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He is BEAUTIFUL!!! 200 miles is a hefty journey, I’m so glad it was made worthwhile for you.
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My 3 year old RID gelding bought unseen from Ireland in March this year.
Been backed and hacked a handful of times and hoping to do a couple of inhand shows in the autumn before he’s turned away. He’s been a little superstar and so excited for his future!
Been backed and hacked a handful of times and hoping to do a couple of inhand shows in the autumn before he’s turned away. He’s been a little superstar and so excited for his future!
im loving this thread, its so nice to see all the different types that make people happy and they all seem to be doing so well...i never tire of seeing pictures of hho 'ers horses...more please 
I bought a Covid purchase...
Sold a posh horse as I was having a rough time in my family/personal life, needed a furry person to keep me out and about.
I deliberately scoured Preloved for the most unlikely candidate for a ridden horse, but that did still have a prospect of being ridden. I felt rubbish and just wanted a project to love. Enter Rigsby, an aged cob with issues!
He had a lovely owner, but personal illness and Covid restrictions had meant he got laminitis, he was just finishing 3 months of box rest. He had tested positive for EMS, was borderline cushings, had stiffened up in his back legs with the box rest, has copd, cpl, mallenders, oh, and his passport said his sex was a rig! Also, he famously didn't load and wasn't very good in traffic.
Happily, I didn't have to pay a lot!
He was just what I needed. Spent most of winter walking him inland, whilst I dealt with the personal problems (mum had dementia, and then Covid, and then died).
Rigsby has made a ridden horse. He is ace. He is just such a character. I mean, he doesn't do a lot of ridden work, but he has had a go at everything I have asked him to do, including giving pony rides, cantering through the stubble, travelling to riding club pole work sessions, winning hs only dressage (intro) and even having a go at X pole clear round (he had never jumped or been in a school before).
Next week, he is going in his horse box to the local care home, to visit as a pat horse. If get round to it, we may go for a canter on the beach. Or not, I haven't decided as the journey is several hours.
Happily, although he hadn't done much, his previous owner had done stacks of hacking and he was already a happy chappie.
I am now kind of looking for a more competition animal, but then, I am also enjoying living this life, where I can not ride for 2 weeks, hop on and have no worries. It has given me time to go swimming, cycling, days out, just other stuff.
he is a bit of a faff to keep with the restricted diet, but after 6 months I had the vet back to see how we were doing. He blood tested as NOT a rig, he is no longer showing as ems or anywhere near cushings. He is barefoot. He has some more kids coming for pony rides. Cob life!!!
Sold a posh horse as I was having a rough time in my family/personal life, needed a furry person to keep me out and about.
I deliberately scoured Preloved for the most unlikely candidate for a ridden horse, but that did still have a prospect of being ridden. I felt rubbish and just wanted a project to love. Enter Rigsby, an aged cob with issues!
He had a lovely owner, but personal illness and Covid restrictions had meant he got laminitis, he was just finishing 3 months of box rest. He had tested positive for EMS, was borderline cushings, had stiffened up in his back legs with the box rest, has copd, cpl, mallenders, oh, and his passport said his sex was a rig! Also, he famously didn't load and wasn't very good in traffic.
Happily, I didn't have to pay a lot!
He was just what I needed. Spent most of winter walking him inland, whilst I dealt with the personal problems (mum had dementia, and then Covid, and then died).
Rigsby has made a ridden horse. He is ace. He is just such a character. I mean, he doesn't do a lot of ridden work, but he has had a go at everything I have asked him to do, including giving pony rides, cantering through the stubble, travelling to riding club pole work sessions, winning hs only dressage (intro) and even having a go at X pole clear round (he had never jumped or been in a school before).
Next week, he is going in his horse box to the local care home, to visit as a pat horse. If get round to it, we may go for a canter on the beach. Or not, I haven't decided as the journey is several hours.
Happily, although he hadn't done much, his previous owner had done stacks of hacking and he was already a happy chappie.
I am now kind of looking for a more competition animal, but then, I am also enjoying living this life, where I can not ride for 2 weeks, hop on and have no worries. It has given me time to go swimming, cycling, days out, just other stuff.
he is a bit of a faff to keep with the restricted diet, but after 6 months I had the vet back to see how we were doing. He blood tested as NOT a rig, he is no longer showing as ems or anywhere near cushings. He is barefoot. He has some more kids coming for pony rides. Cob life!!!
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My purchase only arrived 2 days ago so I can't give much of an update. He's a 13 month old black cob colt (no known breeding) , pretty much unhandled. I bought him unseen from the same person I have bought 4 others from, including my other current boy. Very early days but he's he's proving to be quite easy and a quick learner.
This is mine. Bought unseen, untried and unvetted in a moment of absolute madness! Hes everything I wanted and more. Hes a 6yr old ex racer, terrible race horse as he was bone idle, and hes kept that lovely laid back temperament in civillian life. Hes been off the track about a year and done some show jumping but his flatwork is non exsistant! I'm hoping to do some BE with him next year, so am currently rehabbing his awful feet and working on building him up with lots of hacking and groundwork and very basic schooling.
