This message is from: Tiffany Amschl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just wanted to send out a big THANK YOU to Patti Jo Walter! She has had our gelding, Geir, in training for 3 months and now that we've finally got him home, he's as wonderful as we hoped he would be. We bought him from Patti in Dec., waited an interminable period of time for her to have room for him to come back for training, then sweated it out and sympathized with Patti as she went through her own personal tragedy and then an injury this summer. Seemed the planets were aligned against poor Geir getting hitched to a cart!
Fortunately, things finally came together, and Patti did everything imaginable we'd want her to do with him - not only hitching and driving him, but driving him over hill and dale, around the cement trucks pouring the foundation of her daughter's house in the front field, over the river, and dragging the arena. He even got himself green broke to ride by her wonderful, capable assistant Eby while Patti was on injured reserve. We certainly got our money's worth and then some out of our training dollars! :-) As Geir is our first Fjord, we are amazed at how smart and laid back he is, though he can have a stubborn streak, and he seems to enjoy driving! :-) And he's so darned cute - especially with his new cart and harness. For those who were following the thread about what kind of cart to buy, I can now say we love our Sprint SP2 from Todd at Colonial Carriage. It rides nice, fits him nice (though we needed to get the smaller shafts) and has lots of adjustments. My only complaint is that it's a bit noisy, but a little WD-40 seems to have helped that a lot. Patti did such a great job, we brought him home and hitched him to a totally different cart than what he's used to the very next day. He was a gentleman, and even went down the road in front of the house a bit. We're going to work next on becoming traffic broke! :-) In addition to Patti's incomparable training skills, she was also hospitable above & beyond the all when our truck decided it didn't want to make the trip home from her place. For that, we are eternally grateful! If you are interested in seeing some pics of Geir, check out my webpage at http://web.mac.com/windfieldfarm Thanks again Patti - we are looking forward to enjoying the little man - and might still try out a CDE or 2 next year! Tiffany Amschl and Marilyn Olson in IL [EMAIL PROTECTED] The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
