FirestarterKY
04-13-2008, 04:44 AM
For Deberosa.....Careful what you ask for!
LOL!
I can always talk for hours about "my" horses.
Shy and Sinbad are 4-5 yrs old.
They are half brother and sis.
Shy is red with blond tail and main like most drafts you see in amish though Sinbad is a white draft!
HOW beautiful!
I got into horses when I moved to a place that could hold them. I never had a horse before.....lol......I was raised in the city.
They were only yearlings then and I was so afraid of them I brushed them from the other side of the fence!
LOL!
Shy wasnt easily trained. Took me two hours to get a halter on her.
Sinbad was just a natural calm horse.
We all learned how do everything together.
I went and learned under a great trainer how to train and did very well....got both horses ready for under saddle training.
Shy muscled out good first so she went first to a trainer I heard many good things about.
Seeing I could do all the ground work would make them very steady for an experienced rider/trainer.
Well...he called first night and said, "I'm already riding her!"....I knew that wasnt good, she had just gotten there..no time to get to know anything.....he said come and see tomorrow. So, we did...the whole time he was saddling her up she was tense as h***.
He got on and she walked on and when he asked her to stop with a one reign stop she got confused and he went flying, he got up with a great rope burn on his hand and went and twisted her teets in his fist.
She was on her way home that next day.
Soooo....I had to go learn from others more under saddle.
My teacher said she wanted to come see what I had.
When she got here......she looked at me like I was crazy!
She said, "do you know what you have there?"...I said yup...BIG horses.
She said, "sell them!"....she asked how are you going to get on them if you come off????
LOL!!!!
Well, I guess I'll use a tree trunk or something.
LOL!
The size of my horses freaked her out.
She was half way affraid!!!
I've learned everything Deb.
My horses are very well trained though Shy will never be riden. She's IS ruined for riding.
But, she pulls fine and has the manners of a perfect horse. She also can carry a HUGE load.
She just freaks when anyone is one her. I have tried and tried to break her lack of confidence, but am tired of people going to the hospital.
I do have a saddle that fits Sinbad, but I only ride bareback.
He's so comfy to sit on.
Feed?
Not much. They get mineral on the table all the time and just two cups of feeds a day until it gets hot, then just a half fleck of hay each to bring them in. Unless it's dead of winter and they need extra hay to stay warm...which they LOVE cold weather! They really dont know it's cold unless it's like 5 degrees. LOL!
My horses are so well trained and I'm so proud.....
They come when called always. But, when I walk out to them, they never walk away.
Always turn to me. I worked hard to be able to obtain that response.
I'm glad that I took the time to learn to train them myself.
Training these horses built in me a confidence I really needed too.
Sinbad is lazy and Shy is hot.....he needs a nudge and shy just needs for someone to think "go" and she goes.
They are so diff.
They've never foundered but their size...they could so I have pulled them into their little 1/2 acre lot now.
The Spring grass is so potent.
I'm in the process of finding a new farrier.
The one I've had forever isnt paying attention and cut them like a reg horse last time.....shy limped for two weeks!
I had to dr her every night and give her bute.
But, she's fine now.
Also, Sinbad doesnt respond like regular horses.
Most draft like Sinbad are slower with commands and when the farrier asks him to lift it takes 3 seconds longer than a reg horse.
But the farrier hits his leg bone for a quicker responce.
I hate that!
I've never had to hit my horses for any....oh wait....ya, Shy put her teeth on me ONCE.
lol....cannot have that!
I had to act like I was going to kill her.
I think to this day she doesnt know I wouldnt have.
That's the way I like it.
That was yrs ago and I feel I will never have to have to have that "talk" with her again.
LOL!
Like I said in my other thread....their heads are down constantly.
And, my hubby has to give me a leg up on Sinbad.
But, that's okay with me.
If I needed them to plow or something like that I could use them easily for it.
I need to lunge them more though...they are lazy horses and would tire easily, with their current lifestyle.
Spoiled brats.
I'll try to post pic of them....kind of new to pc thing, but will try......
