Hello friends!
Sorry it's been so long since I've updated this blog. I have a few entries in the works and will do better as the busy summer season comes to a close. Though, I am sad to see the warm weather start to go! It will be a long winter, but we'll make the most of it, as always.
In any case, I'd like to introduce a very special horse that's a part of the Three Rivers family, but is currently looking for her forever home. She is a 4 year old (born 2006) AQHA mare. I call her Lady, though her registered name is "Justins Pickles."
Lady came into my life a little over a year ago. I was looking for some youngsters to start for the summer and heard about some nice colts through another trainer. When I showed up, there was in fact one colt that looked in decent condition (he had apparently only been there a month or so), but then there was Lady. She was WAY to thin, wide eyed and terrified, and was bleeding from her chest because they had "run her into the barbed wire to catch her" for me to look at it. Needless to say, despite her pathetic appearance (or maybe because of it) I HAD to take her. So some money exchanged hands and both colts jumped in my trailer. Don't know if she'd ever seen a trailer before, but both of them couldn't get out of that place fast enough!
Lady came home and I could hardly touch her. She and the other colt lived next to my house in a small pen and I caught her many times a day and loved on her, and she quickly realized that things were okay here. Within a couple weeks I was riding her! Not hard, because she was still too thin (but gaining weight FAST!) but enough to get her used to the idea.
Now it's a year later, and she looks like a different horse. She is a small, stocky mare with a lot of brains and enough heart for five horses. I put her first 30 days on her and since she has been ridden by a few students here and there, but primarily by Marty (my farrier and an excellent horseman in his own right) out in the hills. She has A LOT of miles on her for her young age and is a horse that would jump right off a cliff for you if you asked. But, she's not for just anyone, as she is so smart and she is young, so I'd like her to go to someone with some experience.
Lady is looking for a FOREVER home, and will have one here until the perfect person comes around. She's quite the horse and I love having her around, so I'm going to be very picky. But, she deserves lots of love and attention, and the more she gets ridden the better she gets. She's the sort of horse where if I keep her near my house and turn her loose to graze in the front yard, she comes running when I walk out the door and yell her name. She will be your best friend and a dedicated partner.
Please spread the word, and let me know if you are interested!
