Arabian cross (possibly Saddlebred or Morgan) mare about 16 years old, 15 hands, small, delicate build. She is free to a good home with great references (at
least one must be a vet) and horse experience only and a buy-back clause, updates, and an agreement that she not be bred. While I doubt I will be able to find
an adopter, I desperately wish I could pair this wonderful horse with the right person. Maybe that person is out there...I don't know.
I purchased Maddie last June - she was nothing I was looking for, but she was so emaciated I couldn't walk away. I thought there was a good chance I would just be buying her to put her to sleep. She was severely emaciated (about a 1.5 or 2 on the scale) and frightened of people; she would kick and bite if she felt cornered. She's a different horse 6 months later. She is now in good weight and has learned that she actually DOES like people, and has bonds closely with her caregiver and is very gentle and pleasant to handle. She is healthy and has been seen by two vets, had her teeth floated, shots updated, and her weight is back up. She is gorgeous and graceful to watch in the pasture. She would prefer to be kept outdoors with a run-in shed, as she will weave frantically when stalled, especially if people are nearby. Maddie is low on the totem pole with mares and geldings and gets along with everyone she's been out with. I assume she was a show
horse, probably saddleseat - she's got a very flashy element to her. I am confident she was abused. She is a smoooooth ride, and has obviously had some good training in her past; however, now, because someone fried her brain, being a pleasure and trail horse would be her preference.
She has been difficult at times to handle because of her fear, but that behavior is dwindling rapidly. She has made incredible progress going from a temperment of about an 8 or 9 in June to a 3 or 4 as of January - it's been wonderfully mindboggling! Every interaction is better than the last- really it has just been the past two months that something just clicked for her and she has settled into her new life as pasture ornament, my part-time barbie doll, and my favorite horse to just putz around the arena on for the sheer joy of being on a horse. But unfortunately for me, I teach lessons and she's not a lesson horse I can use- she prefers one rider, too many riders worry her. She deserves a good life, and she's ready for a second chance. She loves the outdoors and rides wonderfully next to our newly off-the-track TB in the dark and in daylight and in the woods. She rides in a halter&leadrope or a gentle bitless bridle as she has some serious
fear issues of having the bit removed from her mouth. This mare is lovely and wonderful and a pleasure to ride (most of the time!), but she will need a very particular person - at this point in time.
I am devestated by the thought of letting her go to someone else, but keeping her is not an option right now. She will NOT go to auction; she will NOT be sold to just anyone. I put a lot of money into her rehab and, more importantly, have put many many hours into helping her trust again, and I am very determined that she not end up in the situation I found her in and that the second part of her life is better than her first. I just have this feeling that someone is out there who would LOVE her, adore her; that she is meant for someone and now I've got to at least try to find them.
And of course, pictures are coming soon.
I purchased Maddie last June - she was nothing I was looking for, but she was so emaciated I couldn't walk away. I thought there was a good chance I would just be buying her to put her to sleep. She was severely emaciated (about a 1.5 or 2 on the scale) and frightened of people; she would kick and bite if she felt cornered. She's a different horse 6 months later. She is now in good weight and has learned that she actually DOES like people, and has bonds closely with her caregiver and is very gentle and pleasant to handle. She is healthy and has been seen by two vets, had her teeth floated, shots updated, and her weight is back up. She is gorgeous and graceful to watch in the pasture. She would prefer to be kept outdoors with a run-in shed, as she will weave frantically when stalled, especially if people are nearby. Maddie is low on the totem pole with mares and geldings and gets along with everyone she's been out with. I assume she was a show
horse, probably saddleseat - she's got a very flashy element to her. I am confident she was abused. She is a smoooooth ride, and has obviously had some good training in her past; however, now, because someone fried her brain, being a pleasure and trail horse would be her preference.
She has been difficult at times to handle because of her fear, but that behavior is dwindling rapidly. She has made incredible progress going from a temperment of about an 8 or 9 in June to a 3 or 4 as of January - it's been wonderfully mindboggling! Every interaction is better than the last- really it has just been the past two months that something just clicked for her and she has settled into her new life as pasture ornament, my part-time barbie doll, and my favorite horse to just putz around the arena on for the sheer joy of being on a horse. But unfortunately for me, I teach lessons and she's not a lesson horse I can use- she prefers one rider, too many riders worry her. She deserves a good life, and she's ready for a second chance. She loves the outdoors and rides wonderfully next to our newly off-the-track TB in the dark and in daylight and in the woods. She rides in a halter&leadrope or a gentle bitless bridle as she has some serious
fear issues of having the bit removed from her mouth. This mare is lovely and wonderful and a pleasure to ride (most of the time!), but she will need a very particular person - at this point in time.
I am devestated by the thought of letting her go to someone else, but keeping her is not an option right now. She will NOT go to auction; she will NOT be sold to just anyone. I put a lot of money into her rehab and, more importantly, have put many many hours into helping her trust again, and I am very determined that she not end up in the situation I found her in and that the second part of her life is better than her first. I just have this feeling that someone is out there who would LOVE her, adore her; that she is meant for someone and now I've got to at least try to find them.
And of course, pictures are coming soon.
