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That is great you get a free horse. I also thought the nightmare page was sad. I couldn’t read it all.
It is good to know that they let people adopt. I really like Cheval.
That is so cool, i’d love a job where a free horse was part of the deal.
I know all about Premarins, my dear friends Cheryl and Jennifer run the Animali Farm in Santa Maria, Ca. They have rescued over 1000 horses in the last 5 or 6 years.
Someday I hope to get a mare or two from them, but then again, I am not sure if I really have the time to be training new horses, might be easier to just get some already trained. But I sure would love one of theirs.
Kyrin
lol about the horse named cheval..she is a brat..the most skittish lilt hing i have ever met..took me an hour to get a halter on her today so i could groom her
Yeah, my friend said that those kind of horses are wild or something like that. They are difficult to train.
dragonessjade wrote:Yeah, my friend said that those kind of horses are wild or something like that. They are difficult to train.
yeah cheval was beat to near death when we got her..my horse symphony pulled a tendon and was dumped at our door for the most part..hes sound now but needs conditioning before i can start doing dressage with him
Dracomancer wrote:lol about the horse named cheval..she is a brat..the most skittish lilt hing i have ever met..took me an hour to get a halter on her today so i could groom her
My first mare Cricket was really hard to catch when I got her. Had to hide the halter and sneak up on her. After a few weeks when she learned that I wasn’t going to grab her, slap a saddle on her immediately and gallop her off down the trail, she came to me willingly.
Previous owner was a prat. My routine involved brushing and petting, then saddling, then a nice walk, trot, lope, back to trot and walk over about a 2 mile trail.
In less than 3 weeks she would whiney at me and meet me at the gate, put her own head into the halter and we’d go out. It really warmed my heart to see her go from an untrusting abused horse to the wonderful loving companion and friend she became. I still miss her so much. 😥
Kyrin
Dracomancer wrote:dragonessjade wrote:Yeah, my friend said that those kind of horses are wild or something like that. They are difficult to train.
yeah cheval was beat to near death when we got her..my horse symphony pulled a tendon and was dumped at our door for the most part..hes sound now but needs conditioning before i can start doing dressage with him
Grr, why would someone beat the horse or dump a horse because of a pulled tendon? Is it true that if a horse breaks their leg, then the owner puts the horse to sleep? If so, why?IMO– it’s that the majority of people are just so $%^&* ignorant! My lovely Jackie was a rescue, of sorts– After I finally got settled in my “retirement home”, I wanted a horse. I had many horses when I was young, and now that I didn’t have to board, it just seemed right. Jackie was the second horse I looked at and I fell in love! The problem was that, the people that were selling her did not have a clue about proper horse management! Jackie was obese and hyperactive due to her straight alfalfa diet. Add to that, no proper exercise program and she had foundered! (For the un-horsey folks–that is a very bad thing that often causes horse to be put down). Of course this is not what I wanted but, I just looked into those big blue eyes and knew she deserved better!
It took almost a year but Jackie is in good shape (way better than me!) and although the evidence of the founder will never go go away, she “goes sound”. (Another “horsey” term, that is a good thing.)
So– hats off to you! Volunteering at a Horse Rescue is very rewarding, and more importantly, it rewards a very noble and deserving animal!
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