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Post by jen526 on Dec 23, 2009 11:13:24 GMT 1
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Post by anastasia55555 on Dec 23, 2009 11:19:49 GMT 1
:-D
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Post by mandal on Dec 23, 2009 11:21:22 GMT 1
Lol. You could get her to help hanging out the sheets!
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Post by jen526 on Dec 23, 2009 11:41:58 GMT 1
now that's an idea.... Poppys laundry service!
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Post by Casper on Dec 23, 2009 11:45:55 GMT 1
What a lovely pony. LOL at Poppy's Laundry Service - she looks like she's a natural!
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Post by jen526 on Dec 23, 2009 11:54:39 GMT 1
thanks, she is really sweet. Only 18 months and standing 14hh, so hopefully she will make 14.2. Weather permitting hoping to take her to a fun show on 27th - will be our first one with her and in an indoor school, hence the spook busting!
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Post by Mellymoo on Dec 23, 2009 12:25:52 GMT 1
Great pics - she looks like a real sweetheart!
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Post by kafee on Dec 23, 2009 20:29:13 GMT 1
Hi jen526, She's beautiful and clearly very laid back. That's what I should be doing with my boys. How is she bred?
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Post by jen526 on Dec 24, 2009 8:05:21 GMT 1
Hi Kafee, She is pure New Forest, very good bloodlines. Poppy is stud bred (not sired and born on the open forest). She was actually born in the field next to ours so we have known her since she was only a few hours old, subsequently purchased her a few months ago. Like all youngsters - very interested in everything, which has certainly turned out to be an advantage with de-spooking! How old & what breed are your boys?
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Post by wabuska on Dec 24, 2009 8:22:46 GMT 1
Hilarious. What a wonderful girl!
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Post by kafee on Dec 24, 2009 11:40:13 GMT 1
I bought 3 of the bigger NF colts at Beauleiu Road last year (2008), with a view to giving them all a good start in life. I intend to keep 1 and sell the other 2. The middle sized one Inca, (by Portmoor Prince) is the same colour as Poppy. He was a beautiful, well covered, cuddly looking foal. The other two were a lot poorer: Inca had 2 testicles decended this spring, the others didn't. Inca and Sky (by Hatchett Sunseeker) are now both about 13hh, but Squirrel (by Lovelyhill Gliding High) looks a much bigger pony, but he's only 13.2. I was expecting him to make 14.2+. I have a 14hh 5 year old NF that I bought as a foal, but I didn't keep records of how big he was when, I was too busy enjoying him growing up.
Squirrel is very bold and bit of a bully to the other two, I think he may have been shown with his Mum. Inca was very afraid of being touched, but I did see him hauled around quite a bit when they were trying to sort the right 3 foals in to the loading race at Beauleiu Road for me. Despite feeding them separately in the shelter most nights, it wasn't until I had him on his own in the summer and spent an hour or so a day desensitizing him, that I actually made any real progress with him. By the end of the first week I was able to not only touch his legs, but trim his feet and walk up to him and put a headcollar on. He's changed completely since I put that time in with him, he's now really chilled out and has a bright future as a child's pony, which I'd doubted at one point.
I used old dengy hi-fi sacks to take hay to the field in the snow, and all 3 showed interest in the them. I didn't leave the sacks lying around as Squirrel bit pieces out of one when I did that once before, and I'm terrified of them swallowing things and getting a blockage. So I ought to get on with some spook busting like you.
Sorry to ramble on: as you may have guessed I love talking about my ponies!
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Post by portiabuzz on Dec 24, 2009 13:45:16 GMT 1
lovely and so nice to see a happy horse x
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Post by jen526 on Dec 24, 2009 15:26:05 GMT 1
Portiabuz - thanks, I think she is definitely a happy girl!
Kafee - don't apologize! I think perhaps we must all be a bit obsessed, otherwise why would we bother! Do you have a copy of (RA) Sarah Weston's book? if not, I highly recommend it, not just for young un-touched ones, but for any de-sensitization and training work. Foresters vary so much in their growth, and can continue till 6 years, so your boys still have plenty of time, you also have some good breeding in them. Poppy is Wayland (s) and Peverill (d), we hope to compete her ourselves in the future!. Sounds as though you have already put some good foundation steps in with yours, it is totally different for ones like yours that have been through the sales. I must confess I am really enjoying working Poppy, she is the first one we have ever had that has only met the nice side of people - what a massive difference it makes! I hope all goes well with your boys and that everything drops as it should!!
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Post by portiabuzz on Dec 24, 2009 23:18:19 GMT 1
also recommend Sarahs book! Although currently using it for my goat!!
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Post by kafee on Dec 25, 2009 12:28:37 GMT 1
It was on my Christmas list, fingers crossed it's under the tree! Mind the goat doesn't eat it Portiabuzz! ;D I love working with the babes, it's so rewarding. The hard bit is getting them on their own to do it, as they all want to join in.
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