Update part 1: ML
| March 19, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Me and Farley will be coming shortly! (yes, we have updates to show off as well!)
But really, isn’t ML the most exciting right now? (Farley says yes, she is. And I should at no point feel the need to make Farley’s life more exciting by doing a 50 anytime soon. Because how nice is it just to run around the arena and get mashes? ).
Doesn’t she look *terrified*?
Let me tell you how very very very grateful I am that someone else is entertaining this pony for 60 days. She’s so smart, and so fast that to keep her occupied is quite the exercise in imagination. Things are going to get so much easier when I can just hop on her and ride for a couple of hours. (although that time will be here faster than I think).
First renegades on her little feet…..ML says “I don’t think black is quite my color?”
And….we’re up!
Amber says she was completely unfazed.
Amber has started putting her in her updates, in all caps, “I LOVE THIS HORSE!!!”.
Still sorta waiting for the other shoe to drop on this horse. What is the giant-black-Melinda-eating-hole that is certainly lurking just around the next corner?
Because doesn’t every horse have one?
Or is that because I’ve mainly ridden horses in rescues and programs that survived on donated horses?
What issue does ML have that is going to take all my time and energy to unravel over the next year?
Maybe this is why people like (and pay good money for) young stock that has a background being consistently handled by pros.
Maybe….just maybe….I’ll end up with a green, not-yet-trustworthy horse that doesn’t have some sort of vice that turns into a lovely 100 mile horse without too much drama over the next couple of years.
I’m not totally convinced. But it’s starting to sink in that perhaps….just perhaps….I have an uncomplicated horse that will be just as fun as Farley in the years to come.
Amber reports that ML is maintaining her work well on her hay only diet and I’m excited to go out and see her tomorrow afternoon for the first time since this all started.
Gotta love well-behaved babies! I’m excited for you!
Yay for ML!
Hahahahaha! I can’t even tell you how suspecious my spam blocker was about this particular comment because of the sex in the library link. Made my day 🙂
ML got her “issue” out of the way early with the PF…that was her allotted amount of drama, so now she’ll be good to go! 😉 (Black…not her color. Needs more brightness!)
And “Maybe this is why people like (and pay good money for) young stock that has a background being consistently handled by pros.” Yes. Or young stock with minimal handling, so they’re a mostly-blank slate. (At least, that’s my preference.)
Yep yep yep that’s why we pay for young professionally started horses! I bought Joe as a rising 2 year old because I was over dealing with problems of other people’s creating. Had him professionally started (and got lots of similar updates!) and he has NEVER had a major issue. Like you, I kept waiting for the other boot to drop. It never did. He has calmly and amicably worked his way through the levels (OK he spent one season having to relearn that rides are rides not races, but hitting his first 50 miler fixed that!) and is now a 100 mile horse who I can stick my children on for Pony Club and he will look after them.
Good to know!! Joe is like six or seven now right?
Farley is uncomplicated now, but when I got here there was several “she’s great except for…” Issues. It’s just so weird not to have that! I love it! I I never want to go back….
I’m at the point that I want blank slates, like Ashley said. I’ll pick my pros to the handling. (what about that new 10 yr old project horse in the paddock? Shhhhh.) but yeah..at this point, endurance hopes rest on the babes I’ve raised and picked pros with if necessary…then if shit goes sideways at least I know everything that went into the horse to that point.
ML ROCKS! She so needs bright boots.
Well considering I blame YOU for this whole thing (look at Aurora! She makes babies look like so much fun!) I guess you get to take the credit for this particular change of position :).
So excited for you. What a great feeling this all must be.. don’t you love it when a plan comes together?
What others have said – nobody has messed this horse up before you got her and she has a great brain. We got two minimally handled 6 year olds from a local high country station – my guy was so easy nobody believed he was green broke, my sisters one didn’t have such a great brain but our first pick for her had a major joint issue. Both horses were smart and easy to handle, my sisters was just more reactive and spooky and didn’t learn quite as fast.