Post by Jamie-Lee on Sept 28, 2008 23:12:56 GMT 1
The start
When my last pony herbie needed to slow down I had to look for a new horse
After lots of “interesting” rides and getting ripped off by a dealer
mum showed me an advert of a scruffy looking tri coloured cob called “bob”
after much thought I went to try him and fell in love…..
The vetting (12.02 08)
After the pony (Elsa) I got from the dealer was lame and we were heart broken, I was not taking any chances
So I got the vet out and he said he is well apart from being blind in one eye and a couple of sarcoids, but he told me they where not bad and wouldn’t fail the vetting on that alone as he knew what I was looking for and said “If I did not get him he would” … so I made her a much lesser offer which she accepted.. I hacked him home that day really UN eventfully. Apart from dodgy saddle fit and it slipping.
Meeting the new home and the others
When I got home 30 mins after vetting he was talking away to the others
I un tacked him and lead him into the field (was like a donkey) to meet the others as he is blind I lead him around the field to show him the electric fencing …let him off the lead rope and wow!!! What a stunner.
The first ride
I gave him two day’s to settle down and went to get on him …and oh dear who swapped my horse he wouldn’t stand still so I could mount and was headshaking …. went on a river bank and got a big fat rear that made us slide down the river bank towards a busy road I managed to get him up and all was alright but we where fine got to the road and he did not want to stop luckily there where no cars. Got to my road and pass my dad going to work and up he goes again! Managed to stay on and get home phew! Mum saw most of the ride apart from the rear on the bank ....we had a chat after bob was in the field.. Mum was worried if we had got another “dud” horse. I phoned the previous owner and told her everything and she was shocked……but couldn’t help me but told me that he wasn’t that bad with her. I had serious doubts though, cos still she refuses to ride bob… We decided, that, even with his attitude, there was something there, and I really wanted the partnership to work, so we got a “game plan ” together with help from mum and the dg.
Step 1 ground work
Step 2 no hacking for a little while
Step 3 take no rubbish
Long line and groundwork!
I decided to long line him around the field and eeeekkkk the belly button again
what is up with him?
Talked to mum and told her and she was also interested and had had few ideas as to why he might be like this….1 he is young 2 he is green 3 he doesn’t understand, so mum to the rescue again, she gave me a lesson on long lining, and refined what I was doing.
Mum also helped me a lot with ground work, teaching him to listen to me on the ground, and refine his manners. Mum taught him to yield quarters, so I had an emergency brake…
First lesson
I got jennyb out for a lesson and she sorted out some of my problems and he went beautifully. But still head shaking
Mc timoney
Tj took a really bad fall in the field so we got the mc timoney out and had him checked over he was out in his poll and in this pelvis .and thought why not lets get bob looked at and he was out in his pelvis and poll and 3 of his vertebra where also out , not that it made any difference.
Dentist
Got our dentist out as the boy’s where due and poor dancer had a cap come off and stuck in his gum…..tj was fine and bob’sgot looked at too as he was still headshaking …..and his teeth had never been done at all !!! he is 6…
Chipped !
Got the vet out to microchip bob. He was an angel, had his jabs too.
Stand still !
Mum helped me with the not standing still to mount.. lots of off and on’s and back up’s, all the time he moved, we made him move more, he soon learnt to stand still.
Hack !
Went on a different hack as it had been 2 weeks not hacking…. Much better but still needing improving
And needs to stop sticking his bum in the road….
First jump
Had a bit of a play with this, I got all dressed up …. he hasn’t jumped before so we started from scratch to build confidence, with poles etc.
Whip !
I had an idea …..on my next hack take it with me to guide him to the side ! and it worked no bum in road ….He hates the whip, and I cannot carry it on his seeing side, but on his blind side he is good and looks on it as a blind mans white cane.
The bank!!
After 2 really good hacks mum set me a target, have 10 good rides then try the bank again !
Got to no 10 and asked mum to come on foot (the things you do for us kid’s)
And he was really good all the way down the bank but on the way back we got the sillyness …….mum talked me through what to do.. Lots of circles!!!! Got to the road and he threats a rear but doesn’t follow trough with it….mum said I was already in control with what I was doing but needed more confidence in myself as I was doing things fine. ….
The bond
Even though I had these issues with him when riding I loved him from the start and I like to think he likes his human too.
Tart up !
After an idea from jennyb, a suggestion to help with head shaking, we shortened his mane and trimmed him up , it didn’t work but he looked smart.
Hack with old owner !
I have been in touch with his previous owner ….and decided to hack to his old yard and ride with his old owner and he was a little silly as he knew where he was but pretty much ok.. his old owner refused to have a go..i wonder why? She also didn’t like his new haircut.
