Chickerdoodle13
Overrun with beasties
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Thanks! She really is a beauty! I couldn't believe the guy we got her from was giving her away!laughingllama75 said:Oh wow......mommy like.......I LOVE the red roan mare. Whooeeee, she is built to work. I bet you will have fun with her, what is her breeding (if you dont mind my asking)?
As to her breeding, we have no idea. She came from South Dakota I think as a yearling. She was mistakenly purchased at an auction and never had any papers. Supposedly she was an ugly yearling and the guy who had her before us picked her up for $500. We still have not thrown a saddle on her because we have been waiting for her to settle in, but I doubt we'll have any problems. I am kind of bummed that we have no history on her though...she definitely is my kind of horse!
So far I've been round penning her every other day or so. My dad does it on the days that I can't get out there. She has some serious muscle tone to her, but she is pretty out of shape running wise. I'm trying to work slow and let her take several walking breaks so I don't over work her. She will run around a few times at the lope and then be out of breath, so she needs some work! She's been doing great though. She's finally walking into the center when I ask for a whoah and she finally joins up nicely with me. It took a few times to get her respect. Apparently she doesn't like women...but she's been absolutely fine with me! I still have to work on getting her to turn into the center and to back up when I ask. She's kind of lazy though..but that's not a bad thing. I need a nice lazy horse to build up my balance again!
I'll have to get more pictures next time my dad works with her. I can't when I'm out there because all she does is follow me around! <3 (Sorry I typed so much! I just love talking about horses!)