Lil' Horse Lover
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This is Bandit, formerly known as Toy (which is just what the past owner's kids thought he was), he is guessed to be about 11 yrs. old and is 36" tall. He is a gelding. I was told by his last owner that they adopted him from a local rescue who ended up with him because he outgrew his AMHA papers and was no longer used for breeding. The last owners had 4 young boys who tortured the poor little guy, which made him not like to be handled or caught. No one in the family could get near him (he was in a pasture with 3 full sized horse) or catch him. These people owned him for about 5 years, when they first got him the kids were able to ride him but they got bored with him and lost interest and all they would do with him was tease him. So I was contacted by a friend of the old owner and was asked if I wanted another mini (they knew I have 4 others), they said he'd give him to me and told me he would be a challenge and needed some work. A couple weeks went by and now I have him. I went to look at him and I just couldn't leave him there. So I brought him home to get a new, fresh start on life.
Ever since he set foot in my dry lot field he's been extremely easy to catch, which is amazing because when I went to see him I couldn't get closer than 20 feet from him, I guess he just needed to get out of that environment. He gets along great with my other 4 geldings. I trimmed his feet and he needs to lose some extra baggage but overall he's not in horrible shape. He's on a diet along with my other 4 and getting excersized, I think he'll come along nicely. He's really easy going and was perfect for trimming and clipping his bridle path, he's got a really good temperment. I want to train him to drive and be handled by kids again, see if I can turn him into a good little kids horse. So here's Bandit.....minus the abundance of extra pounds what do you think of him? For these pics all I did was brush him...
Ever since he set foot in my dry lot field he's been extremely easy to catch, which is amazing because when I went to see him I couldn't get closer than 20 feet from him, I guess he just needed to get out of that environment. He gets along great with my other 4 geldings. I trimmed his feet and he needs to lose some extra baggage but overall he's not in horrible shape. He's on a diet along with my other 4 and getting excersized, I think he'll come along nicely. He's really easy going and was perfect for trimming and clipping his bridle path, he's got a really good temperment. I want to train him to drive and be handled by kids again, see if I can turn him into a good little kids horse. So here's Bandit.....minus the abundance of extra pounds what do you think of him? For these pics all I did was brush him...
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