Mr fatty bum bum
He has really fat as his previous owner used to seriously overfeed him
2 feeds a day (in summer) 1 scoop of Alfa and one scoop of pasture mix
So the diet began !...no food ….ridden 5 times a week and muzzled much to his disappointment
Super hack
After the initial sillyness we are super team and we hack all the time ! There is nowhere I wont take him, except the bob eating cows, I don’t know what the problem is as he used to live with cows. Another hurdle to overcome in time.
Looking good
After some work we started to get softness,respect and most of all trust
The big bank !!!!!
There is another river bank that runs in front of my house after no more idiot ness I took him on the big bank and what a star ! first hack canter on him also. Wow what a feeling.. and he had brakes too.
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Bare back and bitless
Lots of trust here but he was a star! Was really collected for me as he was worried about me falling off.
Tail for Harley
After Harley sadly lost his tail all of us gave tail including mr bob
Bob gets a tattoo !
After lots of thought on what mark to have and if it would affect his showing, I got him freezmarked B0B!
More bareback but canter !
Poser
Almost bounced off
More ground work
Mum helped me with de spooking ….and we won the dg video show !! o heck !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISFF53GRsvI
Mum get’s on !
Tj’s nanny
Bob has become such a star he is a nanny for my sisters horse TJ
The jump improves !
Dad gets on
Dad had a ride and loved him ! bob was great !!
3 ft jumps !!!
He is really progressing now, and loves jumping.
Trailer load
He had never been on a trailer before, so again we started from scratch, he must trust me so much as he walked on with just a snort.
The first ‘s!!
1st show, and we got clear round and Second! Woohoo!
1st coloured jumps
1st indoor school
Mum’s 1st time pulling a trailer
What a star! I am so in love with my horsey, he stood tied up and chatted to other horses for a while but was calm, he started to collect after a few mins warm up so we went for clear round…eeekkkk, bunny hops over everything, refused to canter,but we got clear wooo! Then entered minimus class, and he perked up a bit, I got canter a lot easier and again we went clear. In the jump off, he decided he didn’t like the tuti fruiti coloured jump, and we came second. Now he had wound himself up and wanted more more more, I had to take him for a walk to chill out a bit, but called it a day there.
Now I know bob, I know his head tossing is when he gets stressed, not an issue now he is starting to trust me. Weve come a long way in six months so I know he has that potential we knew he had inside we viewed him. Everybody said no don’t buy him, do you know what…? Ner ner ner ner ner..! everybody loves bob! But not as much as me!
I just want to thank all the people that supported us from the DG especially lizp you all have been a real help…x
When my last pony herbie needed to slow down I had to look for a new horse
After lots of “interesting” rides and getting ripped off by a dealer
mum showed me an advert of a scruffy looking tri coloured cob called “bob”
after much thought I went to try him and fell in love…..
The vetting (12.02 08)
After the pony (Elsa) I got from the dealer was lame and we were heart broken, I was not taking any chances
So I got the vet out and he said he is well apart from being blind in one eye and a couple of sarcoids, but he told me they where not bad and wouldn’t fail the vetting on that alone as he knew what I was looking for and said “If I did not get him he would” … so I made her a much lesser offer which she accepted.. I hacked him home that day really UN eventfully. Apart from dodgy saddle fit and it slipping.
Meeting the new home and the others
When I got home 30 mins after vetting he was talking away to the others
I un tacked him and lead him into the field (was like a donkey) to meet the others as he is blind I lead him around the field to show him the electric fencing …let him off the lead rope and wow!!! What a stunner.
The first ride
I gave him two day’s to settle down and went to get on him …and oh dear who swapped my horse he wouldn’t stand still so I could mount and was headshaking …. went on a river bank and got a big fat rear that made us slide down the river bank towards a busy road I managed to get him up and all was alright but we where fine got to the road and he did not want to stop luckily there where no cars. Got to my road and pass my dad going to work and up he goes again! Managed to stay on and get home phew! Mum saw most of the ride apart from the rear on the bank ....we had a chat after bob was in the field.. Mum was worried if we had got another “dud” horse. I phoned the previous owner and told her everything and she was shocked……but couldn’t help me but told me that he wasn’t that bad with her. I had serious doubts though, cos still she refuses to ride bob… We decided, that, even with his attitude, there was something there, and I really wanted the partnership to work, so we got a “game plan ” together with help from mum and the dg.
Step 1 ground work
Step 2 no hacking for a little while
Step 3 take no rubbish
Long line and groundwork!
I decided to long line him around the field and eeeekkkk the belly button again
what is up with him?Talked to mum and told her and she was also interested and had had few ideas as to why he might be like this….1 he is young 2 he is green 3 he doesn’t understand, so mum to the rescue again, she gave me a lesson on long lining, and refined what I was doing.
