Find me a pony please HHOers...

ycbm said:
Hmmm. Not sure about that. Plenty of people fall instantly in love with broken, flawed or completely unsuitable horses.

M's picked a good'un there, though.
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Ycbm - that’s me! Recently at racehorse yard, stood next to a horse giving her a fuss saying what a lovely horse she seemed, quiet and liked a cuddle. Staff said that’s the only one they hate going in with as she’d take your face off and a very quirky ride!!
 
I think it was a bit of a shock because Bog oozed confidence very quickly.

So he is (actually was) very jumpy, flinches if you go to touch him and automatically steps back if you approach him over stable door.

Spent a bit of time with him just grazing and one thing led to s other and actually ended up fully clipping (which was always my intention today until I heard how nervous he still was) him whilst he was loose in the stable without even a head collar. He absolutely loved it!! He’s so itchy and scurvy and has loads of rain scald on his bum :(

He Has so much bone and is actually really porky- really needs to get rid of some weight before spring properly hits.

By end of session he was resting his entire big head on my shoulder and breathing into my face very contentedly, totally different pony.

A good hot cloth tomorrow and he’s going to feel like a new man.

There’s a definite amount of cheek in him I think he’s going to be a different horse in a week. He’s obsessed with my ears thinks they are there to play with. There was so much relief all over his worried little face.
 
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Peregrine Falcon said:
Bless him, he needed to ground himself. Glad he's found "his" person quickly. Am looking forward to all future posts about your progress.
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Am feeling a bit bad now as he’s only supposed to be at that yard for a couple of weeks so he will have another move, not ideal but hopefully I can make sure he knows me enough to have that consistency when he comes to join Boggle.

Hopefully a bit of work etc will help as well.

God knows how I’m going to get the weight off him, can’t exactly work a 4 year old hard!? Boggles yard is ex dairy pasture so I’m probably being overly cautious and of course used to looking at lean mean machine. He can go on the walker where he is..
 
He is gorgeous! So glad he's arrived safe and well.

As for your wtf moments, I had them when I lost Tigs and bought the Dizz. It was all so odd and not quite right and I was sad, but in the end I was very much in love with the Dizz and still miss her with a deep heartache all these years later. You'll get there with your new lad and all will be well.
 
Peregrine Falcon said:
You said it was the first time he had left the breeder if I remember rightly. He's travelled across water and put in different stables. A lot for some to contend with. He's got you now so the relationship you form will help with the next move, don't worry.
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Yes exactly that. This is the third yard he’s slept at in 4 nights which was why I was a bit upset that he had to get jostled around so much with different transporters.

I’m sure Boggle will “help” settle him in!
 
Poor little pet. He sounds lovely. I'm glad he's relaxing now. I'd imagine he lived out in a herd (hence the rainscald) so it must have been a big shock when he was taken away from it.
 
After reading through ALL the posts from a couple of days ago to keep updated.. I have to say he’s gorgeous and am so pleased for you.
Looks such a lovely type.. I might make a note of the dealer incase i’m looking in the future (especially considering found out mines really quite broke, sad times)

What did it cost to transport him here out of interest?
 
ForbiddenHorse said:
After reading through ALL the posts from a couple of days ago to keep updated.. I have to say he’s gorgeous and am so pleased for you.
Looks such a lovely type.. I might make a note of the dealer incase i’m looking in the future (especially considering found out mines really quite broke, sad times)

What did it cost to transport him here out of interest?
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The dealer/breeder has been super so far. Will see what we have under saddle this week.

I paid £300 in the end but only because I picked him up from the services, normal cost was £350-400 to your door.

Most of what the breeder has are out of Tulira Roebuck :) Sorry to hear about your boy :( xx
 
J&S said:
I think he would like to get out in the field and have a romp around!
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J&S said:
I think he would like to get out in the field and have a romp around!
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I’m sure he would but he’s going to have to hang on for a few more days and make do with walker, work and hand grazing. He’s been stabled at his sellers for 6 weeks as their fields are under water so shouldn’t be much on an issue for him.

Wont be for long though luckily!
 
Copied and pasted from yard..going to be a definite project, slowly slowly slowly. I think a bit of structure and work will be good to get him settled in and definitely right to treat him as basically unbroken at this point.

Hey, so we have done him this morning. Tack on. Lunged (obviously no idea what that was), long reined (he has a lovely mouth), and we did a bit of leaning over and walking etc. As soon as I lent over him he was shaking like a leaf! I have videos. When I stop for lunch I’ll try and send them over. Hope to be on in the next few days. He was very worried about me going up beside him. Want to get the foundations right. He moves lovely and a very active hind leg. I really like him!
 
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