take the punt and figured if I became too sad with the whole thing I could just get someone else to look after him until I felt OK.
He's been here a week now and honestly I am so glad that I did! He is an absolute dream, such a gentleman and has been so easy to do. Toby can never be replaced but Buddy (full name Budweiser) is doing a great job at reminding me why I fell in love with keeping horses. He is an 8 year old, 15'1 Irish Cob and I cannot wait to see how things go! I am waiting for the saddle fitter to come next week to get us kitted up so we have just been doing lots of in hand hacks and a bit of lunging in the school to suss each other out.
As no introduction thread is complete without photos, I've included some of his first week below!
First 5 minutes of being in the field - his new friends loved him instantly
Meeting the donkeys for the first time
Spillers apple treats get top rating
Showing an excellent likeness to his plaque (made by the lovely Helen at Helens Welsh Pony Plaques - she is amazing!)
