B_2_B
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I was going to put this on the Hackney post, but it got really long so I though she could have her own post, because I'm in a bad mood and I'm missing her 
This is Connie, pure bred Hackney, and unbelievably a rescue!
Nice (and long sorry!) story though!
She was living in a field with hardly any grass and a ramshackle shelter beside a busy main road, on her own. According to people who lived in the village nearby, nobody had gone near her for two years
Mossburn got several phone calls about her but it took a while before anyone could find an owner! He didn't want her but he would only sell her!
Being a rescue centre, we're usually not in any position to buy animals so we had a problem. The owner of Mossburn met the owner in the field, and negotiated a price, came back and rang the people who had told us about her to update them. The very nice people, who Connie and us are extremely grateful to, donated money and we got the £600 he wanted for her
She was really difficult and quite dangerous to catch, unsurprisingly! But after we managed to get a headcollar on her she loaded straight away!
Her first few months with us were really tough, she was so unsocialised and she would just stand by the fences and stare into space, totally ignoring the rest of the herd, despite their best efforts to get to know their new friend!
But now, 3 years later, she's learnt to be a proper horse again
We have since learnt she used to pull a carriage round the streets of Aberdeen and is about 25 now
She is a little bit odd, very opinionated, can kick, and can still lead you on a jolly around the field if she doesn't want to be caught! But once you catch her, she's well behaved! She is great to ride, amazing trot and can keep up with the others cantering just trotting along Have only managed a canter a couple of times, but she sure can thunder those hooves when she wants to in the field!
She took a long time to trust us but she's part of the herd now, and since we've lost a few of the more dominant ones, I'd go as far as to say she's the leader
She is just a happy hacker now though
Now i've waffled on enough
This is a video I made soon after we got her, photos are from the first month or so, and the second half shows what we had to deal with to catch her!
The pictures don't look as bad as she was, she had no condition and most likely a belly full of worms! But it's more her personality and general quality of life that's improved the most
First ride
Her first summer, looking a lot better and showing her lovely summer colours
Winter 08, pretty girly
Pics from when I was at home Summer 09
Winter 09
Haven't been home much this summer so no pics Can't wait to see her and the rest of the horses at Christmas though
This is Connie, pure bred Hackney, and unbelievably a rescue!
Nice (and long sorry!) story though!She was living in a field with hardly any grass and a ramshackle shelter beside a busy main road, on her own. According to people who lived in the village nearby, nobody had gone near her for two years
Mossburn got several phone calls about her but it took a while before anyone could find an owner! He didn't want her but he would only sell her!
Being a rescue centre, we're usually not in any position to buy animals so we had a problem. The owner of Mossburn met the owner in the field, and negotiated a price, came back and rang the people who had told us about her to update them. The very nice people, who Connie and us are extremely grateful to, donated money and we got the £600 he wanted for her
She was really difficult and quite dangerous to catch, unsurprisingly! But after we managed to get a headcollar on her she loaded straight away!
Her first few months with us were really tough, she was so unsocialised and she would just stand by the fences and stare into space, totally ignoring the rest of the herd, despite their best efforts to get to know their new friend!
But now, 3 years later, she's learnt to be a proper horse again
We have since learnt she used to pull a carriage round the streets of Aberdeen and is about 25 now
She is a little bit odd, very opinionated, can kick, and can still lead you on a jolly around the field if she doesn't want to be caught! But once you catch her, she's well behaved! She is great to ride, amazing trot and can keep up with the others cantering just trotting along
Have only managed a canter a couple of times, but she sure can thunder those hooves when she wants to in the field!She took a long time to trust us but she's part of the herd now, and since we've lost a few of the more dominant ones, I'd go as far as to say she's the leader
She is just a happy hacker now though
Now i've waffled on enough
This is a video I made soon after we got her, photos are from the first month or so, and the second half shows what we had to deal with to catch her!
The pictures don't look as bad as she was, she had no condition and most likely a belly full of worms! But it's more her personality and general quality of life that's improved the most
First ride
Her first summer, looking a lot better and showing her lovely summer colours
Winter 08, pretty girly
Pics from when I was at home Summer 09
Winter 09
Haven't been home much this summer so no pics
Can't wait to see her and the rest of the horses at Christmas though 
