getting my first horse:D

[heather1982]

Well, I'm finally getting my first horse this year for christmas. I'm so excited. She will be delivered once our barn is completed. Her name is Gracie and she is a 15 yr old TWH mare. She rode so great and is great with beginners. I hadn't rode since I was like 14 (I'm 22 now;) and she did great. Here is a pic of her.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/savigeckolvr/gracie3.jpg

I'm sure Don will be happy to finally get a friend. Here is a pic of him though I must get a new one soon as his winter coat is coming in so he looks very cute:)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/savigeckolvr/don3.jpg

[kedwards]

She's gorgeous! I love TWH's, they are such cool horses and their gaits are fabulous.

And Don, what an adorable little thing he is!

[heather1982]

Thanks, I just had to share with someone and I joined this site a while back after getting Don. I don't know many people that ride so my family and friends wouldn't really understand although they know it is important to me. Can't wait to start hitting the trails:)

[BackintheSaddle]

What a gorgeous girl! I'm sure you two will be fast friends :)

[Grace O'Malley]

She's gorgeous and Don's adorable :cool:

Is that Don as in "Don Quixote" or "Don Juan"?

Grace

[Wobblydeb]

yegads she is gorgeous! :p

:rolleyes: ..excuse my ignorance, but what is a TWH?

[galadriel]

Hey Heather! I tried to email you again a little while ago but it bounced... I was wondering if you ever got that Rebecca treeless, and how you like it :)

[heather1982]

Don Quixote originally but I changed it to Don Juan its easier to say=)

TWH= Tennessee Walking Horse

And galadriel, no I never did get one because the waiting list was 9 months:o I did order a saddle though but haven't tried it on Don yet as we have been working on ground work. He is so hard headed it is very rewarding when I finally get him to do what I want lol. The saddle I got is a round skirt western synthetic with semi qh bars. I was recommended this style from a saddle donkey person I contacted and they said they knew a few people who rode donks of similar size with this type saddle. If it doesn't work for Don, I think it will fit Gracie as that's what I tried her in except theirs was a square skirt.

[*MiRi*]

GORGEOUS!! lucky you!

xox

[galadriel]

Ah! Too bad about the Rebecca.

Gracie's lovely. Good luck with her :) Did she gait while you were riding her? I've now ridden one TWH--courtesy of Katie_85--and it was such an interesting/strange experience. When you rode before, did you ride gaited horses?

Don's so cute. I recently had my 4th or 5th up-close encounter with a donkey...he's in a field adjacent to the ones the school's horses are sometimes in. I was collecting a horse out of that field, and the poor donkey made the funniest noises as I took the horse away. Sort of muttering under his breath. He was hardly being left all alone; there are a couple of larger horses in his own field. He just really sounded like he didn't want me to take our horse away...

I'm hoping one of these days I might be able to head back over there with some spare time (spare time? what's that?) and get a better look at him. I really don't know much about donkeys, aside from they're funny looking and very cute ;)

[bexj]

Originally posted by Grace O'Malley
Is that Don as in "Don Quixote" or "Don Juan"?



Or Don as in Don Key:D :D :D

[Greentchr]

If I could figure out how to post pictures, I would show you my two yard -mates: our first horse Kona, a 6yr. QH/appy and Bo, an 18 yr sicillian donkey! We were given Bo this summer. He is grossly overweight and has a large neck roll, but is the sweetest little guy, and as willing a packer (we take him back-packing) as you could ask for. He is much happier now that he has a friend, though he is definitely the bottom of the totem-pole. He has a shed that only he can fit in when she gets bossy!

[Showjumper]

Congratulations, that's wonderful :D

[Scarlett 001]

Congratulations! Your new horse is pretty!

Donkeys are sooo incredibly sweet. Their eyes are so kind. We have two donkeys at our stables, and they share a paddock with a miniature horse. That is definitely the cutesy-pie trio of the stables! The YO lets me feed them a few healthy treats and they love it. They stick those week donkey snouts forwards to take the carrot and it is soooo cute! I have attached a pic of them as I love 'em both so much!

[heather1982]

Gracie is the first gaited horse I rode, I was used to riding bumpy short school ponies before:) She was very smooth, not at all what I was used to before (which has been along time anyway hehe) but very pleasant to ride.

[darling_dyllis]

GOOD GOD! She is soooooooooooooo stunning! What a beautfiul girl and such a lovely colour! That mane! She is so pretty :D Good luck, hope you have fun with her! What a great Xmas you're going to have :D Please remember frequent pics for us :D Don is SO cute :D What a lovely fella So handsome :) How many hands is the gorgeous Gracie?

~AnnA~;)

[laura jeanne]

She's awfully pretty! I love her mane and her white foot.

[heather1982]

Um she's at least 15 hands. The ad listed her as 15 hands, but she might be a little over 15 hands. It was hard for me to get my foot in the stirrup:D It would be nice if she and Don had a little mule foal lol wouldn't that be precious:)

[jinglejoys]

Looks,paces and BRAINS!

[starqmade1]

Well Don, good for you.
I myself fell for the horse when I was 10, due to family cituations all I could hope for was to work at a barn for lessons (Germany 1972 and beyond) now after almost 30 years I have been able to realize my dream. I started with one in 1999 and now we have 6, we run a sm training facility/rescue in Wisconsin. I just now sold my company to return to school fro Pre Vet and work at a Animal Hospital full/part time. I love it.
So hurry to you for at last getting your horse. And a fine lady she is too.
Sibylla
Waukesha WI.