New Horses, Gonna be a long story

For a coupe of years now, my son has been showing more and more interest again in horses. This of course is perfectly OK with me. He has reclaimed a gelding from my Exhusband. That gelding is the only colt that my old mare ever had So, he's kind of a bit of sentimental value to me. Much like my old mare, he's gentle in his way, but really not a kid horse, and probably never will be. Evan started talking about this horse, and that horse, and several times, I thought, THAT is NOT a good deal. You see, you can spend ALOT of money on a horse these days, but really, with a bit of looking and checking stuff out, you will find that horses are cheap now. GOOD horses too. Knowing that Evan was kind of looking, but not really gonna buy. ( I thought ) Wayne and I were also looking. We wanted to show him a good deal, so he knew they were "out there" We saw an ad on Craigslist for 3 horses that could be had (all) for less than one he had mentioned They were very well bred, young horses that could be awesome. Young is kind of a key word here. That means, totally unstarted, and pretty much unhandled. NOT everyone should do that, trust me. But we knew Evan could. What I have always liked about getting a young horse, is that you yourself KNOW what has been in the their past. There aren't as many ingrained bad habits left there by others. Nothing against others…. just sayin' ….

The filly is kind of realizing that she doesn't seem to have a Momma any more. Where'd she go???????

She does have Evan though, and He really likes her. None of these young horses were handled much. The gelding was handled the most, and he has the most 'issues" though he will get over them. The stud colt is next in line for being less handled, and he's dang friendly. This filly simply was not handled….. and she craves attention. And she gets it. I can NOT wait to see her future. I'm quite sure she will be pretty tall, and be a jumping horse for Jilly, you just wait and see.We kept her at our house for awhile, til Evan was able to get up another fence to keep the stud colt from her (no need for additional babies…and certainly not like that) At the time of home coming, the stud hadn't actually "dropped" 2 testicles, so couldn't be cut yet,…. shortly after (the next day) the excitement made him realize "Hey! I'm a stud!' So, she had to come visit for a few days with us. That was OK, we had a separate pen for her, which made it easy to catch her. When we brought them home, they just basically were "herded" into the trailer without being caught. She she's still unhanded at the time. Obviously, by the photo below, she has been caught and haltered…. and has come to enjoy it. Most beings do enjoy being handled nicely, and why wouldn't they?

I'm excited at this new chapter in my kids lives. It's going to be awesome!

I forgot tot say that due to now being horse owners, they are now also "property" owners. All in a month, they bought horses, and got a new home with the land to put them on. Jilly and Bryce have a huge backyard to play in, and responsibility for animals, just as Evan did growing up. As well as he turned out, it's a good thing.