ladyluck
Posted : 9/27/2010 11:46:27 PM
He could do the mtns! They dont want to fall any more than you do.[
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Sherry bought Diesel from Nashville,Tn, as a three yr old who had been only worked for the show ring and in an arena. He had never been on a trail, we found out.We drove down one Friday and picked him up.(about seven hours from our house to theirs) I had just got Cay that week so we took him along. Guy said Diesel would load,no problem, and he did.NO problem!! We drove back to Land between the lakes in Ky and got there really late(about midnight). Finally found two open stalls and went to unload. Well, Diesel wouldnt back out of the trailor and Cay was in the front!After coaxing and trying a little bit of everything, we just left them in there and went to bed. Next morning, with the help of some good trail riders, we got him out.(long story,shortened) So now we have been telling each other, these are new horses. Not like the been everywhere,done it all, horses we have at home so have to remember that. Easy enuff,right?? Well, People camping next to us wanted to go for a short ride. I hate saddling up for only an hour or so, so onlly Sherry was going. She tied Diesel to the trailor and walked around to get her saddle. He had never been tied by himself, pulled back , broke the lead rope clip, and took off. We hear this commotion, think " oh someones horse is loose", walk around the trailor, and there goes Diesel,head and tail up, awesome gait, across the camp ground. [:-]Thinking there goes our money!! Luckily, he went over to where some horses were on a picket line, and stopped. Guy tells his wife,grab that horse, Ok this horse is 16'3" head up and snorting fire!( Well, maybe not fire). She said no way was she getting close so the guy reached up and grabbed Diesels halter and he settled right down.. OK now we learned two lessons...1. Make sure a horse will unload as well as load when you buy him. Both are important things to know and 2. You have to remember this is NOT your old been there,done that horse! So that should be the end of the story,right?
Well,not quite. Sherry brought him back and saddled him up to ride with our neighbors, who are now offering to take that horse off her hands for $100. Off they go and Diesel is doing great until....they get to a hill. He had no idea whatsoever how to go up a hill or down a hill. So she spent a lot of time crowhopping,but he finally figured it out and the neighbors decided he might be worth a little more than that after all. Rest of our week was great! We may learn our lessons the hard way, but we remember them and we have a lot of fun! Diesel and Cay are now go anywhere, do it all horses!![
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Oh did I mention he had always been stalled so had no respect for any kind of fence or a clue what it was??But thats another story![
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