Thanks for asking about my loves.
Karen
LOL!
I can always talk for hours about "my" horses.
Shy and Sinbad are 4-5 yrs old.
They are half brother and sis.
Shy is red with blond tail and main like most drafts you see in amish though Sinbad is a white draft!
HOW beautiful!
I got into horses when I moved to a place that could hold them. I never had a horse before.....lol......I was raised in the city.
They were only yearlings then and I was so afraid of them I brushed them from the other side of the fence!
LOL!
Shy wasnt easily trained. Took me two hours to get a halter on her.
Sinbad was just a natural calm horse.
We all learned how do everything together.
I went and learned under a great trainer how to train and did very well....got both horses ready for under saddle training.
Shy muscled out good first so she went first to a trainer I heard many good things about.
Seeing I could do all the ground work would make them very steady for an experienced rider/trainer.
Well...he called first night and said, "I'm already riding her!"....I knew that wasnt good, she had just gotten there..no time to get to know anything.....he said come and see tomorrow. So, we did...the whole time he was saddling her up she was tense as h***.
He got on and she walked on and when he asked her to stop with a one reign stop she got confused and he went flying, he got up with a great rope burn on his hand and went and twisted her teets in his fist.
She was on her way home that next day.
Soooo....I had to go learn from others more under saddle.
My teacher said she wanted to come see what I had.
When she got here......she looked at me like I was crazy!
She said, "do you know what you have there?"...I said yup...BIG horses.
She said, "sell them!"....she asked how are you going to get on them if you come off????
LOL!!!!
Well, I guess I'll use a tree trunk or something.
LOL!
The size of my horses freaked her out.
She was half way affraid!!!
I've learned everything Deb.
My horses are very well trained though Shy will never be riden. She's IS ruined for riding.
But, she pulls fine and has the manners of a perfect horse. She also can carry a HUGE load.
She just freaks when anyone is one her. I have tried and tried to break her lack of confidence, but am tired of people going to the hospital.
I do have a saddle that fits Sinbad, but I only ride bareback.
He's so comfy to sit on.
Feed?
Not much. They get mineral on the table all the time and just two cups of feeds a day until it gets hot, then just a half fleck of hay each to bring them in. Unless it's dead of winter and they need extra hay to stay warm...which they LOVE cold weather! They really dont know it's cold unless it's like 5 degrees. LOL!
My horses are so well trained and I'm so proud.....
They come when called always. But, when I walk out to them, they never walk away.
Always turn to me. I worked hard to be able to obtain that response.
I'm glad that I took the time to learn to train them myself.
Training these horses built in me a confidence I really needed too.
Sinbad is lazy and Shy is hot.....he needs a nudge and shy just needs for someone to think "go" and she goes.
They are so diff.
They've never foundered but their size...they could so I have pulled them into their little 1/2 acre lot now.
The Spring grass is so potent.
I'm in the process of finding a new farrier.
The one I've had forever isnt paying attention and cut them like a reg horse last time.....shy limped for two weeks!
I had to dr her every night and give her bute.
But, she's fine now.
Also, Sinbad doesnt respond like regular horses.
Most draft like Sinbad are slower with commands and when the farrier asks him to lift it takes 3 seconds longer than a reg horse.
But the farrier hits his leg bone for a quicker responce.
I hate that!
I've never had to hit my horses for any....oh wait....ya, Shy put her teeth on me ONCE.
lol....cannot have that!
I had to act like I was going to kill her.
I think to this day she doesnt know I wouldnt have.
That's the way I like it.
That was yrs ago and I feel I will never have to have to have that "talk" with her again.
LOL!
Like I said in my other thread....their heads are down constantly.
And, my hubby has to give me a leg up on Sinbad.
But, that's okay with me.
If I needed them to plow or something like that I could use them easily for it.
I need to lunge them more though...they are lazy horses and would tire easily, with their current lifestyle.
Spoiled brats.
I'll try to post pic of them....kind of new to pc thing, but will try......
Thanks for asking about my loves.
Karen