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...with Wiggy. He arrived on Saturday. We had a nice hack yesterday and he's gone out in his new little herd. I was really worried as he's been on individual turnout for 5 years but he seems to have taken it in his stride. All he wants is to be left in peace to eat so I think the one who could be a problem in his field (determined to keep him away from the others) will get bored soon enough.

He's 14 which is slightly older than I wanted but I decided I needed the right one now and not to worry about 10 years down the line. He was the first one I saw this time round , only an hour away and I can't quite believe it could be this easy after 14 months and 2 trips to A&E when I was looking for Charlie. He flew through his vetting - the vet said she was expecting something on a 14 year old but couldn't find a thing wrong with him and repeated over and over how lovely he was. It feels a bit like fate as he was never advertised, I just asked the right person the right question at the right time!

He seems very chilled so far. He had to do 24 hours in after arriving and being wormed (pointless I know but yard rules) so I turned him out in the school for a leg stretch in the evening and the morning. He walked 5 steps, found some thistles and stood there eating them for 30 minutes!

I'm useless with photos but knew you'd all want one so here he is in the middle of his thistle buffet.

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I've got a horse called "Wiggy", he's 24 years old & has never put a foot wrong. He's done show jumping & dressage quite successfully. He's a joy to be around we've had him for 19 years. If your Wiggy is anything like mine & he sounds lovely then he has my vote. My Wiggy is first on left of the drawn pictures.
 
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Toby_Zaphod said:
I've got a horse called "Wiggy", he's 24 years old & has never put a foot wrong. He's done show jumping & dressage quite successfully. He's a joy to be around we've had him for 19 years. If your Wiggy is anything like mine & he sounds lovely then he has my vote. My Wiggy is first on left of the drawn pictures.
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I must admit I'm a big believer in a good name and the second I heard Wiggy I loved it. All the omens are good so far!
 
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Annagain said:
...with Wiggy. He arrived on Saturday. We had a nice hack yesterday and he's gone out in his new little herd. I was really worried as he's been on individual turnout for 5 years but he seems to have taken it in his stride. All he wants is to be left in peace to eat so I think the one who could be a problem in his field (determined to keep him away from the others) will get bored soon enough.

He's 14 which is slightly older than I wanted but I decided I needed the right one now and not to worry about 10 years down the line. He was the first one I saw this time round , only an hour away and I can't quite believe it could be this easy after 14 months and 2 trips to A&E when I was looking for Charlie. He flew through his vetting - the vet said she was expecting something on a 14 year old but couldn't find a thing wrong with him and repeated over and over how lovely he was. It feels a bit like fate as he was never advertised, I just asked the right person the right question at the right time!

He seems very chilled so far. He had to do 24 hours in after arriving and being wormed (pointless I know but yard rules) so I turned him out in the school for a leg stretch in the evening and the morning. He walked 5 steps, found some thistles and stood there eating them for 30 minutes!

I'm useless with photos but knew you'd all want one so here he is in the middle of his thistle buffet.

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So pleased it all worked out for you. Well done for being brave and letting Charlie go.
 
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The plan for now is not to have a plan. I just want to enjoy him and see what takes our fancy. We'll start off with some lessons and there's a lovely fun ride which is mainly forestry paths so a great start as nothing too open in a month's time.

He was a hunter for the first few years of his ridden life but he wasn't exciting enough for his rider so they sold him as a happy hacker. His next owner (the one who sold him to me) bought him to hack but got talked into going to her local riding club and found out by accident he's quite good at dressage so he's been doing a bit of that recently. He did a bit of jumping with a younger girl on his yard (he pops a fence very nicely and calmly) too. His owner was an older lady who has arthritis in her hands and neck and just couldn't do it any more.
 
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