Mum also helped me a lot with ground work, teaching him to listen to me on the ground, and refine his manners. Mum taught him to yield quarters, so I had an emergency brake…
First lesson
I got jennyb out for a lesson and she sorted out some of my problems and he went beautifully. But still head shaking
Mc timoney
Tj took a really bad fall in the field so we got the mc timoney out and had him checked over he was out in his poll and in this pelvis .and thought why not lets get bob looked at and he was out in his pelvis and poll and 3 of his vertebra where also out , not that it made any difference.
Dentist
Got our dentist out as the boy’s where due and poor dancer had a cap come off and stuck in his gum…..tj was fine and bob’sgot looked at too as he was still headshaking …..and his teeth had never been done at all !!! he is 6…
Chipped !
Got the vet out to microchip bob. He was an angel, had his jabs too.
Stand still !
Mum helped me with the not standing still to mount.. lots of off and on’s and back up’s, all the time he moved, we made him move more, he soon learnt to stand still.
Hack !
Went on a different hack as it had been 2 weeks not hacking…. Much better but still needing improving
And needs to stop sticking his bum in the road….
First jump
Had a bit of a play with this, I got all dressed up …. he hasn’t jumped before so we started from scratch to build confidence, with poles etc.
Whip !
I had an idea …..on my next hack take it with me to guide him to the side ! and it worked no bum in road ….He hates the whip, and I cannot carry it on his seeing side, but on his blind side he is good and looks on it as a blind mans white cane.
The bank!!
After 2 really good hacks mum set me a target, have 10 good rides then try the bank again !
Got to no 10 and asked mum to come on foot (the things you do for us kid’s)
And he was really good all the way down the bank but on the way back we got the sillyness …….mum talked me through what to do.. Lots of circles!!!! Got to the road and he threats a rear but doesn’t follow trough with it….mum said I was already in control with what I was doing but needed more confidence in myself as I was doing things fine. ….
The bond
Even though I had these issues with him when riding I loved him from the start and I like to think he likes his human too.
Tart up !
After an idea from jennyb, a suggestion to help with head shaking, we shortened his mane and trimmed him up , it didn’t work but he looked smart.
Hack with old owner !
I have been in touch with his previous owner ….and decided to hack to his old yard and ride with his old owner and he was a little silly as he knew where he was but pretty much ok.. his old owner refused to have a go..i wonder why? She also didn’t like his new haircut.
Mr fatty bum bum
He has really fat as his previous owner used to seriously overfeed him
2 feeds a day (in summer) 1 scoop of Alfa and one scoop of pasture mix
So the diet began !...no food ….ridden 5 times a week and muzzled much to his disappointment
Super hack
After the initial sillyness we are super team and we hack all the time ! There is nowhere I wont take him, except the bob eating cows, I don’t know what the problem is as he used to live with cows. Another hurdle to overcome in time.
Looking good
After some work we started to get softness,respect and most of all trust
The big bank !!!!!
There is another river bank that runs in front of my house after no more idiot ness I took him on the big bank and what a star ! first hack canter on him also. Wow what a feeling.. and he had brakes too.
[
Bare back and bitless
Lots of trust here but he was a star! Was really collected for me as he was worried about me falling off.
Tail for Harley
After Harley sadly lost his tail all of us gave tail including mr bob
Bob gets a tattoo !
After lots of thought on what mark to have and if it would affect his showing, I got him freezmarked B0B!
More bareback but canter !
Poser
Almost bounced off
More ground work
Mum helped me with de spooking ….and we won the dg video show !! o heck !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISFF53GRsvI
Mum get’s on !
Tj’s nanny
Bob has become such a star he is a nanny for my sisters horse TJ
The jump improves !
Dad gets on
Dad had a ride and loved him ! bob was great !!
3 ft jumps !!!
He is really progressing now, and loves jumping.
Trailer load
He had never been on a trailer before, so again we started from scratch, he must trust me so much as he walked on with just a snort.
The first ‘s!!
1st show, and we got clear round and Second! Woohoo!
1st coloured jumps
1st indoor school
Mum’s 1st time pulling a trailer
What a star! I am so in love with my horsey, he stood tied up and chatted to other horses for a while but was calm, he started to collect after a few mins warm up so we went for clear round…eeekkkk, bunny hops over everything, refused to canter,but we got clear wooo! Then entered minimus class, and he perked up a bit, I got canter a lot easier and again we went clear. In the jump off, he decided he didn’t like the tuti fruiti coloured jump, and we came second. Now he had wound himself up and wanted more more more, I had to take him for a walk to chill out a bit, but called it a day there.
Now I know bob, I know his head tossing is when he gets stressed, not an issue now he is starting to trust me. Weve come a long way in six months so I know he has that potential we knew he had inside we viewed him. Everybody said no don’t buy him, do you know what…? Ner ner ner ner ner..! everybody loves bob! But not as much as me!
I just want to thank all the people that supported us from the DG especially lizp you all have been a real help…x
he was only dirty when you cane to view as it was the middle of winter and he had just come in from the field and surely you know now how hard it is to keep a mainly white horse clean!!!