Everyone from my instructors to the dentist have fallen in love with him. Hes just absolutely beautiful inside and out.
Ignore the terrible mane, I've fixed that now!
First ever sit on him about an hour after he came off the box. I was relieved to find he was sound, wasnt going to try and kill me and was a lovely happy little chap who will try anything you ask him to do even if he hasnt got a clue.
All dressed up just to go and trot round the jump field!
Hes only been here 6 weeks and it feels like hes been here forever.
Everyone from my instructors to the dentist have fallen in love with him. Hes just absolutely beautiful inside and out.
Ignore the terrible mane, I've fixed that now!
First ever sit on him about an hour after he came off the box. I was relieved to find he was sound, wasnt going to try and kill me and was a lovely happy little chap who will try anything you ask him to do even if he hasnt got a clue.
All dressed up just to go and trot round the jump field!
Hes only been here 6 weeks and it feels like hes been here forever.
oh well, if we must, at 10 weeks on her way home, with her big brother b(who is tiny) as she is now
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I’m in awe of your kitchen 😍 beautiful pupper too!
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Another terriery critter to add to my collection - she was 4 months old when we got her but we were just taken with her picture and since we had been looking idly for a younger dog to add in for a while.....
Phoebe!!
Day she arrived (not sure why my arm looks such a weird shape)
About 17 dog beds in the house but she chose the laundry basket
Learning to enjoy a good lie in
She's brave as hell and quite the climber, so she does stuff like this, although on the plus side she seems to enjoy pulling debris out of the gutters while she's up there 😂
Now close to 6 months old she is well at home and loves OH
I'm hoping to do a bit of midget agility with her, because I think she'd quite enjoy it
Another terriery critter to add to my collection - she was 4 months old when we got her but we were just taken with her picture and since we had been looking idly for a younger dog to add in for a while.....
Phoebe!!
Day she arrived (not sure why my arm looks such a weird shape)
About 17 dog beds in the house but she chose the laundry basket
Learning to enjoy a good lie in
She's brave as hell and quite the climber, so she does stuff like this, although on the plus side she seems to enjoy pulling debris out of the gutters while she's up there 😂
Now close to 6 months old she is well at home and loves OH
I'm hoping to do a bit of midget agility with her, because I think she'd quite enjoy it
😁😁
Another terriery critter to add to my collection - she was 4 months old when we got her but we were just taken with her picture and since we had been looking idly for a younger dog to add in for a while.....
Phoebe!!
Day she arrived (not sure why my arm looks such a weird shape)
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About 17 dog beds in the house but she chose the laundry basket
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Learning to enjoy a good lie in
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She's brave as hell and quite the climber, so she does stuff like this, although on the plus side she seems to enjoy pulling debris out of the gutters while she's up there 😂
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Now close to 6 months old she is well at home and loves OH
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I'm hoping to do a bit of midget agility with her, because I think she'd quite enjoy it
Another terriery critter to add to my collection - she was 4 months old when we got her but we were just taken with her picture and since we had been looking idly for a younger dog to add in for a while.....
Phoebe!!
Day she arrived (not sure why my arm looks such a weird shape)
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About 17 dog beds in the house but she chose the laundry basket
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Learning to enjoy a good lie in
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She's brave as hell and quite the climber, so she does stuff like this, although on the plus side she seems to enjoy pulling debris out of the gutters while she's up there 😂
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Now close to 6 months old she is well at home and loves OH
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I'm hoping to do a bit of midget agility with her, because I think she'd quite enjoy it
What's with the climbing!?
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Merryweather, ‘Merry’, has been home for two months! He is six years old and fifteen hands of bouncy, whizzy cob - my instructor calls him ‘the animated sofa’ because he is so divinely comfortable to ride if you don’t mind going VERY FAST INDEED and only in straight lines. 😂 I adore him.
We’re in the boundary-testing phase at the moment and I’m not loving it, but there is no malice in him - just a desire to understand the rules and a rider whom is still learning, herself.
We’re in the boundary-testing phase at the moment and I’m not loving it, but there is no malice in him - just a desire to understand the rules and a rider whom is still learning, herself.
I just love his cheeky little face!
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Me too 🤣 he’s super cheeky but really really sweet
May 2020, trip up the m25 in full lockdown, to Essex. A Friend saw her advert on fb, and messaged to say could we go now and see the mare being advertised, by a riding school.
it wasn’t convenient for them, so the next day, took some cash and the Horsebox, and came back with my lockdown mare.
the M25 was amazing, as it was so quiet. We Saw a few police stopping white van man going up to view, but absolutely none coming back,as I was abit worried about validity of the essential journey.…
I wanted a happy hacker, riding school weren’t even sure she would hack as they didn’t hack due to insurance requirements. She was being sold as she was very opinionated and not suitable for a riding school. I also wanted a welsh section D, as we show them. She is a part bred.
she is the most fantastic hack, and very safe. She can indeed be very opinionated,especially with her hind legs. The riding school did not do any research on her, or they would have sold her for 10x what I paid, as she not only has BS points, but also was reserve champion one year at the Royal welsh show. She is not that keen on jumping, but my feet don’t leave the ground so that is fine By me! She seems to have been passed around quite abit, maybe as she is opinionated or maybe as she isn’t quite as honest jumping as kids tend to need, as she is just 14.2hh.
