Wednesday, May 21, 2014

21st May, 2014 Recent Acquisitions

I haven't seen Maria for eight years so it was great to be asked to go out and assess her new horse Arnold who came to her via the RSPCA. He's certainly a pleasant character. He needs some help physically but then he should become a very nice riding horse. Today we worked on his groundwork, in particular leading.




"Eight years wow, doesn't time fly. Thank you so much for coming to see Arnold it was great to see him in a different light and I really enjoyed it. The photos are wonderful." MJG

Later on it was off to see T, a Fell pony, currently on seven day trial with potential new owner, Z. He's only recently been gelded and seemed to be very distracted by everything. I needed to get his attention and to ask him to just stand still. Once that was established we could work on asking him to move forward, backwards and sideways and led him down the nearby tracks. It's not altogether certain whether Z will choose to keep him. It's always good to have the door open in both directions.