This message is from: "finally r farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello Fellow Listers!
Had a great day with Nicky and Tana yesterday. We changed Pony Clubs due to some personality issues (human, not horse - of, course!) and yesterday was the first day with the new trainer. The last trainer was a little of the "Hell Bent for Leather" type and said that Fjords were just workhorses and that one just needed to muscle them around. I often argued with him, urging him to just try other methods but my daughter loved the Club and was having successes with Tana, her 6 year old. The new trainer loves "ponys" and was really unhappy with Nicky's muscle-ing (sp?) around of Tana. She worked with both Tana and Nicky and you wouldn't believe the difference!Within an hour, Tana was yielding to leg commands and bending. One would think that she had been doing it all along. And neither the daughter or the horse kicked up a fuss about anything...the new trailer mate (horse), new riding rules, new arena etc. Of course, there were people there that had never seen a Fjord before and the oohs and ahhs abounded. As always, questions about where do you get one, how much,etc. Seems like you can't go anywhere with a Fjord with out drawing a crowd. Tana was a great ambassador! You should see the game Nicky plays with Tana. Hide and Go Seek with a carrot. She shows Tana the carrot, then hides it....in the field, on herself, in the tack bucket, around the tailer. I get stuck with the job of holding Tana while the hiding goes on! When Nicky comes back to get Tana, Tana sniffs her from head to toe, then leads the way to check out the other hiding places. Quite funny to watch! Tana knows her manners so there is no nipping or biting except to grab that carrot. She always wags the carrot....like saying See I Found it before eating it! I was on I-44 on Friday and saw a horse trailer with Fjords and a white wagon behind it heading North. I assumed they were going to Blue Earth...wish it was me! It was great fun! Jeri in Missouri where the weather has gone from the unrideable "90's plus humidity" to the low 80's with no humidity!!
