Leeana
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Well, a little history first. Well we went out to look at him and the man said that if we could have him on the trailer in 24 hours he was ours. So i drove over to look at him last night and he stood out in the pasture with two big appys and he was just breathtaking. I had to pinch myself. I told him he was bigger then what i like to deal with but i knew if we didnt bring him home before long he would end up somewhere he didnt need to be, he had to come home with us. Went out in the pasture, he was really dirty. Basically he said he had not haltered him or led him in 4 or 5 years :new_shocked:. I was expecting him to be half wild, but after a couple minutes he just stopped and let me snap a lead on him. He was really laid back, not like i was pictured. Basically his personality was the complete opposite of his looks.
So, this morning we went and got him, he was an angel in the trailer. Unloaded perfectly fine, first time on the trailer since he was a weanling (they got him through the taylors sale as a weanling). The man said he did have papers but never updated them and cant find them (that story
, he looks to be about 46'' and is just so big boned to be a shetland.
Unloaded off the trailer and let him out to run in our other pasture by himself, OHHH what a mover. I've never seen such hock action (exept the moderns of course). He is really well behaved, could use some work of course but what can you expect right? Im sure in a couple weeks he will be fine. He is very well behaved.
Here are pictures from this morning when he got home ..dirty dirty boy.
He and i (here you can see his height)
And then we played beauty shop and this is him after a bath (which he didnt mind btw), a bridle path, about an hour of grooming and bottle of cowboy magic detangler later ...we have this! I love the super long mane and forelock *drool*.
I want to know more about him, he is the typical 'taylor gray', i think he is to big to be by Instant Replay but he has that taylor gray im thinking he has Midget Mike breeding somewhere back. I think once he settles down we are going to geld him and get his hooves done. What do you guys think? I plan to email Tom and see if he remembers anything about him.
Oh yes, his name ..im calling him Image for now. They called him 'corncob' so that had to change lol.
I think he is beautiful, i knew there was a handsome boy under all that. I will have to keep you guys updated through his training, i just feel he needed a second chance and that is what im giving him!
BTW, i set up a vet appointment to get him checked out, better safe then sorry
. I think after he is trained and we work on the ground manners and he is gelded i will let him find a forever home with a family.
So, this morning we went and got him, he was an angel in the trailer. Unloaded perfectly fine, first time on the trailer since he was a weanling (they got him through the taylors sale as a weanling). The man said he did have papers but never updated them and cant find them (that story
Unloaded off the trailer and let him out to run in our other pasture by himself, OHHH what a mover. I've never seen such hock action (exept the moderns of course). He is really well behaved, could use some work of course but what can you expect right? Im sure in a couple weeks he will be fine. He is very well behaved.
Here are pictures from this morning when he got home ..dirty dirty boy.
He and i (here you can see his height)
And then we played beauty shop and this is him after a bath (which he didnt mind btw), a bridle path, about an hour of grooming and bottle of cowboy magic detangler later ...we have this! I love the super long mane and forelock *drool*.
I want to know more about him, he is the typical 'taylor gray', i think he is to big to be by Instant Replay but he has that taylor gray im thinking he has Midget Mike breeding somewhere back. I think once he settles down we are going to geld him and get his hooves done. What do you guys think? I plan to email Tom and see if he remembers anything about him.
Oh yes, his name ..im calling him Image for now. They called him 'corncob' so that had to change lol.
I think he is beautiful, i knew there was a handsome boy under all that. I will have to keep you guys updated through his training, i just feel he needed a second chance and that is what im giving him!
BTW, i set up a vet appointment to get him checked out, better safe then sorry
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