Its a long story...this is your warning... she is a light grey almost white ten year old Arabian mare out of champion endurance lines. Her name is Bause (means kisses in arabic lol) and i may be getting her for free. Why is this you may ask? well here is the explanation of her free-ness...
Her owners think she is a nut. She was worked only on ground work the first five years of her life...and taught to rear on comand which hasnt helped her any... Her training has been inconsistant as well. Mike currently owns her...he is my friend dad...Mikes mom is the one who raised bause and did her ground work. Horse is a dream in the round pen. BUT mike has done all her saddle work...he is bi-polar and was very inconsistant.
Now dont get me wrong...she is a fantastic ride! Listens like an angel to all her cues but she is a stubborn brat and spooky. Shes also known to just stop and not move if she doesnt get her way...Point is she has no manners unless lunging, but has amazing potential if someone would just actually mess with her...did i mention she hasnt been ridden in three years? Until i rode her today for nine miles on a trail ride...on which she was a perfect angel and I even galloped her racing another horse!
Also bause is picky about her people. If she likes you in weird because she doesnt like anyone besides mike and his mother...now the shocker...(drum roll) she loves me! its the strangest thing! But i think i figured out why... eveyone at her current barn thinks shes a nut and treats her like a nut...thus she acts like one...when i started working there i treated her like a normal horse...i loved on her and treated her just like the other three they own. now every time she sees me she runs to the fence and neighs at me.
Also her only real issue is she is terrified of thunder storms...she has to be stalled up everytime it storms...or there is heavy rain... she has been this way since it flooded a few years back and a tornadoe came within two miles of her barn...this last spring she took down 40 ft of fencing and sliced her leg on a t-post because she accidentally got left out during a storm...but she is fine now and sound as could be so no worries!
So to conclude I dont think she is a nut job like her current owners do...I think she is just a misunderstood and confused horse who needs a bit of structure in her training. Ive got the riding experience and stubborness to match her stubborness and training issues so why not? and mike and danielle (his wife) both think im perfect for her and have decided if i can figure out where to keep her that they will give her to me for free...
As for finding a place i would keep her with my gelding at my boyfriends house except his mom is bestfriends with danielle and thinks bause is a nut too...so she said i cant keep her there...but there is a ranch two miles from his house that boards horse has nice stall and turn out...ive worked there before...so im thinking im going to talk to the owners about boarding bause there and working to pay for her boarding fees...
So any opinions on my possible new girl? ill get pictures of her sometime...oh and thank you to anyone who took the time to read this mess lol
Her owners think she is a nut. She was worked only on ground work the first five years of her life...and taught to rear on comand which hasnt helped her any... Her training has been inconsistant as well. Mike currently owns her...he is my friend dad...Mikes mom is the one who raised bause and did her ground work. Horse is a dream in the round pen. BUT mike has done all her saddle work...he is bi-polar and was very inconsistant.
Now dont get me wrong...she is a fantastic ride! Listens like an angel to all her cues but she is a stubborn brat and spooky. Shes also known to just stop and not move if she doesnt get her way...Point is she has no manners unless lunging, but has amazing potential if someone would just actually mess with her...did i mention she hasnt been ridden in three years? Until i rode her today for nine miles on a trail ride...on which she was a perfect angel and I even galloped her racing another horse!
Also bause is picky about her people. If she likes you in weird because she doesnt like anyone besides mike and his mother...now the shocker...(drum roll) she loves me! its the strangest thing! But i think i figured out why... eveyone at her current barn thinks shes a nut and treats her like a nut...thus she acts like one...when i started working there i treated her like a normal horse...i loved on her and treated her just like the other three they own. now every time she sees me she runs to the fence and neighs at me.
Also her only real issue is she is terrified of thunder storms...she has to be stalled up everytime it storms...or there is heavy rain... she has been this way since it flooded a few years back and a tornadoe came within two miles of her barn...this last spring she took down 40 ft of fencing and sliced her leg on a t-post because she accidentally got left out during a storm...but she is fine now and sound as could be so no worries!
So to conclude I dont think she is a nut job like her current owners do...I think she is just a misunderstood and confused horse who needs a bit of structure in her training. Ive got the riding experience and stubborness to match her stubborness and training issues so why not? and mike and danielle (his wife) both think im perfect for her and have decided if i can figure out where to keep her that they will give her to me for free...
As for finding a place i would keep her with my gelding at my boyfriends house except his mom is bestfriends with danielle and thinks bause is a nut too...so she said i cant keep her there...but there is a ranch two miles from his house that boards horse has nice stall and turn out...ive worked there before...so im thinking im going to talk to the owners about boarding bause there and working to pay for her boarding fees...
So any opinions on my possible new girl? ill get pictures of her sometime...oh and thank you to anyone who took the time to read this mess lol