It seems I tend to want to talk horses .... Offending hijacker of threads here.... LOL
I have had horses now since 1967. I was twelve years old then LOL.
I am NOT a horse trainer but feel every one trains their horse by handling them. So I have ownd and handled a grand total of seven over the years. My training started with Calvary style traingin my original teacher was the granddaughter of a Canadian Mountie... From there I moved to English and finally dressage for my riding preferences..... Then I discovered Driving through Dressage training.... and was hooked.
Fast forward to 2000 My dad had died the year before and I had been without a horse for about ten years. Raising my son took precedence as a single mom. But I watched my dad over the years mourn for the fact that his eyesight took away his pilots license... Yearning for what he loved till 1999. So I decided it was time to go back to the thing I loved for so many years.
In the ten years I had become Fluffy... so I wanted a horse to Drive and could do Driven Dressage. But I also wanted a horse substantial enough to pack my Fluffiness without other people thinking.... Oh Poor horsey... At first I though Draft horse cross.... I loved Percherons so was looking at Percheron crosses... Too much money because people were buying them for sport horses...
But then I read some more and Pure Percherons were used for all sorts of things.... Riding, even Fox hunting, Dressage (look up Cotton Wood Flame), AND and Driven Dressage even Combined Driving (the three day event for driving horses)
So I got on the internet to find out how much Pure bred Percherons were... OMG they were the price I wanted to spend on a crossbred. I found a picture on a horse sale website that was posted waaayyy up in San Fransisco area. She was the size of a postage stamp and I fell in love....
Her name is Rocking Jolly Kateen The picture below was when she was about four. I call her Katee or Baby Girl. She is seventeen hands one inch tall.
For the homesteaders out there I can answer a few questions about using horses for work on the farm and can steer you toward resources...
Here is Katee as a six year old here in San Diego at her first boarding facility.... She was romping in the arena...
Percherons come in may blood lines some are used for heavy work like plowing or logging and some are used for Carriage work the ones that are used for Carriage work are called Modern or Hitch style... Katee is not quite hitchy enough for the hitch horses but she defiantly isn't a plow horse.
deb
edited to add the pictures that didnt show up... I am a dufus
I have had horses now since 1967. I was twelve years old then LOL.
I am NOT a horse trainer but feel every one trains their horse by handling them. So I have ownd and handled a grand total of seven over the years. My training started with Calvary style traingin my original teacher was the granddaughter of a Canadian Mountie... From there I moved to English and finally dressage for my riding preferences..... Then I discovered Driving through Dressage training.... and was hooked.
Fast forward to 2000 My dad had died the year before and I had been without a horse for about ten years. Raising my son took precedence as a single mom. But I watched my dad over the years mourn for the fact that his eyesight took away his pilots license... Yearning for what he loved till 1999. So I decided it was time to go back to the thing I loved for so many years.
In the ten years I had become Fluffy... so I wanted a horse to Drive and could do Driven Dressage. But I also wanted a horse substantial enough to pack my Fluffiness without other people thinking.... Oh Poor horsey... At first I though Draft horse cross.... I loved Percherons so was looking at Percheron crosses... Too much money because people were buying them for sport horses...
But then I read some more and Pure Percherons were used for all sorts of things.... Riding, even Fox hunting, Dressage (look up Cotton Wood Flame), AND and Driven Dressage even Combined Driving (the three day event for driving horses)
So I got on the internet to find out how much Pure bred Percherons were... OMG they were the price I wanted to spend on a crossbred. I found a picture on a horse sale website that was posted waaayyy up in San Fransisco area. She was the size of a postage stamp and I fell in love....
Her name is Rocking Jolly Kateen The picture below was when she was about four. I call her Katee or Baby Girl. She is seventeen hands one inch tall.
For the homesteaders out there I can answer a few questions about using horses for work on the farm and can steer you toward resources...
Here is Katee as a six year old here in San Diego at her first boarding facility.... She was romping in the arena...
Percherons come in may blood lines some are used for heavy work like plowing or logging and some are used for Carriage work the ones that are used for Carriage work are called Modern or Hitch style... Katee is not quite hitchy enough for the hitch horses but she defiantly isn't a plow horse.
deb
edited to add the pictures that didnt show up... I am a dufus
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