Kissing Frogs
In the last year my wife had a horse that put her in the hospital on several occasions. He was unpredictable and would throw her on a whim. He needed an owner that could school him on being more polite to riders. She has since found a local horse on her first try on Dream Horse. Her horse is well trained and does everything we need him to do, calmly.
Then in failing health, I had to put my horse down last fall and I got the Beav on a one year trial, but after several months and probably a thousand dollars in vet care, we realized he would never over come his foot issues so we returned him. I then got a loaner horse which we've had for the last two or so months. He was big he could do everything, but he wasn't for sale. We had him only until we could find another horse for me.
The photo above is my new horse Kali. I have her on a one month trial. She is young, six years old, but has some good training under her, though she is still considered green which shows when she confronts a new situation like cows and culvert pipes She keeps her ears on the rider looking for cues as to what she should do.
She is a Belgian/Quarter Horse mix and she is a big girl at 16 hands. She has the enormous feet of a draft horse and they are good sound feet. The last three horses I've had had foot problems and that changes what you can do with a horse.
It takes about a year for a rider and a horse to know each other and anticipate what each is thinking. Kali learned a few things on the trail today. I got her to walk through several puddles and she didn't even look for a way around it. She did get spooked a couple times but I kept her going and she was much more relaxed at the half way point. There is a tarp beside the road that spooked her last time we rode and this time she didn't pay any attention to it at all.
Now I need to test her to see how she feels about the beach and walking in the surf. I need to get her to cross a river and go over bridges. The adventure begins, again.
posted by The Guy Who Writes This at 4:00 AM
8 Comments:
Hmm... A horse named after the goddess of death. Even if she is a good horse, do you think that's such a wise idea?
I though her name was Callie, not Kali. Kali is a whole different type of name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali
Darev, Tis better to ride on the back of death than be ridden by death.
Anon, I was going to call her Ganesha.
I enjoyed our post I though you had stopped posting so I stopped looking for it. I am happy you changed your mind, you have alot of our mama in your stories so it makes me smile - C
Thanks, C. Not sure if we know one another or if I know your Mama. I still post from time to time. I try weekly, but sometimes I'm not successful at that goal. I guess you have some catching up to do since I returned to blogging I've probably put out 40 or so posts. Welcome back.
She is beautiful.
I have wonder that it appears horses are bought, sold, leased and exchanged almost as often as autos. Not much bonding going on with the animal.
Anon, true. Sometimes the bonding just doesn't happen for one reason or another. Often I see it is the sellers that don't disclose all the bad traits of the horse they are trying to dump on the unsuspecting, and the purchaser who thinks they can tolerate bad behavior or believe they can train the problems away. It takes about a year for the owner and the horse to trust and understand one another. A good honest horse will let you in, but there are some horses that never will. It has to do with trust and mutual respect.
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