My Sweet Horse Who Used To Be An Absolute Nut, A True Rescue Tale

She wasn't sold to me as a rescue and little did I know how much rescuing this poor baby would need!

One of the worst attitudes I've ever seen in a horse. But I had seen her bloodlines on her registration papers and she did have a kind eye. I've never had a bad Appaloosa and it never crossed my mind how wacky she could be. I had that horse-trader gut feeling that she was a good horse, never mind I only rode her once before buying her. Just looking at her, I got the gut feeling of 'yup, she's a good'un!'

Then, I got her home...Egads is the nicest I could say.

I've bought and sold absolutely hundreds of horses and thought I knew what I was getting into. But after a couple of months of my mare, I seriously thought I'd lost my eye for buying a good horse, no matter what that good horse was hiding under.

In good faith, I couldn't sell her to anyone knowing that she was a whack job in the head. So, I kept her and we battled it out.

I'm so glad I still own her. She'll be mine till the end of days. Underneath all the "Natural Horsemanship" crap that she was put through, there was/is an absolutely fabulous mare who would almost lie down and die for me. She is the best ride I've had in many a year. I can take her down the trail to any sort of terrain and she trusts me enough to go anywhere I point her noggin. I trust her to tell me that something isn't right and we can't go thataway. Like over an old bridge.

She's not spooky and thoroughly enjoys seeing the sights as much as I do. Even running wheel lines that water the fields don't phase my baby-darling.

Now, don't get me wrong, she has her days but by and large, she's a lambchop. I was sitting on the fence thinking that some day she's going to be so lame from all the injuries she suffered before I bought her, that I have to make sure she is comfortable for the rest of her life. I feed MSM to try to help her get along but the day will come when I have to think what's best for her and let her go. I don't know how I will do it, don't even want to think of it but must plan for it.

The point of this post is, there are horses that by sheer training ignorance (like my mare) they are unintentionally abused and then get viscious and hostile and people just unload them, even though they made the problem. Thankfully I got hold of her, then couldn't sell her in good conscience and we worked through her problems and brought her around to see that I'm the good gal and to trust me.

It takes time and lots of work and heap big plenty of patience and oodles of experience to bring them back from the brink. I'm so proud of her and unless I'm offered a million dollars, she'll never be for sale! Just think how many horses have been ruined and never got the chance to show who they really are. Just think of it!! Way too many.

But in her case, she had the chance, has good blood and someone, sometime in her past did do a really decent job in training her. I just had to dig down and bring it out, so well she had hidden it.

So, if you are having trouble with your horse that you KNOW is good down deep inside, please keep trying and showing the horse how much you need them to be good to you AND to themselves, they will come out of it.

It's soooo worth it!! Now, go ride! :-)