However, unless my situation changes, she won’t be sold on, and doesn’t need to worry about jumping again, so she can enjoy mainly being a happy hacker.
it wasn’t convenient for them, so the next day, took some cash and the Horsebox, and came back with my lockdown mare.
the M25 was amazing, as it was so quiet. We Saw a few police stopping white van man going up to view, but absolutely none coming back,as I was abit worried about validity of the essential journey.…
I wanted a happy hacker, riding school weren’t even sure she would hack as they didn’t hack due to insurance requirements. She was being sold as she was very opinionated and not suitable for a riding school. I also wanted a welsh section D, as we show them. She is a part bred.
she is the most fantastic hack, and very safe. She can indeed be very opinionated,especially with her hind legs. The riding school did not do any research on her, or they would have sold her for 10x what I paid, as she not only has BS points, but also was reserve champion one year at the Royal welsh show. She is not that keen on jumping, but my feet don’t leave the ground so that is fine By me! She seems to have been passed around quite abit, maybe as she is opinionated or maybe as she isn’t quite as honest jumping as kids tend to need, as she is just 14.2hh.
However, unless my situation changes, she won’t be sold on, and doesn’t need to worry about jumping again, so she can enjoy mainly being a happy hacker.
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Mine is called Meg and was a real covid panic buy during the first lockdown. I lost my companion pony unexpectedly and my cob wasn't coping well alone, so bought (unseen and unvetted) a 6yr old cob mare from a riding school / trekking yard that was closing down, mostly on the terrible basis that she looks a lot like my cob. I didn't spend more than I could afford to lose and basically took a punt. Her main job is as a companion but she's also officially my daughters pony.
We've taken things very slowly, mostly my fault as busy at work, but so far she's as bombproof and sensible as promised and as green as expected. She had mallenders and mites when she arrived but they cleared up ok. Hind hoof handling is STILL a work in progress, which is annoying, but otherwise I'm pretty pleased.
I only have one photo of her on my phone, looking very hairy in the middle of winter:
We've taken things very slowly, mostly my fault as busy at work, but so far she's as bombproof and sensible as promised and as green as expected. She had mallenders and mites when she arrived but they cleared up ok. Hind hoof handling is STILL a work in progress, which is annoying, but otherwise I'm pretty pleased.
I only have one photo of her on my phone, looking very hairy in the middle of winter:
Oh, well if we're talking dogs as well, yes, I got a Covid dog too. Only, I didn't buy him...
After mum's accident, in 2019 she moved to an extra care facility so we had to re-home her dog. We told the people that if it didn't work out, we would take him in ourselves. Half way through lockdown, we got the call. Crackers was coming to us.
Not what we wanted, but he is actually lovely, in his own way. A reminder of mum too. I think he is 7 or 8, and a good pal for Hekkie.
After mum's accident, in 2019 she moved to an extra care facility so we had to re-home her dog. We told the people that if it didn't work out, we would take him in ourselves. Half way through lockdown, we got the call. Crackers was coming to us.
Not what we wanted, but he is actually lovely, in his own way
. A reminder of mum too. I think he is 7 or 8, and a good pal for Hekkie.
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She’s a really lovely type! Love her markings.
After Tinner was pts in Feb 2020 I thought I’d want another horse but then prices went up and my mojo went down, and in May 2021 I bought a puppy.
Rew is a small lurcher, four months old now and whippet size - very personable!
Rew is a small lurcher, four months old now and whippet size - very personable!
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Just took a couple of snaps of the two of them
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I have acquired 2 One planned before we had ever heard of covid but she was born in lockdown at home because we didn't know what would happen with travelling etc, so a baptism of fire for me but mum achieved a pretty textbook delivery.
bit of a long term project for this thread really Not a lot to do for now except slowly add to her education and wait for her to grow up, but I've been completely besotted since day 1, she is my ideal sort of character of horse - bold, cheeky, sassy and quick to learn
Oh and well I suppose Frankel fits the brief a bit better, he arrived in December via another HHOer, unseen then rising 3yo who is now beginning his journey to being a ridden horse. He's so ready to learn stuff even if he's still a bit weak, so aiming to quietly plod along just installing the concepts this year and then pick him up properly next spring.
One planned before we had ever heard of covid but she was born in lockdown at home because we didn't know what would happen with travelling etc, so a baptism of fire for me but mum achieved a pretty textbook delivery.bit of a long term project for this thread really
Not a lot to do for now except slowly add to her education and wait for her to grow up, but I've been completely besotted since day 1, she is my ideal sort of character of horse - bold, cheeky, sassy and quick to learn
Oh and well I suppose Frankel fits the brief a bit better, he arrived in December via another HHOer, unseen then rising 3yo who is now beginning his journey to being a ridden horse. He's so ready to learn stuff even if he's still a bit weak, so aiming to quietly plod along just installing the concepts this year and then pick him up properly next spring.