Monday, September 28, 2009

New horse!

Yesterday, I got an phone early in the morning. A man who has horses not far from me asked me to take a 2 year old black and white Missouri Fox Trotter filly. He told me that she has been to 3 different homes in her lifetime already. With me, that makes 4. She was totally wild when he got her 3 weeks ago. Was able to halter her and lead her around some. She is quite skinny and smallish. She has these long legs though! He told me he has no time for her and he cant keep her. I told him to bring her over. How much trouble can she be? Well she is very scared and apprehensive of people. I was able to get her to sniff my hand, but that is all about it for now. She does know grain because she went right over to it when i brought some in for her. I threw in some carrots on the ground so she could have them for later. Not sure if she ate them or not yet. She is in my round pen until I can get her to be handled some. Harley and Cheyenne are out on my lawn and Harley totally hates her while Cheyenne stands by her all of the time. Good old Cheyenne! He told me she is a kicker and i saw that first hand when one of my dogs rushed by her and she tried to kick him. She is quick but so is my dog, Hunter! Will have to watch that i guess! She is a pretty thing, looks quite sound, but is all scuffed up when he tried to get her to join with him in his round pen. She never did. I guess she took a tumble and her face is pretty badly scraped up. But it is healing. She has the sweetest little neigh! I will get some pictures of her for tomorrow. She has no name, he called her horse! I have never had a trotter before, so i did look up some information regarding her. What I dont know is how long they will grow in age. She probably wont get very big looking at her body, but her legs are very long in proportion to her body. And i will tell a bit more after she gains some weight. I am so used to my meaty Quarter horse babies! Her pasturns are a bit up, not like a QH at all. She has a bit of a roach back as well, but not bad. Longer neck. but she does look like the pictures I have seen on the internet. I hope everyone will look at her and give me suggestions on a name! Its been awhile since I have had a horse with no people interaction or skills. Well, not that long, but long enough! So Rebecca and I will be working with her alot in the next few weeks to get her to trust me. She is a very pretty girl. How is it that this baby has now had 4 homes?? Quite sad! MFT arent cheap either! No one worked with her at all except the last guy. Why would you not work or at least pet your foals? My goodness! Well she is a curious one and doesnt seem to be vicious which is good for me! So pictures coming tomorrow. You can tell me what you think of her conformationally!

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