UPDATED:Im getting my OWN horse

[areias]

I like this one. http://www.heavencanwaitequinerescue...nowflake2.html

I also like Jupiter. IMHO, any horse that may have a leg injury shouldn't be jumping. But congrats! It's a big step to take, getting your own horse. It's tons of fun.

[junescrater716]

OMG!!! How cool for you!!! I've always wanted my own horse.

[areias]

Just coming back to say...for your first horse, you really want the soundest you can get. With my first, my paint, Molly, she was fairly sound when I bought her, although it looked like she had a type of contusion around her knee, where it was larger than it should have been. Two years later, the wear on her leg from it made her have some arthritic problems. The hoof on that leg wore down funny because the contusion made the leg twist. Even after all the money spent on the occasional vet bill, farrier bills, and tons of different supplements (I had kept her on glucosamine supplements from the first couple months I had her) she still wasn't very sound, and I was wanting to do more advanced things. It was SO hard on me, but I made a trade with the rescue next door, and they found her a wonderful home with a little girl, where she is walked and trotted, and spoiled basically. They have another horse there that after they bought it, I guess it was drugged when they tried it out, it was just absolutley crazy. So he is no longer ridden, but they know what will happen if they sell him, so he will spend his life with them.

On the same note, don't jump on the first thing you see. There are tons of horses for sale, evaluate a few before you make a decision. I almost regret getting my current horse and not looking around more, or waiting for something. Right after I got mine, she developed a severe fly allergy, that is just going away. And then I found that she is very barn sour, after she got used to me. To the point that sometimes she scares me (I may make a post on this). But I am sticking with her and hopefully we will work through all this...but just take everything with a grain of salt.

[buttercup132]

I am I deffinatly dont want to rush things. (The longer I take the more money I save wich equal a better trained horse)

This guy would deffinatly be a dream if I met him and everything was ok.
I dont have that much right now though working in the summer it would only take 2 months to save that up but with school Im not sure how long its going to take. I also dont know if I have this job yet, Ive been putting in rusume after resume for grocerie stores etc but no bites.

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[flamepony12]

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oh boy, look at that pop! haha. I take it you're pretty experienced to be looking for these kinds of horses, right? Arabs can be pretty hot-blooded depending on the horse. If not, make sure you're looking extremely closely at the horse's form on the ground and over jumps and making sure that they are SOUND. That is the most important thing.

good luck!

[buttercup132]

oh boy, look at that pop! haha. I take it you're pretty experienced to be looking for these kinds of horses, right? Arabs can be pretty hot-blooded depending on the horse. If not, make sure you're looking extremely closely at the horse's form on the ground and over jumps and making sure that they are SOUND. That is the most important thing.

good luck!

Ya I worked at a barn that had 4 Arabs. They were all super sweet and good to ride. 3 were owned by someone and the other I was offered to have for FREE!! She was awsome to ride but I couldnt afford her at the time.

[chrissycat21]

Good luck getting your own horse!

Just wanted to add that I really wouldn't get a horse that has any known soreness. Garth (the horse I leased over the summer) was just started on something because his back and legs were really sore. When I started riding him at the beginning of the summer he just wanted to run and he loved jumping. By the end of the summer his owner and I both realized something was wrong. First she thought it was his hooves that were bothering him since the farrier was pretty late coming, but now the new leaser told me it was his back and legs. He went from a horse that loved to be ridden and absolutely loved jumping to a horse that would fight with me through the arena gate. Hopefully with medication he is doing better now (I haven't talked to his new leaser for a little over a week).

Sorry that was pretty long but I just wanted to give you a little warning about what a problem that can be.

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