Dear All , i was sat on a horse before i was sat on a potty , as a young child the back of our car was full of bags of feed , halters, assorted tack , and feed buckets , somewhere in the middle was me , i never minded one bit unlike my sister who would freak if she got a bit of straw in her hair .
Charlotte & Jo
From as young as i can remember i have had a deep love or horses , i can remember my mother standing in my bedroom door way with hand on hips demanding to know if i had done my homework , ” yes ” i would reply as i quickly hid the picture i was drawing of a horse under my bottom .
Although we have always had horses i was not allowed to take it for granted , i grew up watching my mum train young Arabian colts that seemed to spend most of their time on two legs , i have to say this made me a bit unsure around young colts , the stallions were good boys but could still be a handfull around mares .
I dreamed of the day i would own my very own horse paid for with my own money , my darling, my friend and my teacher was our Gypsy Vanner Stallion Rom Rye , i have always been very aware around stallions and i have to say i was not the most confident rider , so it came as a shock to all that know me that the first horse i ever rode out on my own was a Stallion bareback , this dear gent looked after me all of the time , i never once felt unsafe , i would invite my friends to come along , we took him to stream and swam with him , he was just one of us, i cried for nights when he left for the USA , but we have a Rye baby due to be born at any moment , this Gyspy Vanner baby is going to be mine ( i will blog as soon as he/she is born )
My very own horse came in the shape of Jo , i saw him as a foal and left a deposit on him as i could not pay for him at the time , i asked his owners not to do anything with him as i wanted to do it all myself , when he first came he had not been handled , the first time i planted a kiss on his nose he shot to the rear of the stable as if he had an electric shock , he knows what cuddles and kisses are now so aged two his education has started , i thought it would be fun to share this with you as he is the first horse i have ever done on my own , my aim is to educate him without fear of humans , i want him to become a horse that will fit into any family with manners and a solid education – so here goes .