My project quad

[powderburn]

This is Cheyanne the mare I've mentioned in a couple other posts that involved horses. I picked her up from a woman that had bottle raised her from a birth. The woman was heart broken to have no alternatives or resourses left to look after her. She was a couple days away from the canner when I found out about her and took a drive out to look her over. She looked sound and was very friendly but had never had any training at all. I needed a good pack horse so I figured I'd give her a second shot at life and took her home. She walked right into the trailer and has not looked back. She looked every part of a sad little lady when she arrived with the rest of the horses but now is well on her way to being part of the herd. She is very willing and eager to try just about anything I try with her. After packing her for the first summer I threw a saddle on her and climbed aboard, much to the delight of all in attendance that day. I dissappointed them when there was no rodeo but a clam gentle horse that only needs a little ground work with the steering wheel and then a few miles under her.

 

[Sytes]

Seems you sifted out the gold nugget! A beaut. Sounds like her temperment is about as good as it gets! Grats! Good lookin gal!
edit.. heck, I just hit 1,000 posts! What am I? 17,000 shy of Moosie? Haha!

 

[snite66]

Good lookin pick. I tend to find the opposite, the ones that look calm till you try to work with them, then they show just how wild they are.

 

[Lawnboy]

My dad picked one up like that a few years back. Got it for like a $100 dollars. The first couple years we weren't sure that things were going to work out. Then she turned into a great horse. I think there are a lot of good horses that end up canned because of lack of time from the owners.
Post up some picts this summer. Can't wait for the snow to melt so I can get out as well.

 

[Khunter]

very cool, have you shared the success story with the poor gal that had to let her go? Would make her day I bet.

 

[idnative1948]

PB
Lucky guy you are...
Nice looking older saddle. What is the history on it?

 

[powderburn]

PB
Nice looking older saddle. What is the history on it?

The history as I know it. I picked the saddle up with the purchase of this pony and a week later I traded the pony and 1000 dollars for this Tenuvian. The guy was to old to climb up on the Walker X and needed a pony for his Grand kids. Out with the pony and kept the saddle.

 

[idnative1948]

The history as I know it. I picked the saddle up with the purchase of this pony and a week later I traded the pony and 1000 dollars for this Tenuvian. The guy was to old to climb up on the Walker X and needed a pony for his Grand kids. Out with the pony and kept the saddle.

Tennuvian? Walker/Peruvian, correct? Packer, my dad knew had one. I was only able to take it for a very short ride and as I remember, had a remarkable gait?

 

[powderburn]

You bet that's the cross and I'm nearly at a gallop on my horse before this guy breaks out of his walk. My favorite ride is a 10year old Quarter horse Arab cross and my buddy rides a quarter horse. We took off accross a high ridge last fall trying to get ahead of where we thought some elk we'd spotted were heading. We raced about 400 yrds and by the time we got half way there my son got Teeter to full stride and that big boy passed us like shat through a goose. He's big smooth and has some long legs on him when he's opened up. The rest of the time he just plugs along at his own pace and as my son says you put him on cruise and fall asleep at the wheel he's so smooth.