Hi, I'm extremely new to the world of Miniature Horses though not so new to horses in general. I'm seventeen and from Queen Creek, AZ. My mom owned horses when she was a teenager but had to sell them when she had kids so I rode at a lesson barn and the Renaissance Fair until sixth grade when my mom leased a big Thoroughbred gelding named Glory for me to show in 4-H. I only rode Glory for a few months because right before our first show (about three hours before) something spooked him and I fell and broke my arm. After Glory we didn't have another horse for a year or so but I still took lessons, though more Western than English this time. When I was in 7th grade my mom adopted a 3yr old Mustang mare from BLM. She trained the mare, River, until it was time for her to be under saddle and hen she sent her to a trainer friend. He trained River and the two bonded better then my mom and her so my mom sold River to him. We went through a few more horses until we got to the mixed up herd we have now. Our herd consists of two Thoroughbred geldings named Finn and Dante, a grade Pony mare named Tempest, a registered Quarter Horse named Vegas, a Polish Arabian gelding named Rooster, a grade pinto gelding named Ace, and of course the whole reason I joined a little grade Miniature gelding named Pippin. The majority of the horses are my mom's and sister's but Ace and Pippin are mine.
Other than horses our lives are run by four dogs, four cats, two guinnea pigs, eight rabbits, two goats, and an ever changing amount of chickens. Most of the animals are 4-H projects but my mom and I are starting to breed and show Bantam Buff Brahmas (chicken) and Mini Lops (rabbits) outside of 4-H. Yeah, we are a bit insane...
Anywas, onto the man of the hour, whole reason I am here, and holder of my heart Pippin! I don't know much about Pippin other than that he is a gelding, around two, has multiple personalities that he shows within five minutes, he is to dang smart, and he is about the same size as my mom's Irish Wolfhound. I've had him for a few months now and sadly haven't been able to work him as much as I wanted. What I have done with him is work on leading, respect, and desensitizing (all of which he had almost no clue). In the end I want to train him to pull a cart and maybe show him in open shows or AMHA (if he can be registered). We have a harness for him but I need to start from the ground up basically since recently he has begun to pretend he is a wild horse who's never been touched. When I am able to get the halter on he is an angel. Since I am so new to Minis and starting horses you will probably be flooded with a ton of questions in the coming months and whenever I run into something I need help on. I even know the first question. What color is he!? It's been driving me insane because he looks grey but he has a purple tint to his fur and his mane has some tan, red, and blonde in it. I will get pictures up as soon as I can.
I can't wait to talk to everyone and get the overload of information I know is here
Other than horses our lives are run by four dogs, four cats, two guinnea pigs, eight rabbits, two goats, and an ever changing amount of chickens. Most of the animals are 4-H projects but my mom and I are starting to breed and show Bantam Buff Brahmas (chicken) and Mini Lops (rabbits) outside of 4-H. Yeah, we are a bit insane...
Anywas, onto the man of the hour, whole reason I am here, and holder of my heart Pippin! I don't know much about Pippin other than that he is a gelding, around two, has multiple personalities that he shows within five minutes, he is to dang smart, and he is about the same size as my mom's Irish Wolfhound. I've had him for a few months now and sadly haven't been able to work him as much as I wanted. What I have done with him is work on leading, respect, and desensitizing (all of which he had almost no clue). In the end I want to train him to pull a cart and maybe show him in open shows or AMHA (if he can be registered). We have a harness for him but I need to start from the ground up basically since recently he has begun to pretend he is a wild horse who's never been touched. When I am able to get the halter on he is an angel. Since I am so new to Minis and starting horses you will probably be flooded with a ton of questions in the coming months and whenever I run into something I need help on. I even know the first question. What color is he!? It's been driving me insane because he looks grey but he has a purple tint to his fur and his mane has some tan, red, and blonde in it. I will get pictures up as soon as I can.
I can't wait to talk to everyone and get the overload of information I know is here
