She's IS home!!! new pics added!!

[Standard Hen]

That's great, I remember reading in one of your past post that you missed her. Glad she will be home real soon. She is very cute.

 

[equine chick]

Congrats! She's a pretty girl. I would be a nervous wreck, let us know when she gets home. She looks like a rocky mountain or paso fino, what kind is she?

 

[Chelly]

She's a Peruvian Paso! (thats one of the reasons I can keep my butt in the saddle AND have fun!) she has a lovely gait - even when FULL speed I could hold a glass of wine and not spill a drop!
I've been looking to find a larger gaited horse for my hubby, like a tennessee walker or something along those lines - ita actually kinda difficult to find a gaited horse!
Rosie was the second one I had ridden - the first one was 20 or so years old, I only hopped on for one or two rounds in the round pen!

I wanted a horse ALL my life, since as far back as I can remember - I started taking lessons about a year after my daugher was born, I just needed something to get me out the house and having some of my OWN fun....

Rosie kinda fell into my lap - and I couldn't be happier! I had another horse, a HUGE percheron X Quarter horse - but she had no brakes at ALL - and she scared the living daylights out of me, so much so that I almost quit riding altogether.
I tried to sell Arianna, for about 10 months or so - no takers at all.... I finally broke down and put a post on Craigslist - to either sell or do a swop with a calmer more beginner safe horse - and thats how I met her owner.... We did a swop, she got my beautiful Arianna, and I got Rosie (who was rescued by a friend of hers) And the rest is history - I've only owned Rosie for 8 months! The BEST 8 months ever!
All in all, I've only been riding for about 2 1/2 years. I'm SO glad I started!!!

 

[bantymum]

Hi, Im glad your trainer will hydrate her before she leaves.
It can make a lot of difference. will they let her out at some spots? thats a long time, how far is the trip in hours?
Im sure you must be excited, my horse preferred trucks to floats and if she played up they said she was very "broom responsive" she was a headstrong thoroughbred but I knew how to read her.
You are so lucky to have a sweet horse like Rosie.

 

[okiechick57]

.. itsme

....livestock hauler mover people?
gotta call um that from now on.
Chelly.........what a beautiful horse! .........I am so happy for you........

 

[Chelly]

Bantymum: I believe they stop every 4 hours or so, the trip which I measured on mapquest is a total of about 24 hours straight driving.
They're leaving sometime Tuesday, and get her thursday or Friday - not sure how many other stops they need to make.

Rosie is really amazing, she's SO good for my kids, I walk her around with my 3 year old on her and my son who just turned 8 can ride now without help from me, and as his legs don't reach anywhere near her sides, his hands on the reins are SO soft she can't feel that either - she responds to his voice. She'll do that ONLY for him!
My daughter feeds her pretzels, and with her tiny fingers I get SO scared - Rosie takes that tiny little pretzel out of the tiny little fingers without getting her teeth anywhere near fingers!

 

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

Chelly

When I shipped my stallion, they told me he would probably be left in a box stall (being a stallion). I was there when he was loaded, so I got to see how the driver handled him. I wasn't sure he would walk up the ramp, since my trailer had a ramp & he would jump over it into the trailer. I ended up taking the ramp off. LOL

But he walked right up it with no problem. When he was delivered, the driver said they had moved him around several times because of the problems with other horses they were hauling. He had been hauled with mares before & had excellent manners so they could put him next to anything. The cross tie stalls actually had more room than my Thoroughbred size horse trailer. The driver said they had to check through the windows before opening doors, since he was a master at unhooking snaps & taking his halter off. Every stop they took, he was usually loose!!!
I'm glad he liked riding, cause they said he would just stand there until they went in & put his halter back on.
I'm sure he made extra work for them, but he entertained them at the same time!

I'm sure your Rosie will be well taken care of.
One thing they told me to do was not to let her roll right away after being hauled for so long. We took him & walked him for about an hour to get everything settled. Of course during that hour of walking, we had to stop & graze grass too!!!
When we turned him out, the first thing he did was roll!!!

Give her electrolytes in her water for a few days, lots of hay, & not much grain for a few days. Then you can gradually increase her grain to what you normally feed her.

I know you will be happy to have back again, & I'm sure she has missed you too. You will have to post pics when you get her home.

Jean

 

[KrisRose]

Happy for you Chelly. Can't imagine being without my Bubba that long!!

 

[Itsme]

Okiechick....

lol!

 

[chickbea]

Yay!